Below, J. L. Wall suggests that Rooster Cogburn’s character arc in True Grit is basically redemptive. I’m...
Year: 2011
The New York Review of Books blog discusses all three versions of True Grit (but mainly the...
“In China, Alpha Males Carry Designer Purses.“
Vote early, vote often: Is anthropogenic global warming actually happening? Did I leave anything out?
…but the League got called out in particular here, so I’ll give my answers to DougJ’s questions:...
Sounds like a term paper, no? Well, all you need to know about this particular subject can...
Jason says that democratic peace theory is one of the better explanations for the decline of large-scale...
This month’s Cato Unbound is on one of those counterintuitive topics that I’ve taken a great deal...
…Tony Comstock is guest-blogging for James Fallows. Very cool.
Over at Bust Magazine’s blog, I paid tribute to the voluptuous Tura Satana (recently departed) star of the cult...
“If everyone in the world were homosexual, the human race would die out.” Or as Kenneth Minogue...
A few liberal writers have suggested that the Seamen Mandate of 1798 provides some sort of constitutional...
[reposted from Sunday] If I could draw your attention to the top of the page for a...
This is an excellent speech by British writer Phillip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass (via): The greedy...
The big news today – other than the Packer’s most excellent victory over the Steelers Sunday –...
Greetings to the League from “Jonny the Fiancé” (Think “Joe the Plumber” and “Tito the Builder”). While...
In a previous discussion, I used the awkward term “inner states” to describe the religious experience, attempting...
If I could draw your attention to the top of the page for a moment you will...
I don’t have a real rooting interest, but I am anticipating a great game. My tentative pick:...
I mentioned a month or so ago that since my engagement, I’ve sort of re-channeled the views...
