Second World Catastrophe News Today

During the Second World Catastrophe, as the Germans marched deeper into Russian territory, Stalin & Co. brought back the ancient practice of penal battalions. Filled with either convicted prisoners serving sentences handed down by a civilian court or military types accused of not fighting (hard enough) in other units, these companies were put together and sent on near-suicide missions toward the German guns. Often enough at the point of a Russian gun.

"He thought hed get the Finlandization of NATO. Instead, he got the NATOization of Finland. And Sweden."

Putins War is coming up on its first anniversary. What is the traditional gift for a first anniversary? Paper? Or a paper tiger?

Its been a decade, maybe longer, since somebody put in our hands a paperback edition of "The Monuments Men." Its been so long that we cant find it. Maybe somebody borrowed it. If we dont find it soon, were going to have to buy another copy.

A Catholic high school in Colorado--Regis Jesuit in the Denver area--made the front page of The Wall Street Journal last week. Congratulations, y'all. That's the big time.