Archive for the ‘History’ Category
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Japan Syndrome
Posted on March 14, 2011
According to news reports, the latest earthquake pushed Japan thirteen feet closer to the United States. On an Earth that charts movement in millimeters, not yards, that is an amazing...
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Democrats Launch Own Inquiry Into Extremists
Posted on March 11, 2011
(Washington DC) House Democrats, concerned that their performance in the King Hearings may expose them to charges of being needlessly and dangerously politically correct, have decided to launch their own...
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Buried in the News
Posted on March 10, 2011
The Space Shuttle Discovery completed its final mission yesterday and David Broder went to his final resting place. Somewhere in the future, some enterprising historian is going to write a...
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What To Do About Libya
Posted on March 8, 2011
The Romans twice ran Libya. The first time, they brought the Libyans a “Golden Age”. As Wikipedia put it: “As a Roman province, Libya was prosperous, and reached a golden...
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The King Hearing
Posted on March 7, 2011
I am a big Peter King fan. When I worked for the House Republican Leadership, I was a fellow traveler with him when it came to the Troubles in Northern...
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