Lots 'o Links

Take some Prozac, shut off the TV, and read a variety of good posts at Stephen Kruiser's Morning Briefing;  Larwyn's Linx; Liz Sheld's Morning Greatness; and Maggie's Farm.

The word for Harold Ticktin's June 12 edition of Yiddish Vinkl is moyre, which means fear. He writes, "Perhaps a reflection of Jewish history, moyre is only one of many Yiddish words for fear, i.e. pakhed, farbayflyen, shrekn and farkhaptkay."

Finally: someone who isn't caving in to the politically correct destruction of our history.  French President Macron said this: "We will be inflexible when it comes to tackling racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination, and new strong decisions will be made to reinforce the egality of chances.  But this noble fight is perverted when it turns into communitarianism, into a false rewriting of history. This is unacceptable when it is picked up by separatists. I tell you very clearly tonight my dear fellow citizens, the Republic will not erase any trace or name from its history. It will not forget any of its deeds or take down any statue. What we need to do is to look all together with lucidity on all of our history and all our memory..."