President Trump was criticized for a speech he made in Poland in which he defended western civilization.
One statement singled out for particular criticism in that speech was “…we write symphonies…”
In defense of symphonies and other western classical music SPPIT.org is posting videos of this great Western art form.
Here is an excellent performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, by the Orchestre de International Geneve featuring Alexandra Conunova on violin.
Here are some featured videos for 20 December 2017
Jonathan Haidt on Freedom of Speech On University Campuses
Dave Rubin on The Rubin Report interviewing Ken Stern, the former head of NPR
The Nigel Farage Show on Brexit – 20 December 2017
Here another video on Brexit: David Vance on the Glazov Gang
Jordan Peterson in another lecture in his series on the Bible
Ben Shapiro from yesterday
Robert Spencer on a Maryland housing development
Another Robert Spencer video on PatrickCoffin.media, a YouTube channel SPPIT is not familiar with at this time:
Here are two excellent speeches from the David Horowitz Freedom Center‘s Restoration Weekend in December 2017.
First, Mark Steyn:
Mark Steyn from DHFC on Vimeo.
Next Khaled Abu Toameh:
Khaled Abu Toameh from DHFC on Vimeo.
Mark Steyn and Khaled Abu Toameh are both on our list of Recommended Commentators.
Here are some Recommended Videos and Articles for 13 December 2017:
Recommended Videos
Robert Spencer on Why Has ISIS Has Threatened To Behead Pope Francis
Recommended Articles
Our Recommended History Book for December 2017 is The Second World Wars by Victor Davis Hanson, one of our Recommended Commentators.
Available through Amazon.com and these Amazon affiliates:
Here are some videos of Victor Hanson Davis discussing The Second World Wars:
Speaking at Hillsdale College, September 2017:
Here is an excellent Mark Steyn video about the Lindsay Shepherd case. For those who are unaware of the Lindsay Shephard case, Lindsay Shepherd was a teaching assistant at Wilfred Laurier University who showed her class an excerpt from an Ontario public TV featuring Jordan Peterson and was hauled before a university tribunal for doing so. This is an important case about academic freedom on university campuses. We have posted several videos of LIndsay Shepherd discussing her case on The Rubin Report and the Saad Truth. To see that post, click here.
SPPIT thinks the big story for 6 December 2017 is President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capitol and move the US Embassy from Tev Aviv to Jerusalem. SPPIT supports this completely.
Here are President Trump’s remarks:
Here are some media reports and commentary on this issue:
Fox News
Ben Shapiro
Lindsay Shepherd is a graduate student working part time as a teaching assistant at Wilfred Laurier University. She recently showed her class an excerpt from a TV program featuring Jordan Peterson.
Wilfred Laurier University hauled Lindsay Shepherd before a three member tribunal – which included her academic supervisor, Dr. Herbert Pimlott and the university equity officer – and interrogated her because of an alleged complaint over her having shown her class a video of Jordan Perterson., whom the tribunal labelled as, among other things, a controversial “alt-right” figure.
SPPIT.org considers this an appalling assault by a university on academic freedom and freedom of speech. Here are some videos about this case:
Jordan Peterson discussing the Lindsay Shepherd case:
Lindsay Shepherd appearing on The Rubin Report with Dave Rubin:
Lindsay Shepherd with Gad Saad on The Saad Truth:
The next two videos are for context in this disgraceful behavior by Wilfred Laurier University.
First, here is the full audio recording of Lindsay Shepherd interrogation by Wilfred Laurier University:
Here is the complete episide on the October 2016 TV Ontario program, The Agenda, from which Lindsay Shepherd took the video excerpt of Jordan Peterson which started all this in the first place:
Here’s Mark Steyn on the Lindsay Shephard case:
Here are SPPIT.org’s Featured Videos for 29 November 2017:
Andrew Klavan Show
Mark Steyn on Tucker Carlson
President Trump’s Pocohontas comment directed at Elizabeth Warren is in the news today. Here are some videos:
Tucker Carlson
Ben Shapiro Show
President Trump was criticized for a speech he made in Poland in which he defended western civilization.
One statement singled out for particular criticism in that speech was “…we write symphonies…”
In defense of symphonies and other western classical music SPPIT.org is posting videos of this great Western art form.
Here is an excellent performance of Georg Friedrich Handel’s Organ Concertos Opus 4, by the Munchener Bach Orchester, conducted here by Karl Richter.