I have recently been re-reading The Ancient State by Hugh Nibley and just this morning finished reading “The Hierocentric State” (originally published back in 1951 in Western Political Quarterly 4/2). The article itself suggests that key aspects of the vast nomadic cultures of Central Asia (e.g., the Mongols) were idealized and emulated by more sedentary […]
From the pages of Wall Street Journal via Greg Mankiw’s Blog, word of a sharp drop in the demand for mistresses for the rich and powerful: According to a new survey by Prince & Assoc., more than 80% of multimillionaires who had extra-marital lovers planned to cut back on their gifts and allowances. Still, only […]
…Victor Davis Hanson pretty much pounds the nail on the head, ten times in a row: 1. Four years of high-school Latin would dramatically arrest the decline in American education…. 2. Hollywood is going the way of Detroit…. 3. All the old media brands of our youth have been tarnished and all but discredited…. 4. […]
This guy pretty much nails it: Flying still seems magical to me. Hat tip to Bad Astronomy. ..bruce w..
…from the ever-fascinating contemplate.us: There’s deep meaning here somewhere. ..bruce w..
Iowahawk shows that brevity is the soul of wit: So for now, let’s put politics aside and celebrate this historic milestone. In his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial 45 years ago, Dr. King said “I have a dream that one day my children will live in a nation where they will not be judged […]
McCain ran the weakest, most disorganized and least aggressive campaign I have seen since George Bush 41 vs. Clinton. He lost with pride and dignity – which is what he seems to have wanted to do from the start. Obama is the president elect, congratulations to the first black president! As i said when I […]
I have great faith in the robustness of our system of government and in the Constitution itself. While I would rather see McCain/Palin win, I’m not going to panic or otherwise go off the deep end if Obama/Biden wins. However, if there’s an Electoral College tie and Nancy Pelosi ends up in the White House, […]
From the Far Eastern Economic Review: Guangdong Province alone, the heart of China’s low-cost manufacturing base, has seen half of the shoe manufacturing industry close shop (over 2,200 factories) this year. Laid-off factory employees, along with millions of migrant construction workers likely to be left jobless as construction slows, will return to a countryside largely […]
Thanksgiving Day menu
We have family and friends coming over for dinner (actually, two of our grandsons have been here since Sunday; we’ve been having a great time with the Wii, the ping pong table, and the air hockey table), a total of 10 people. Here’s what I’m fixing for dinner: roast turkey (22.5 lbs) corn bread stuffing […]
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