I find George W. Bush's tendency to butcher presidential history one of his most irritating traits. Praising George Washington's unbreakable will, ability to stand up to multiple challenges, and belief that freedoms ought not to be enjoyed by Americans alone, President Bush stopped just short of...
The horror!But at least he didn't announce that he was going to fill bin Laden with his "hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit." . . . and for those who wonder.
Victor Davis Hanson is working on a novel. I'm sure it will be . . . uh . . . not good.Meantime, Hanson among others has twisted his toga into.
Given the news that John McCain has forcefully denounced Roe v. Wade, the understandable liberal reaction is to point out the inconsistency of this legendary Straight Talker (TM). And I agree, in general, that the media myths about McCain's increasingly risible claims to independence need debunking....
I see that the Online Integrity project, the intarweb's very own Euston Manifesto--a noble effort to create a non-enforceable code of conduct expressed in vague enough terms to immunize one's.
I have come to learn that on 19 February 1881, Kansas enacted a statute declaring that "No person shall manufacture or assist in the manufacture of intoxicating liquors in this.
The "stab in the back" demagoguery becomes even more disgusting once you've read this. In fairness, it must be said that Bush's tax cut for the rich did allow Glenn Reynolds to buy a six-burner grill, so it's a reasonable tradeoff....Melissa has more.
The stab-in-the-back narrative is now in full gear. What Kaus merely abets, Glenn Reynolds, Mark Steyn, and the editors of Investors Business Daily push full throttle; America will lose because.
The execution of Cicero... very well done. Pullo has killed more than his share in cold blood, a fact that we forget when he's murdering nameless extras, but the workmanlike.
Sometime last year, Rob posted a clip of Orson Welles -- swaying and slurring with drink -- trying to navigate his way through a television commercial. It was brilliant. For no particular reason, here's an audio clip of a more sober Welles berating a roomful of...
In 1351, a Lao princeling who had fled as a refugee to the Court of Angkor raised an army of 10000 Khmer to defeat rebellious Lao tribes on Angkor's northern.
A little over two weeks after the humiliating conclusion of the seige at Stalingrad, Reich Minister for Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels delivered his famous Sportpalastrede address in Berlin. Summoning.