Responding to my demurrer to “the old saw that Americans are ideologically conservative but operationally liberal,” Yeggmen...
Year: 2012
In preparation for our planned excursion, go here and download and listen to the song “Meet Me...
At my sub-blog, I have completed the third of my “Great Cases” series of posts. This installment...
In the recent thread on Huntsman , BlaiseP, Tom van Dyke and I ended up in a...
Ta-Nehisi Coates believes persons of color ought to take ownership of the Civil War. This is a...
Last night, I watched the anti-Romney 30-minute “documentary” from a Gingrich Super PAC, “King of Bain,” and...
I have been reading about scarfing plywood for as long as I’ve been building boats, but I’ve...
Timothy B. Lee reads and comments on Jane Jacobs’ excellent, enigmatic, thought-provoking book.
In response to Mike’s emergency preparedness post, BlaiseP discusses the role of community in emergencies and specifically...
Because I’m behind the times (the Internet times, that is—they move so fast and I’m already stuck...
In June 2008 David Hawpe of the Courier Journal wrote an interesting piece asking “Where should we focus,...
This is just a short note to say that we are now very likely to attend the...
My family and I started ‘prepping‘ this past year. For the unaware this means creating food, equipment and...
In light of Rufus’s most recent post, I came across this serendipitous passage in the book I’m...
So I’m expanding the American Times Empire. My blog at Forbes has gradually morphed into a tech...
Leitmotif: Savants have much disputed and are in no agreement about whether Moses predates Bacchus or vice...
In 2003 I went to Kenya to work on a promotional documentary for a faith-based NGO. As...
One of the key questions of political philosophy is about when it is ever appropriate for a...
In a post about Huntsman’s Perplexing Appeal, Elias wrote: Another way of saying the same thing is...
A week or so ago, Tom Van Dyke linked to this NYT piece exploring Europe’s economic troubles. ...
