Alleged, a Brief History
To younger students, one of the reasons it’s nice to keep old people around is we can tell you the origins of things that are common …
A Natural History of Elitism
From an interesting 50-minute discussion between Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro last month, while discussing common backgrounds in California, Carlson made the offhand comment, “We’re both elites”. …
The Death of Ernie Pyle’s Captain Wascow, the Film Version 1945
William Wellman was an Academy Award-winning Hollywood director, especially of some of the most memorable westerns and war classics, A Star is Born, Beau Geste (Gary Cooper) Ox-Bow …
Riff Raff Runways
(First written in 2010, a reflection on the traveling season.) Are riff-raff runways in America’s future? I’ll bet you didn’t know that Europe has had …