George Washington composed his Farewell Address in cooperation with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. The process took roughly five years, as the initial text was prepared in anticipation of a 1792 retirement. In one of the drafts of the address, Washington/Madison/Hamilton look forward to a time...
All-star commenter IB says:OT (but appropriate to a previously stated position of this blog): Another smart Sunday piece by Frank Rich.(Noted because: About a week ago, someone (SL, I think,.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present Christina Capecci, a young Catholic lifestyles columnist who was apparently the only person the Times could find to write a story about the impending Coleman-Franken.
I think Ezra gets this right. Obama's primary campaign, in particular, was clearheaded, methodical and rational, focusing on delegates rather than "media cycles" and other mystical nonsense. With the Clinton campaign, the frightening thing was not merely their "voters/states that vote for us count more even...
First, David Axe is heading to Africa to do some work on piracy. As far as I know, he's not planning to become a pirate himself. This is important work,.
This is pathetic. Next year, I expect UK will schedule several high school teams to open the season. That said, they did rebound from a similarly embarrassing loss last year.
God, what a wankfest.My friends, I remember when the war in Iraq as supposed to be a quick, opening segment of a comprehensive project to cauldronize the Middle East. Now that we've elected the socialist black dude, though, Greater Wingnuttia has trimmed its expectations to the...
The Astute Bloggers make a claim:I have believed from the start that Bush should have nuked Tora Bora in 2001. The GWOT would have ended right then and there. It.
Most anyone who has ever taken a class from me knows that I have a deep and abiding affection for Hunt for Red October, in spite of the fact that.
Shorter Verbatim Camille Paglia: "Pro-life women will save feminism by expanding it, particularly into the more traditional Third World." Ah, yes, center-right "contrarianism" defined: you expand a progressive coalition by simply defining "not-x" as "x." The value of this type of expansion is not explained.Or try...
Backpackers: Stop wasting your time trying to memorize words like "Chretien", "Eh", "Ottawa", and "Harper".
The only deterrence that still matters:With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin that the world would not accept the overthrow of.