https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/06/06/d-day-and-the-air-sickness-bag-the-way-we-live-now/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:41:30 -0400<![CDATA[I write this on the anniversary of D-Day. For those readers who are beneficiaries of the new multicultural dispensation in education, let me note that &#8220;D-Day&#8221; is shorthand for the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944. The Allies &#8212; chiefly Britain, the United States, the Canadians, and the Australians &#8212; invaded Normandy in order to liberate first France and then rest of Europe from the jackboot of Nazi tyranny. Since coming of age, I have never passed D-Day without a few moments reflection on its awesome &#8212; what the philosopher Hegel would no doubt call its &#8220;world-historical&#8221; &#8212; significance. This year, I watched a clip of President Reagan addressing some survivors of that invasion at Pointe de Hoc, Omaha Beach, in 1984, the fortieth anniversary of D-Day. &#8220;At dawn,&#8221; Reagan observed,]]>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:40:24 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2009/06/06/d-day-and-the-air-sickness-bag-the-way-we-live-now-n115840