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Thirty Years of Krauthammer

Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer-prize winner and nationally syndicated columnist, released in 2014 his book entitled Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics, a…


Amherst College Drops Mascot “Lord Jeff”

Amherst College seems to be latest victim of higher education’s stifling climate of political correctness after it announced that it’s dropping its mascot, Lord Jeffrey…


Meet the New Spy, Same as the Old Spy

Some say espionage is the world’s second oldest profession (I’ll let you guess the first).  Nonetheless, a loudening chorus in Western intelligence circles have questioned…


A Second Look at our Second President

John Adams is, in short, excellent. David McCullough’s tome is both a well-crafted narrative and a rich, historical account. In many ways, John Adams is…


The Elegantly Cultural

6 cans of a noseable hipster-preferred craft lager, like Keystone Light (in the white can, of course) 6 glasses worth of competition-quality Italian Pinot Noir,…


The Dark Side of Bond

I read this book on a whim months after seeing and being satisfied with the movie Spectre. I was on a James Bond kick at…



Back Home in Maycomb

Harper Lee’s recently published novel Go Set A Watchman has questionable origins. Whether it is the first rough draft of the classic novel To Kill…


Growing the Land of Cotton

After the American colonies heeded Benjamin Franklin’s advice to “join” rather than to “die,” the political bonds that tied our great nation together loosened, frayed…