In a previous post, If you happen to be in Uruguay next month…, I announced that three...
Month: August 2012
Though a regular churchgoer and on most days a religious believer, I subscribe to the secularist principle...
The fall television season starts up soon. My regular favorites will be back on the air. There...
The must-read piece of the day is by Tom Edsall of The New York Times and it concerns...
I agree with Paul Krugman when he writes, “We know what Ferguson is going to do…But what...
Given Ta-Nehisi Coates’ powerful story from the most recent issue of the Atlantic which looks at the President’s narrative...
… the greater good Libertarianism is a very diverse ideology there’s a real blend of intellectual systems...
Last week was a bit of a rough go in the shipyard. We went to step our...
Kohole asks: Your comment brings up a question: when did Good v Evil stories with the Good...
I won’t waste time giving you the context. Niall Ferguson wrote the cover story for Newsweek’s August 19th issue. It is...
There’s been a fair bit of parenthood buzz around the League of late (Cf. Mike and Will...
…RIP Neil Armstrong. The tragedy of the day is that more people are skeptical of his achievements...
Mark Sanford has gotten engaged to the Argentinian lady who was his mistress during his first marriage.
Years ago when I was a bit younger (but still very much a grown adult of...
A lot happened to me this last couple of weeks. Jerry Gaus visited the National University of Singapore. Even though...
I have previously written about the water tower cross in Whiteville, Tennessee three times: here, here, and here. The...
At the end of every term for at least the last half-dozen years, I’ve had to take...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUO4bMRuT9Y As you might have guessed, I’m a huge poetry fan. I like the subtlety of language...
A couple of years ago, I wrote about the defeat of Proposition 8, and how it was...
Fear of a Black President Just read the whole thing. It’s one of the most cogent, nuanced...
