Nathan, Barbara and Lindsay make the case for Ulysses S. Grant as one of the greatest American Presidents. Particularly given my conviction that the ugly tradegy that was the dismantling of Reconstruction is, if anything, something that needs greater emphasis, I have to say I'm entirely...
fireworks parades Evidently, I can't say that either the 4th of July or Canada Day bring much excitement to my life...
Shorter Verbatim Tom Maguire: "I am not sure I grasp the news value of this Times piece describing the summer homes of Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld...I remain dubious of.
Last Friday we visited the USS Intrepid museum in New York City. Intrepid is one of four remaining Essex class carriers (Lexington, Hornet, and Yorktown are the others; Oriskany was mercifully turned into an artificial reef this last May) from a total of 24. While both...
How surprising! Samuel Alito--who in the public of his supporters mysteriously went from being a staunch reactionary to being a moderate liberals should happily support when he was nominated to.
This is terrible:The vast majority of films produced after 1923 have no continuing commercial value. They're just sitting in vaults gathering dust. There's obviously no need to extend their copyrights;.
Last Wednesday Scott, Davida and I attended a game at Yankee Stadium, my first visit to that esteemed locale. The Braves were in town, which left me with the chore of having to cheer for one of the most unpalatable teams in baseball against the singular...
Even before the Washington Naval Treaty limited new construction, the Imperial Japanese Navy determined that it would never be able to match the USN in numbers. The Japanese solution was.
Echidne and Amanda have already addressed Ana Marie Cox's airheaded non-review of Katha Pollit's new book. One of its many idiotic points was to claim that Pollit must be kidding.
Admittedly, this has long been obvious, but is there any better example of the depths to which the National Review has fallen than that it's willing to hire Mark Levin as its primary online legal analyst? And, of course, proponents of unreguable executive power pretty much...
Wow, when I was just there the press and public were just savaging the French team; I'm guessing that's now inoperative. But between that and the Mets pummelling the Yanks,.
From Chris Clarke--The Love Song Of J. Edgar Goldstein, a loving tribute to a blogger who has done so much to bring civility and dignity to the blogosphere:And would I.