I Am James Madison
Which Founding Father are you? Happy Constitution Day, everyone!
Month: September 2009
In Group – Out Group Morality
Submitted for your approval — or disapproval: “Quentin Tarantino’s new movie Inglorious Basterds features a squadron of mostly Jewish soldiers in World War II commiting a variety of what could only be called war atrocities on Nazis. This is okay,… Continue Reading
A Quick Memoriam
I’m not doing heavy blogging this week, but I would be remiss to not note the passing of Mary Travers, of the popular folk band Peter, Paul and Mary. She was (still is) one of my mother’s heroes and I… Continue Reading
National Self-Interest
Proposed: “If India and Mexico complete their semi-governmental, semi-private industrialization and modernization programs currently underway, this will be a long-term net benefit to the United States of America.”
America’s Most Distrusted Minority
This sort of thing only works if you Readers actually make comments. Again, I’ll throw out a topic for your discussion. I’m not going to participate in these discussions for a while. Nor should you assume that I agree with… Continue Reading
Discuss The 9/12 Protest Amongst Yourselves
I’m going to drop the blog into low gear for a few days as I try to re-discipline myself to writing something that might actually be published and purchased one day. I apologize in advance to my Reader. In the… Continue Reading
Jaybird Wins The Entire Internet, or, How To Sell A Feature Movie About Charles Darwin
In an off-the-cuff sort of post complaining about how a biopic of Charles Darwin called “Creation” is having difficulty finding a distributor in the U.S., commenter Jaybird at League of Ordinary Gentlement demonstrates mastery of the art of film promotion.… Continue Reading
What’s Important Now
I offered the previous post because I found all the 9/11 rememberances popping up on my blog reader this morning morose and depressing, focusing on the violence of the attacks, the tragic loss of life, and the horror of that… Continue Reading
What Should He Have Done?
This skit might seem offensive at first glance, but take a moment to think about it before you pronounce it so. Notice that there is never approval of what they know is about to happen: Ultimately, this is a restatement… Continue Reading
Her Majesty’s Government Issues An Overdue Apology
During World War II, the Allies were aided in a very substantial way because they could read encoded messages from Japanese and German military authorities sent via radio to units out in the field. This was possible because of the… Continue Reading