The American Nativist

Israel is in an existential crisis. It can wall itself off and annex what it wants on the West Bank, and leave Palestinians in tiny truncated, nonviable bantustans that will become the spawning pools of terror. Or it can give the Palestinians what Oslo, Camp David, Taba and the "roadmap" promised; a homeland, a nation and a state of their own, Israel is free to choose. But American needs a Middle East policy made in the USA, not in Tel Aviv, or at AlPAC or AEI. -Pat Buchanan⚜️ Where the Right Went Wrong

T H E L A F A Y E T T E

Entrepreneur Larry Imig began construction on this Colonial-style, boutique hotel in 1943, making it the only US hotel constructed during World War II. It opened on July 1, 1946, as Imig Manor and attracted Hollywood stars from the start — Bob Hope was the first guest. During its early days, other Hollywood stars like Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Katherine Hepburn, and Bing Crosby checked in (and those are just the confirmed ones). The fun didn’t last forever: In 1955, Conrad Hilton (owner of the San Diego Chargers) bought the hotel, changed its name, and used it as office space. For decades after, there were management changes and talks of demolition, but locals never lost that loving feeling for the hotel, especially when it got a cameo in “Top Gun.” After a $4 million renovation in 2012, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Lafayette Hotel San Diego, CA

Happy John Wilkes Booth day

To such a wonderful degree were the ancient Spartans, as brave and free a people as ever existed, inspired by this happy temperature of soul, that rejecting even in their battles the use of trumpets, and other instruments for exciting heat and rage, they marched up to scenes of havoc, and horror. -John Dickinson⚜️ Letters From A Farmer In Pennsylvania, Letter III

Revolution is Tradition

Revolution is Tradition

GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH He appeared to me to speak as Homer wrote. -Thomas Jefferson⚜️ (speaking of Patrick Henry’s Heroic zeal)