Alexander — the Life, the Book, the Film
Next week a friend will be coming back from Baghdad and we’ve agreed to go and see Oliver Stone’s new movie about Alexander. I’m looking forward to the experience, despite…
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Heroism and the Struggle for Liberty: Lecture Outline from California Tour
As promised, I’m making available the outline from my lectures at San Jose State University, Cal State Hayward, and Santa Clara University: Download file It’s a mix of institutional history…
Ukraine or Little Russia?
This is not a bad little introduction to Ukrainian history, for those trying to understand the crisis in that country, which to some extent splits it between a Russian-tilting east…
If This Is True, then I’m Toast
$28,000 is a lot of bread for a ten-year-old image of the Virgin Mary.
If This Is True, then I’m Toast
$28,000 is a lot of bread for a ten-year-old image of the Virgin Mary.
If This Is True, then I’m Toast
$28,000 is a lot of bread for a ten-year-old image of the Virgin Mary.
If This Is True, then I’m Toast
$28,000 is a lot of bread for a ten-year-old image of the Virgin Mary.
Nobility = No Ability
“What’s wrong with everyone nowadays?” So complained Prince Charles of the House of Windsor in a note to an aide after a typist had tried to get a promotion. What…
Holiday Gifts from Uncle Tom
With my niece and nephews now old enough to have their own children and with various friends having successfully reproduced, I’m buying lots of children’s gifts for the holidays. The…
This Just In: “Anarchy” Not Necessarily Disorderly…
A new short report from the World Bank, “Anarchy and Invention,” shows that there are sometimes ways to achieve voluntary coordination without hitting people on the head. It draws on…