Ted Barlow emails to remind me that Christopher Hitchens has also constantly made Goldbergesque "Meaningless Horrible Baseline" arguments since he became an apologist for the Iraq war. A Frayster named Shrinking Shrieking Violet says all that needs to be said:It's always fascinating to observe the logical...

Ignatius

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The idea of a screen version of Confederacy of Dunces produces mixed emotions. Although I was initially very skeptical of the casting of Will Ferrell, I've come around a bit on that; Ferrell is a genuinely talented guy, and I suspect that he'll be able to...

Lamentations

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At Democracy, Kevin Mattson revives the "decline of the public intellectuals" narrative to castigate historians for not enlightening the public sphere as they supposedly did during the vibrant post-war era, when Richard Hofstadter, C. Vann Woodward, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and other young historians "engaged in the...

Navy Reading List

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Managed to acquire a copy of the Navy Professional Reading Program List. Here's a selection:Junior Enlisted:Lincoln on Leadership, Donald PhillipsEnder's Game, Orson Scott Card (!)Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein (!?!)The Kite.

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