Ever since she was young, my daughter has been interested in history. It might partly be my fault. Before elementary school in the morning we used to watch Professor Eugen Weber’s Western Civ lectures on public TV, and our vacations … Continue reading
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The Republican Party appears to be undergoing a bout of sectarian strife worthy of Sunni and Shia, or perhaps more accurately Cavaliers and Roundheads. Consider these examples: When Mississippi Tea Party senator-wannabe Chris McDaniel narrowly lost a primary runoff to … Continue reading
It has been amusing to watch as the punditocracy and political establishment have been dumbstruck, not literally of course, at the primary loss of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to a tea party nobody, podunk econ professor Dave Brat. … Continue reading