It appears Islamists have something in common with statue vandals besides an ideology that justifies political violence and a rabid hatred of free expression: the desecration of historic monuments.
In the wake of the Charlottesville riots ostensibly triggered by the removal of a statue memorializing Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a rash of vandalism against historical American figures has hit the country. Monday, someone took a sledgehammer to a 200-year-old Christopher Columbus monument in Baltimore.
In Durham, of course, last week a mob toppled a Confederate statue last week while police stood by taking pictures.
In California on Thursday, a statue of Junipero Serra was defaced with red paint and the word “Murder,” as well as a swastika.
Duke University officials removed a statue of Robert E. Lee from the campus chapel Saturday after vandals knocked off parts of his face.
The Abraham Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC was vandalized with the words...
It seems communism is back in vogue at The New York Times.A sad but common issue in the modern West is that progressives have created a fanciful and distorted picture of socialism to make it seem like an intriguing alternative to American-style capitalism.Ikea socialism—with Sweden as the model—is an utterly distorted, but at least understandable, example for leftists to trot out as a demonstration of success.And it’s even a bit amusing how they try to dance around the fact that Venezuela—which is utterly collapsing and egregiously abusing human rights—is a socialist country they praised just 10 years ago.But The New York Times now has actually found a way to create fanciful notions of Soviet-style authoritarianism—and whimsical tales of its influence in America—in a new section dedicated to the “Red Century,” which explores “the history and legacy of communism, 100 years after the Russian Revolution.”Romanticized TyrannyWhile some of the pieces explore the horrors and failures of communist rule, others delve into topics that would seem funny if the subject matter weren’t so horrifying.For instance, the Times ran what can aptly be described as a “puff piece” on Vladimir Lenin, the man who led the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and is linked to the death and murder of...
DURHAM, NC (The Herald-Sun) – Durham police announced early Sunday evening that they are investigating a serious traffic crash that happened on U.S. 70 near Cheek Road shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday.
Three people were hospitalized with serious injuries after the crash, which involved a total of five cars and was allegedly caused by an impaired driver driving the wrong way on U.S. 70.
In the incident, Keisha Lavette Davis of Raleigh was driving a 2005 Nissan Sentra eastbound on U.S. 70 toward Cheek Road when she was struck head-on by Belsario Morales Gonzalez of Durham who was driving the wrong way in a 2007 Toyota Camry.
Davis’ car was then rear-ended by Tierra Nachelle Davis (her daughter) who had been following behind her. Tierra Davis’s car was then rear-ended by...
Marus Lemonis, the CEO of Camping World, learned how quickly things can blow up on social media after he weighed in on events in Charlottesville.
Appearing on CNBC, Lemonis was asked to comment on corporate leaders stepping down from White House business councils over President Donald Trump’s remarks on the violence last weekend — for the record, Lemonis is no fan of Trump’s.
“There’s no doubt that there is probably not many consumers in this country today that are in favor of what has been said in the last couple days — and if they are, frankly, don’t shop at my business,” Lemonis said.
Camping World is the title sponsor of NASCAR’s truck racing series, and the comment prompted media reports claiming Lemonis told race fans who support Trump to shop elsewhere.
Things got even more heated when popular retired NASCAR driver Mark Martin took to Twitter to say: “First thing in the morning I will be cancelling my order for 150,000$ RV I have ordered. Leave politics out of....
