"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

Whiny Young People

They existed in the 1800s, too.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Krampus

The dark side of Christmas.

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

There Go My Retirement Plans

Business Week reports the market for old comic books is declining.

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

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Sometimes I'm Sorry I Missed the 60s

Tom Jones, Jerry Reed, Glen Campbell AND Big Jim Sullivan?

Monday, July 29, 2013

Who Should Set Medicare Prices?

Megan McArdle explains there are no good answers to that question.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Turning America Into Detroit

Daniel Hannan says big government has turned the Motor City into Starnesville.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

Roman Concrete

It was far superior to modern concrete, and now scientists have figured out why.

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

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

Obama Gets One Small Thing Right

He refuses to join the idolization of Winston Churchill.

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.