In my latest National Post column I say people enjoy the comforting blanket of political make-believe yet crave truth when reality intrudes.
John Robson of TheRebel.media looks back on the first flight from California to Hawaii, and how rapid technological advancements can have dire consequences for humanity. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/today_in_history_progress_flies_relentlessly_on Subscribe to the Rebel's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/RebelMediaTV PLUS http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV More from John Robson: https://thejohnrobson.com/
John Robson of TheRebel.media reflects on the anniversary of Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/today_in_history_hitler_betrays_stalin_1941 Visit John Robson's website: https://thejohnrobson.com/ Never miss a new Rebel video: http://www.youtube.com/c/RebelMediaTV PLUS http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
“Leaders have two characteristics: (1) they are going somewhere; (2) they can persuade others to go with them.”
D.P. Diffiné, “The 1993 American Incentive System Almanac”.
"The commander of the local French naval district… answered as if he were conversing with a fungus."
Clive Cussler in The Sea Hunters (a true story, in which the commander is answering Cussler)
John Robson of TheRebel.media reflects on the death of Kaiser III. Had he lived, he may have avoided World War One. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/today_in_history_frederick_goes_to_his_grave_not_to_war_1888 Never miss a new Rebel video: http://www.youtube.com/c/RebelMediaTV PLUS http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
"the one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it."
G.K. Chesterton "Time’s Abstract and Brief Chronicle" according to Dale Ahlquist. It was paraphrased by Kara Kelley in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 8 #5 (March-April 2005) as "The most romantic thing in the world is to fight a losing battle, and not lose." Which is almost the only case I know of where somebody rephrased Chesterton and may have improved him.
"No matter how bad things are, you have to remember, either you get killed or you don’t. The rest is just psychology."
His father on living through the Blitz, quoted by David Warren in Ottawa Citizen October 21, 2001