Sunday, April 26, 2015

Ancient Symbol, Modern Taint

National Review's Kevin D. Williamson writes about swastikas at George Washington University ... actually, the Hindu variety. Williamson also notes the symbol being used by Buddhists, Jains, and Zoroastrians.

Truly the swastika is both ancient and multicultural; I have a Navaho rug with the symbol woven into it. In their language, we were told, the symbol is called "the whirling log." The rug was collected by my uncle who, fresh out of West Point, did pre-statehood garrison duty in the Arizona territory long before Nazism was conceived.