tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63548192012-01-25T10:19:56.068-05:00The Big Tent contributors are followers of <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/65/ma/Mahan-Al.html">Alfred Thayer Mahan.</a>Stephennoreply@blogger.comBlogger62901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-49584750801028941422012-01-20T09:50:00.003-05:002012-01-25T10:19:03.401-05:00

Well, that got some attention. The account of my interaction with PolitiFact made a little tour of the interwebs. Here are a few highlights, for those keeping score. Scott Johnson at Powerline wrote a post called "A PolitiFact Case Study," which reviewed some previous stories about fact checking organizations.Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online's The Corner found the story "pretty amazing

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-54714641058195329562012-01-18T13:49:00.003-05:002012-01-18T14:39:23.367-05:00

So yesterday I got an email from Louis Jacobson of PolitiFact. It said: Good morning,Hope all is well! I wanted to throw a new military-related PolitiFact fact-check your way.In last night's South Carolina debate, Mitt Romney said, "Our navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our air force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."(1) Is this technically true, and if so, by what metrics

Tomnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-86431171252694904392012-01-17T09:54:00.000-05:002012-01-17T09:56:22.890-05:00

"So Why Read Anymore?"Get to it.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-36184135235310206112012-01-06T11:47:00.002-05:002012-01-06T11:52:16.686-05:00

Barry Stentiford, "The Most Dangerous Dumb Idea that Will Not Die," Small Wars Journal.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-51334594300678712812012-01-04T11:13:00.002-05:002012-01-04T11:15:16.023-05:00

An essay I wrote for Claremont Review of Books is now online: "Another Vietnam."The original draft was much meaner, but I think the point gets across.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-34132025212012490322012-01-04T11:12:00.000-05:002012-01-04T11:13:16.849-05:00

Revealing about both.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-46589825643582590982012-01-03T17:05:00.002-05:002012-01-03T17:08:21.093-05:00

"Thomas Friedman, human slop bucket of received wisdom" by P.J. O'Rourke, in "Popular Culture and the Baby Boomers." Read the whole thing, but if that's all he wrote, well, that'd be enough.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-27520416238241537002011-12-13T10:11:00.001-05:002011-12-13T10:13:20.118-05:00

Alonzo Hamby reviews John Lewis Gaddis' long-awaited George F. Kennan: An American Life. Enjoy.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-32277927066662670482011-11-26T09:41:00.004-05:002011-11-29T14:13:53.427-05:00

This article by Yuval Levin just about perfectly expresses the motivating principles behind conservativism in America. For example, take his description of the two types of liberalism:The difference between these two kinds of liberalism — constitutionalism grounded in humility about human nature and progressivism grounded in utopian expectations — is a crucial fault line of our politics, and has

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-57228751387685295432011-11-08T10:38:00.001-05:002011-11-08T10:38:52.618-05:00

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-62772422075404842812011-10-19T08:53:00.002-04:002011-10-19T08:55:44.517-04:00

From The American blog:"5 reasons why income inequality is a myth."He provides the statistical data, and then concludes:Set all the numbers aside for a moment. If you’ve lived through the past four decades, does it really seem like America is no better off today? It doesn’t to Jason Furman, the deputy director of Obama’s National Economic Council. Here is Furman back in 2006: “Remember when even

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-36063426537816783282011-10-17T12:29:00.001-04:002011-10-17T12:30:46.427-04:00

More coherent than the original!Yes, that's Herman Cain. I have no idea when or why.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-45428853053089659112011-10-14T09:28:00.000-04:002011-10-14T09:29:38.934-04:00

What do you think Drudge Report is trying to say today?

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-27030840359884028982011-10-11T08:43:00.002-04:002011-10-11T09:13:54.048-04:00

There are two or three new reviews of A Nation Forged in War. You can access them at the book blog.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-44482515565066745982011-10-07T10:32:00.002-04:002011-10-07T10:39:22.191-04:00

A colleague and I put together a small book of readings to weigh in on the counterinsurgency debate:Dan G. Cox and Thomas Bruscino, eds., Population-Centric Counterinsurgency: A False Idol?: Three Monographs from the School of Advanced Military Studies (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press, 2011).Here is the abstract, from our introduction:Rarely is it a good idea for any field

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-43615539973490584052011-10-06T11:54:00.000-04:002011-10-06T11:54:23.333-04:00

The conclusion: "Many members of the liberal intelligentsia, that herd of independent minds, agree that other Americans comprise a malleable, hence vulnerable, herd whose “false consciousness” is imposed by corporate America. Therefore the herd needs kindly, paternal supervision by a cohort of protective herders. This means subordination of the bovine many to a regulatory government staffed by

Stephennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-29537126779850426162011-09-10T20:10:00.000-04:002011-09-10T20:10:43.351-04:00

Another Reason to Hate Woodrow Wilson | Power Line

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-53635074821849213712011-08-23T15:35:00.001-04:002011-08-23T15:35:14.152-04:00

The Supreme Court Of The United States blog is hosting a same-sex marriage symposium.  Some thought-provoking stuff there.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-89219596263101089022011-08-19T12:03:00.003-04:002011-08-19T16:32:04.435-04:00

...or something like that. I could not agree with this article more. Major college football programs should form their own association, with their own rules. The NCAA is broken. I've held off on this issue for a long time, but I have to get it off my chest. I get that lots of people don't like Ohio State, and I am well aware that I'm a homer when it comes to the Buckeyes, but what the NCAA

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-46327987153159098672011-08-18T13:50:00.002-04:002011-08-18T13:50:23.724-04:00

America's Lost Ally

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-46014078113766697542011-08-11T23:11:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:11:18.395-04:00

A nice article from ESPN's Page 2. 

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-33451634187284560962011-07-14T14:37:00.003-04:002011-07-14T14:45:06.016-04:00

File this in "Nothing New Under the Sun." An article by Jeffrey Hart in The University Bookman from 1963, discussing the works of Edmund Burke. The subject is habit and identity. The entire essay is excellent, but the conclusion stood out to me:The “modern imagination,” according to Lionel Trilling, conceives of the self as experiencing autonomy and delight only “in opposition to the general

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-85395056342411783712011-07-10T10:34:00.001-04:002011-07-10T10:34:30.832-04:00

The War of 1812.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-47335389325479726362011-07-02T09:25:00.003-04:002011-07-03T07:53:00.013-04:00

Robert Citino, one of our finest historians, has written a short article about one of his former students at West Point who died in Afghanistan. Read it, just to help know what we are celebrating this Independence Day.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-51413633334041195222011-06-29T14:54:00.002-04:002011-06-29T14:54:23.378-04:00

The Toronto Sun.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-18166026926386917142011-06-22T16:44:00.000-04:002011-06-22T16:44:34.150-04:00

This is why I can still listen to Sabbath, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Metallica...

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-14432097786212240402011-06-19T10:04:00.004-04:002011-06-20T11:34:47.188-04:00

A student of mine was an officer in Task Force 300 during the surge in Iraq in 2007. He has been instrumental in starting a program to support veterans and the family members of those who lost their lives. For a little background:More than two thousand years ago, 300 Greek Spartans stood at the Gates of Thermopile (commonly known as the “Gates of Fire”) to deny over a million Persians from

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-63077637124438737392011-06-18T22:46:00.001-04:002011-06-18T22:47:38.764-04:00

Water in the west.  If I remember correctly, Steve is/was closely involved with this issue.  Thoughts?

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-56566861458529498652011-06-06T23:32:00.008-04:002011-06-07T10:14:42.433-04:00

It's the anniversary of D-Day. Here is the Army Center of Military History webpage for the Normandy campaign.Even better, CMH has now made the entire Green Book series, the official histories of World War II, downloadable for free.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1277914164265069712011-06-02T10:51:00.001-04:002011-06-02T10:51:55.697-04:00

This is pretty good work:

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-58914309515460201282011-05-12T16:06:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:21:59.071-04:00

History lessons for Obama and other liberals - The Washington Post

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-78482582967452774222011-04-28T12:18:00.000-04:002011-04-28T12:18:40.712-04:00

Too Early for Clues to GOP 2012 Nominee

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-74228371842049432272011-04-26T18:00:00.000-04:002011-04-26T18:00:38.591-04:00

Slavery was the cause of the Civil War. Only 38% of Americans believe that the Civil War was mainly about slavery.Wow.

Stephennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-60436509060254821612011-04-20T09:46:00.003-04:002011-04-20T09:47:52.138-04:00

Michael Barone's review of A Nation Forged in War is now available for reading at the Claremont Review of Books page.Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-52218184590599760242011-04-12T21:20:00.002-04:002011-04-12T21:28:31.414-04:00

Two Sundays ago, I ran on a team in the 44 mile Brew to Brew relay run. It starts at the Boulevard Brewery in Kansas City and finishes at Free State in Lawrence. Out of nowhere, the temperature that day shot up to 93 degrees. And all day, we ran into a minimum 25 mph headwind (gusts to 40). Good times.We made it--happily I only ran three and a half hilly miles for my leg--and we found out

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-47240519335567031662011-04-11T14:34:00.000-04:002011-04-11T14:34:04.069-04:00

Budget suicide

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-68849696554938507662011-04-11T12:15:00.002-04:002011-04-11T12:15:28.568-04:00

This looks good.

Stephennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-82781585112950593292011-04-06T15:32:00.004-04:002011-04-06T15:35:50.251-04:00

The Big Map Blog. Chicago after the fire.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-7166172681576394802011-03-31T15:04:00.000-04:002011-03-31T15:04:02.377-04:00

Nixon library revising Watergate treatment.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-67762376137967335062011-03-25T12:32:00.002-04:002011-03-25T12:35:57.029-04:00

Never, under any circumstances, eat any of the "Bumblebee Tuna Sensations." It's cat food for people who hate cats.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-77428352368889149772011-03-25T12:16:00.004-04:002011-03-25T12:22:25.844-04:00

There are a couple of updates (reviews, an interview) at A Nation Forged in War, if you have the time.Or just skip all that and buy the book, if you haven't already.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-32085618905785320472011-03-23T10:18:00.002-04:002011-03-23T10:22:49.077-04:00

First, Kevin Mattson has a typically thoughtful essay on the issue of tenure. (I am quite sure that the article is far superior to the book it is reviewing.) Second, this Japanese guy is a badass.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-45897136023448350342011-03-21T16:52:00.000-04:002011-03-21T16:52:48.918-04:00

President Obama on the use of force

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-59134492971191791662011-03-17T10:32:00.000-04:002011-03-17T10:32:42.096-04:00

President Hamlet - Victor Davis Hanson - National Review Online

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-88087344984461211492011-03-16T14:19:00.000-04:002011-03-16T14:19:54.457-04:00

Reconstitutionalizing America - Letters from an Ohio Farmer

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-31550626121909875112011-03-16T10:54:00.002-04:002011-03-16T10:54:19.367-04:00

of the quake/tsunami from the Boston Globe.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-55544006103744218492011-03-15T23:44:00.001-04:002011-03-15T23:44:53.605-04:00

Someone passed these photos along to me recently.  Some good, wholesome looking Americans.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-79808339249185355672011-03-15T13:50:00.000-04:002011-03-15T13:50:23.108-04:00

George F. Will - The Supreme Court and the health-care mandate muddle

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-8077483109224131052011-03-14T16:04:00.000-04:002011-03-14T16:04:03.741-04:00

There Aren’t Enough Millionaires - Kevin D. Williamson - National Review Online

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-56463718338806780462011-03-02T16:17:00.000-05:002011-03-02T16:17:08.063-05:00

Letters from an Ohio Farmer

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-56937097563151161872011-03-02T16:15:00.000-05:002011-03-02T16:15:18.239-05:00

October 30, 1856[...]I feel seriously the probable defeat of the cause of freedom in the approaching Presidential election. Before the October elections in Pennsylvania and Indiana, I was confident Colonel Fremont would be elected. But the disastrous results in thoseStates indicate and will probably do much to produce his defeat. The majorities are small, very small, but they discourage our side.

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-65797561367961563942011-02-25T12:47:00.003-05:002011-02-25T12:59:46.408-05:00

Theodore Roosevelt on Woodrow Wilson, May, 1917, after Wilson stopped Roosevelt from gaining a command in World War I:...Wilson is profiting to the full by his two great powers; that of puzzling ordinary men who are well meaning but not wise; and that of appealing to the basest element in every man, wise or unwise. He has profited immensely by his entire devotion to his own interest. He is

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-84514665392541966552011-02-24T14:12:00.000-05:002011-02-24T14:12:46.881-05:00

It starts with parents, yet we rarely hear their names in the conversation about what's wrong with our public schools.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-78261411401514156862011-02-23T17:22:00.002-05:002011-02-23T17:22:48.952-05:00

in an email.  NICE TO KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING IT RIGHT ALL THESE YEARS.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-80000643656909548202011-02-23T01:46:00.000-05:002011-02-23T01:46:57.346-05:00

Visalia, California

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-81100524469251865642011-02-22T13:40:00.000-05:002011-02-22T13:40:35.496-05:00

I had the honor of hosting Peter Schramm last week as he came to Visalia, met with students, gave a talk at a fundraiser, and generally charmed everyone he encountered. He is a very American American--indeed he joked that he turns natives into Americans at the Ashbrook Center. I was struck yet again by his open and generous spirit, his commitment to Lincoln's vision of the American republic,

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-6627405867964157682011-02-17T09:35:00.002-05:002011-02-17T09:37:51.238-05:00

Nathan Toronto, a colleague of mine, challenges the conventional wisdom on Egypt.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-64917390918425248022011-02-14T19:52:00.002-05:002011-02-14T19:57:37.629-05:00

Ryan L. Cole, "The Last Word on Teddy: Edmund Morris’s Roosevelt trilogy is one of the best biographies in modern literature."...and...Guy Sorman, "Why Not a Negative Income Tax? Replace the welfare state with a cash subsidy for the poor."(Rumors that Stephen wears a jacket just like Milton's are true, or at least they should be.)

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-77877114124087331452011-02-10T13:28:00.001-05:002011-02-10T13:28:22.580-05:00

I love it when my two favorite pass-times, history and fishing, come together.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-9852023041857231332011-02-10T09:51:00.003-05:002011-02-10T09:57:10.921-05:00

Q: What do you call an article that exaggerates the meaning of a phenomenon based on writings that exaggerate the phenomenon?

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-6312609542130557862011-02-08T14:37:00.000-05:002011-02-08T14:38:35.082-05:00

Calvin Coolidge.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-58242255766440357462011-02-07T12:14:00.001-05:002011-02-07T12:14:53.116-05:00

Stephennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-32752334056281518002011-02-04T20:37:00.000-05:002011-02-04T20:38:06.058-05:00

A thousand times, Yes.(For Super Bowl weekend.)

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-7279653510702310362011-02-01T16:58:00.001-05:002011-02-01T16:58:11.718-05:00

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-29158564402741834612011-01-28T13:31:00.000-05:002011-01-28T13:31:10.281-05:00

So does this guy.  The argument sounds vaguely familiar.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-75188902515048651202011-01-27T14:59:00.000-05:002011-01-27T14:59:35.552-05:00

The Times's Dealings With Julian Assange - NYTimes.com

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-60574207720592861112011-01-26T14:45:00.000-05:002011-01-26T14:45:48.132-05:00

Daniel Bell, Ardent Appraiser of Politics, Economics and Culture, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com

Stephennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-35045290637535137382011-01-18T12:53:00.000-05:002011-01-18T12:53:00.151-05:00

One hundred years ago Tuesday, Eugene Ely, a 26-year-old automobile racer-turned-aviator, landed a fragile-looking biplane on the deck of the Navy cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay and made flying history.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1688123019204899442011-01-12T14:58:00.000-05:002011-01-12T14:58:35.259-05:00

NY Times article. Though I am admittedly ignorant of any pending changes to the structure of the AP US history course, I have to say I welcome the discussion of some sort of change.  In its current form the amount of information to be covered is virtually impossible in a semester.  It either needs to be turned into two courses like most colleges do, or taught over the course of an entire school

g_robnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-70485264229157927582011-01-12T12:12:00.001-05:002011-01-12T12:14:43.329-05:00

Gordon Wood reviews Jill Lepore's new book on the tea parties. He begins:America’s Founding Fathers have a special significance for the American public. People want to know what Thomas Jefferson would think of affirmative action, or how George Washington would regard the invasion of Iraq. No other major nation honors its historical characters in quite the way we do. The British don’t have to

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-27306216390194645712011-01-10T15:14:00.001-05:002011-01-10T15:15:56.456-05:00

Rest in Peace, Major Dick Winters.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-2677701026736573602011-01-10T10:28:00.001-05:002011-01-10T10:29:51.271-05:00

A Nation Forged in War got a "Highly Recommended." Details here.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-51698527303827185622011-01-05T09:44:00.000-05:002011-01-05T09:45:14.001-05:00

Well worth your time.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-62912153978521692642010-12-23T15:41:00.002-05:002010-12-23T15:42:11.213-05:00

The family made the local news. Check out the video over at the diary blog.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-40445650973038598712010-12-22T17:47:00.002-05:002010-12-22T17:47:57.651-05:00

Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time.

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My review of Henry J. Hendrix, Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy, for the new Joint Force Quarterly is here.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-91998086588850772542010-12-20T09:55:00.001-05:002010-12-20T09:56:50.199-05:00

Some posters. If you are intrigued by the idea of Santa beating up Hitler, you might want to take a look.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-3081409319728255092010-12-17T11:35:00.002-05:002010-12-17T11:35:10.622-05:00

Year in pictures.

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on the health care ruling.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-43859807348761227962010-12-16T13:20:00.003-05:002010-12-16T13:23:39.310-05:00

There aren't too many people who get to be in that discussion, no matter the endeavor.Rest in Peace Bob Feller.Here's a good article.

Tomnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-4358151067386734692010-12-14T14:32:00.000-05:002010-12-14T14:32:42.225-05:00

Interview with Erwin Chemerinsky, author of The Conservative Assault on the Constitution. Conservative assault or repeal of an earlier liberal assault?  Discuss.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-70527477261603870352010-12-14T11:34:00.002-05:002010-12-14T11:34:59.664-05:00

NY Times review.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-63590201521126940602010-12-13T16:27:00.000-05:002010-12-13T16:27:27.397-05:00

Sweet Xmas music mixes.  Bob Dylan and Snoop Dogg in the same playlist?  Yup.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-64216595447557231162010-12-13T14:20:00.002-05:002010-12-13T14:26:47.491-05:00

The folks over at Claremont recommend some Christmas reading, and they got Alonzo Hamby to contribute. Our friend Derek should be blushing with pride, because Freedom's Main Line made the list. I second that recommendation (note that Derek's book is also available on Kindle, and will be in paperback next year).

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-74354271112274043742010-12-13T14:05:00.000-05:002010-12-13T14:05:45.672-05:00

Central Provision of Health Care Law Is Ruled Unconstitutional - NYTimes.com

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-81930232525325314362010-12-12T20:48:00.002-05:002010-12-12T20:48:25.981-05:00

Bush v. Gore 10 years later.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-83348648269147136112010-12-08T18:20:00.001-05:002010-12-08T18:20:51.937-05:00

Stephennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-68296847841746507312010-12-07T11:37:00.000-05:002010-12-07T11:37:06.826-05:00

Follow-up.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-83268128354164670512010-12-07T11:35:00.001-05:002010-12-07T12:14:41.163-05:00

Number of survivors dwindling. Sacramento Bee story.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-38156274601402659532010-12-02T17:44:00.001-05:002010-12-02T17:45:36.106-05:00

AEI - AEI Debates: How Much Government is Good Government? http://www.aei.org/video/101354

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-30474452097945272242010-12-01T13:28:00.001-05:002010-12-01T13:29:12.865-05:00

Band of Brothers A review of A Nation Forged in War: How World War II Taught Americans How to Get Along, by Thomas Bruscino. By Michael Barone Remember all those World War II movies? You know—the ones with an Army unit that had a guy from the South, a factory kid from Pittsburgh or Detroit, a farmer from the Great Plains and invariably, a loudmouthed guy from Brooklyn. The movies always showed

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-30016446936560065392010-12-01T01:28:00.001-05:002010-12-01T01:28:55.851-05:00

...Michael Barone. Yes, Michael Barone. He reviewed A Nation Forged in War in the Fall 2010 Claremont Review of Books. I have not read the review since my electronic access is not working at the moment, so I'm posting this on good faith. (I've never wished I was a hacker so much in my life.)

Tomnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-71817126433798899082010-11-30T15:41:00.000-05:002010-11-30T15:41:38.425-05:00

Stephennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-25581166904159128682010-11-30T15:38:00.000-05:002010-11-30T15:38:49.128-05:00

The Washington Post must read Big Tent

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-60572805781852742722010-11-26T19:43:00.003-05:002010-11-26T19:43:48.361-05:00

Very excited.

g_robnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-4391761235535672122010-11-23T15:52:00.000-05:002010-11-23T15:52:42.666-05:00

My morning reading took me to this Jaffa piece from 1998: "The False Prophets of American Conservatism." Sometimes it is good to revisit the classics.

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-57731254423247536202010-11-22T17:06:00.000-05:002010-11-22T17:06:10.961-05:00

109 Votes; That was close.

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-55175881041718323962010-11-22T10:24:00.000-05:002010-11-22T10:24:45.748-05:00

typo analysis

Stephennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-64446145753416238512010-11-19T20:20:00.000-05:002010-11-19T20:20:21.611-05:00

Actor Wesley Snipes headed to prison for tax evasion. Seriously? Can't we just make him pay what he owes plus a hefty fine? Doesn't it cost us more to try him and throw him in jail than what he owes? What happens if we need another Blade sequel?

Tomnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-41569978179446225762010-11-18T11:14:00.000-05:002010-11-18T11:14:19.146-05:00

The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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