Glenn Reynolds points to Reason TV and “Why you’re living in the libertarian moment. ….” I’ve suggested otherwise more than once, unless by “moment” we mean a passing pulse of time — then, perhaps, that’s about right. But libertarianism is neither the de...

Africa was once known as Akebu-Lan, meaning "Mother of Mankind" or "Garden of Eden.' This name was used by the Moors, Nubians, Numidians, Khart-Haddans (Carthagenians), and Ethiopians.    If the MESSAGE is CONSISTANT, then the METHOD will lead only to the MESSAGE.  The MESSAGE is "Jesus Saves." ...

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Zenpundit over at Chicago Boyz questions the assertion by von Clausewitz that the challenge of a comprehensible military reality has almost the same effect as the acceptance of that challenge and actual engagement.  This is because the playing out of that scenario in an adversary’s strategic ...

Sometimes even bathroom doors in old courthouses give the best advice, but even then — do we heed it?...

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Bruce MacEwen’s Adam Smith, Esq. blog quotes from an interview in Barron’s in which a major (multi-billion-dollar) potentional investor in Madoff’s hedge fund smelled fraud after an exasperating several hours of stonewalling by the “great man” and walked away without in...

I made a point in a previous post that appears to have gotten obscured, and while I reiterated it in the comments earlier this evening, I subsequently saw another item (again via Instapundit) that seemed, in perhaps a somewhat roundabout way — to confirm it. Here’s what I said: The terro...

Instapundit: THOUGHTS ON gay rights and the G.O.P.’s future: “It’s not that we’re likely to crack more than 35% of the gay vote (well, maybe 40%). But, to win back the suburbs, Republicans can’t alienate suburbanites. And anti-gay attitudes don’t resonate with families who have known gay...