I won’t waste time giving you the context. Niall Ferguson wrote the cover story for Newsweek’s August 19th issue. It is...
Year: 2012
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...
Northwest sockeye salmon with Washington sweet corn. Heirloom tomatoes. New-potato gnocchi. Roasted peaches with an oat-and-almond crumble....
In October we mark eleven years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. It is now the longest war in...
So, in about 6 hours I board a flight to Nashville for a good friend’s bachelor party…...
Including the wingnuts. Evidently the string of recent craziness left those of us in the Lone Star...
It’s too soon to render a definitive judgment, but I’ve got to hand it to Romney-Ryan: So...
Of all the tactics available to the Republican party to overcome the 12-point gender gap,* this would...
Ingenuity! This is just amazing. (cross-posted at Mindless Diversions)
I was going to make this the Wednesday song on Mindless Diversions but then I listened to...
When I read this article by Mark Adomanis in Forbes online, I find myself a bit confused....
