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Looking in the Right Places: An editor of the Atlantic looks at the Thirty Years' War, and learns something important . In sober fact, ...

And in other news.... From the Secretary of Defense: Secretary Panetta’s Statement on Certification of Readiness to Implement Repeal of Don’...

This Isn't Even a Right-Wing Push Poll I'm easily discouraged by national polls. So I was shocked to my toes and pleased as punch t...

Death at the Margins: The economic collapse, as hard as it is here, is harder in Africa . It’s like the developing world version of the US m...

Commentary: Social media is something I haven't paid as much attention to as perhaps I should. I was reading this story , and happened ...

Now That's a Croc Around here, a gator is big if he's 10 or 12 feet long. Get a load of this 18-foot Australian crocodile. As the ...

What Is Economics, Anyway? There are some theories I've never understood. They always leave me wondering whether the problem is that I...

A Few Articles Against Writing of Books: Via Arts & Letters Daily , some articles demanding an end to all this book-writing that goes on...

Core Commitments The White House released a statement this afternoon threatening to veto the "Cut, Cap & Balance" bill if it i...

Manhattanhenge Living in any city, let alone one as tall and crowded and overlit as Manhattan, it's easy to lose sight of the grand marc...

Epictetus: A Stoic philosopher , once a slave, he held : The third area of study has to do with assent, and what is plausible and attractive...

Congratulations, Japan: I just watched the end of the USA/Japan Female World Cup match. The Japanese came from behind to win in the penalty...

Faces: This article on advertisements and visual tracking technology has some interesting facts. Men look first to the technical data on a ...

"Get Drunk" A poem, about halfway through this piece by the Clancy Brothers: "Get drunk, and never pause for rest: with wine...

Weird Kids A friend who really has my number sent me home from a recent visit with a copy of the movie " Temple Grandin ." I was ...

West Oversea Book Trailer: Our friend Lars Walker has done something I haven't seen before, which is to make a video trailer for his bo...

Project VALOUR-IT Update: The fundraiser ends tomorrow, and we are very far from its goal . There is little chance we will reach it -- perh...

A Stout Orange Blade: It's the 12th of July. Happy Boyne Day , Major Leggett! UPDATE: And since it is, why not an Irish night? The sum...

Boston Early Music Festival: I haven't been to Boston since 1996, when I took refuge there briefly from the Olympics that were bedevilin...