Slate's David Greenberg offers a belated gloss on the Brooks interview with the Warlord.But perhaps there's a more charitable way to think of Bush's understanding of history: as a Hegelian. (Scott McLemee of Inside Higher Ed, for one, has offered an … [Continue reading]
The Endless Ecclesiastical Dream
See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not toil or spin. . . That America is not able at present to accomplish meaningful tasks is we submit beyond question. Even the WaPo raises the matter; it is now that obvious. The Warlord's … [Continue reading]
Friday Nite Down At the Ranch
A short item describing the internal Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) conversations prior to their defeat this past weekend in the largely symbolic Upper House elections. Interesting that Koizumi was encouraging Abe to stay on regardless to see his … [Continue reading]
Square Facts Into Round Memes
UPI has long offered an array of probing commentary and analysis. Typically, their thought pieces are factually dense and robustly reasoned, feature substantial historical erudition, and overall convey intellectual suppleness. Naturally, such … [Continue reading]
Idiopathic Journalism, 2007 (updated)
With Rupert's imminent entry past the shattered Great Gate and on into Minas Tirith, American journalism prepares to endure yet another phase of debasement and looming irrelevancy. The woes of the dead tree business model generally are well known. … [Continue reading]