Here's to 2007. I'm currently hiding in my room, neglecting my hosting duties at my own New Years party, of which I am a host. Here's a miserable way to end a miserable year--host a New Year's party that begins 15 minutes after your beloved cat...
The oppressive demands of fatherhood have guaranteed that this will be my most sedate New Year's Eve since 1984. Unlike 1987, I probably won't be arrested; unlike 1989, I won't.
Victor Davis Hanson assumes the Virgil Goode position on immigration:Remember that many of the 9/11 terrorist murderers had lived for long periods in the United States -- dressing, talking, and.
Last night Davida and I took in the Harlem Globetrotters-New York Nationals tilt down at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati. We didn't make it through the whole game, but I came away with the following questions:1. How much do the New York Nationals make? The...
A guest post by LivyQuestion: is any major event not fodder for the online right's complaints about the insufficient patriotism of progressives? They are, to be sure, by and large.
The Washington Naval Treaty ended competition between the big naval powers in capital ships by invoking a ten year "naval holiday" in which battleship construction would be sharply limited. The.
Each time public opinion data is released, disclosing that roughly a third of all Americans continue to believe George W. Bush is doing a fine job, I think to myself, "Who are these people? Where do they spend their days? And when they're alone with their...
Following up on Josh Marshall's take, Jim Henley notes:And it鈥檚 also true that the US and its Iraqi allies chose to try Saddam on one of his relatively minor crimes.
Enjoy sharing the hotseat with Augusto Pinochet. In fairness, you made the General look like a rank amateur.... to pre-empt misunderstanding, I don't think his ouster was worth the bones.
Chris Bray at Historiblogography urges us to celebrate December 29 as C.D. Alston Day, in honor of the Air Force Brigadier General who predicted confidently one year ago that Iraqi insurgents were unlikely to be able to sustain their attacks for much longer. As Bray points...
Read Loomis' nice essay on Daniel Webster. Webster is among the most forgotten of the forgotten legislative titans of the 19th century, although I think that, outside of Lexington, even.
Friday Cat Blogging... Starbuck