"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013
The Original Bond Girl
Special Operations Executive agent Christine Glanville led a life of daring. But was she the model for some of Ian Fleming's creations?
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Turkey's Away
The most complete version I've seen in years of the classic episode of WKRP in Cincinnati
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Who Is Afraid of Default?
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Who Is the Isolationist?
Anyone who opposes the president.
Labels:
empire,
history,
militarism,
neocons,
Patriotism,
presidency,
strategic errors
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Turning America Into Detroit
Daniel Hannan says big government has turned the Motor City into Starnesville.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Hermann Goering Saved My Life
Interesting tale of how the Nazi leader came to the rescue of downed allied airmen.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Cheat on Your Wife, Pretty Soon You Are Cheating at Golf
Steve Sailer looks at Tiger Woods and the 2013 Masters
Labels:
crybabies,
history,
jackass,
strategic errors,
weenies
Monday, April 1, 2013
Tennessee's Plans to Fight
Andrew Exum gives the Georgia state Senate's plan to redraw the border with the Volunteer State all the respect it deserves.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Ron Paul University
At Paul's Campaign for Liberty site, there's a nice section on education for liberty. It includes a lot of books and videos available free over the Internet.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Resaca Groundbreaking Set for Oct. 22
The state has been plans for the Resaca battlefield, and the visitor's center is just one part of it.
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