Seven Against Thebes is a war play that shows no war. Rivaling the Homeric epics in its...
Day: November 11, 2010
(This post is part of an ongoing series about Western culture and politics, and how the potential...
Many of the tax reforms are excellent. Simplifying the tax code, while reducing overall income tax rates...
Read this hilarious blog post from a New York chef defending “Four Loko,” a controversial alcoholic energy...
The King Drinks by Jacob Jordaens 1638-40 Oil on canvas, 152 x 204 cm Musée du Louvre,...
…and which make better translations? I find Rousseau more readable in English; Montesquieu, in French. Voltaire was...
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....
I’ve been noticing a game lately played in the bookish corners of the left side of American...
Jason’s post on what is properly called Armistice Day, and the end of the myth of the nobility...
“1. If there are people who want to drink from the toilet, shouldn’t we just let them...
Today is Armistice Day. It marks the end of an era. Before the First World War, the...
