Monthly Archives: April 2007

Review: A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell

Dr. Thomas Sowell is one of those authors whose laundry lists I’d read. Reading A Conflict of Visions was one of the “Ah-ha!” moments of my life. Sowell is an economist, newspaper columnist and Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He … Continue reading

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End of semester

I’m not posting as often these few weeks because of end-of-semester chaos. I’ve done this before with a kid – but never before with a new baby. Plus that makes it two kids. It’s all part of the way I’m … Continue reading

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Virginia

When I heard about the murders in Virginia I was having lunch with heroes. These were Latin American journalists here on a program sponsored by the State Department and the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at Oklahoma University. … Continue reading

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Why the Nazi comparison sets my teeth on edge

There is a question I’ve asked myself for years; why are the Nazis the paradigmatic symbol of evil for our civilization? WHAT? (outraged) Don’t you know history? Yes, very well thank you. In fact, I know history well enough to … Continue reading

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Those Brits

Well now the crisis is over – except now it’ll never be over. But the Brits got their 15 servicemen (and one woman) back. They had a nice little love-in with Mr. President who gave them new suits and gift … Continue reading

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300, part 2. The essential virtue

Earth! render back from out thy breastA remnant of our Spartan dead!Of the three hundred grant but three,To make a new Thermopylae. What, silent still, and silent all?Ah! no; the voices of the deadSound like a distant torrent’s fall,And answer, … Continue reading

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The British fleet

After my last post I remembered that Rudyard Kipling had addressed the same subject in verse – as often happens. After the Spanish capitulation to the jihadists after the Madrid train bombing, I remembered that Kipling had covered this kind … Continue reading

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Now who rules the waves?

As a fellow fiercely proud of his Celtic heritage, I’ve had my share of fun at the expense of the English. I can for example, recall evenings in Sofia, Bulgaria in the company of a slightly mad Irishman singing The … Continue reading

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