Reading Time: 3 minutes William F. Buckley had a panache, and an intellect, that few could match
Category: A&E
Downton Abbey taught us that change is inevitable
Reading Time: 3 minutes How a period television drama taught us to embrace change, no matter how unnerving it may be
Downton Abbey mirrors upheavals plaguing modern world
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modern society is experiencing a social hurricane driven by forces not dissimilar to those at work in the early 20th century
Integration just isn’t what it used to be
Reading Time: 3 minutes Assimilation has become a dirty word, with anyone who advocates it liable to be accused of promoting cultural genocide
Christmas books for the history buff
Reading Time: 3 minutes If your Christmas shopping list includes a history buff, here’s a handful of 2015 titles that will definitely solve your problem
Frank Sinatra at 100
Reading Time: 3 minutes To say that Sinatra liked wine, women and song would be putting far too romantic a spin on it
Intuition may not add up, but it works
Reading Time: 4 minutes The power of intuition flies in the face of western society’s current fascination with mathematical algorithms
Eisenhower’s heart attack and the state of presidential medicine
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even the most powerful man on earth doesn’t always get the best medical care
Robert Conquest, the man who was right
Reading Time: 3 minutes Apologists for the Soviet Union and Stalin in particular, according to Conquest, suffered a form of “mental aberration”
Selling merchandise during tour just ducky with country star Paul Brandt
Reading Time: 3 minutes The most popular sale item on Paul Brandt’s music tours is a rubber duck