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…
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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…
The Man in the High Castle… The Grasshopper Lies Heavy
As the opening credits flash across the screen, The Man in the High Castle seems to be real. This historical drama, based on the Philip…
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…
The Conservative Plan to Win
As the year of Donald J. Trump segues into 2016, one presidential contender has hitched himself onto the Trump train with great success: Ted Cruz….
The Gospel of Trump
It has been said that Donald J. Trump has constipation of the brain and diarrhea of the mouth. His verbose and rambling speeches more often…