Our good-hearted but usually doomed attempt to right the world’s wrongs by sending in American troops to battle bad guys continues, as we send in the American military to central Africa: President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of up to 100 combat-equipped U.S. troops
We had lots of entries for the weekend contest for the best post on “Manliness”! And lots of different ideas on the subject, which underscores the need for the book and the prize The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood. We now
On Saturday I pass from middle-aged to aged. I will turn 60. I will go to the movies and order not an “adult” but a “senior” ticket, saving $2.50. I will be able to get cheap coffee at McDonald’s. Please, no commiserations. Don’t tell me,
One of my former students, Nathan Martin, had worked with Reagan culture czar Bill Bennett on his sequel to The Book of Virtues, a collection of classic and contemporary readings entitled The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood. It explores the traits
Glen Campbell is not just another pop celebrity, though that’s what he’s best known for. He happens to be a great, great guitar player. I’ve heard him play. Anyway, the news came out awhile ago that he has Alzheimer’s. What I didn’t know is that
It looks like the Republican presidential nominee will be Mitt Romney. Tea party favorite non-candidate Chris Christie has endorsed him, as have former candidate Tim Pawlenty. Meanwhile, many conservative pundits are writing columns about how terrible it would be for someone to oppose a candidate
The Arab Spring in Egypt is resulting in riots and persecution targeting Coptic Christians, who make up some 10% of the population. This weekend some 17 were killed. See this. So how can Egyptians tell if one of their countrymen is a Christian? Well, in
I didn’t watch the debate last night between the Republican presidential candidates. I hear they all ganged up on Herman Cain, who really has become the putative front runner as the alternative to Mitt Romney. I heard that Michele Bachmann cast aspersions on Cain’s 9-9-9
Here is how George Will answers Elizabeth Warren’s statement that we posted yesterday: Such an agenda’s premise is that individualism is a chimera, that any individual’s achievements should be considered entirely derivative from society, so the achievements need not be treated as belonging to the
ABC reports that officials have thwarted a scheme to attack the Israeli and Saudi embassies in Washington, D. C., a terrorist attack planned by the government of Iran! FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United
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