Essays about Texas

▼
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

NYC may remove George Washington's statue: But what if George was transgender?

›
The New York City Council is pondering whether to remove statues around the city of people linked to slavery or other evil deeds. Thomas Je...
2 comments:
Monday, September 25, 2023

Is Ukraine fighting Russian mercenaries in Sudan? Say it ain’t so, President Biden

›
CNN ran a story a few days ago suggesting that “Ukrainian special services were likely behind a series of drone strikes and a ground operat...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

David Ignatius comes to praise Joe Biden AND to bury him (WaPo is bailing on the Big Guy)

›
Marc Antony, Shakespeare told us, came to bury Julius Caesar, not to praise him. David Ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post , did ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

New York Times: Don’t worry your pretty little head about the Ukraine war

›
New York Times reporter Vanessa Friedman published a story last month with advice about what American tourists should wear when vacationin...
1 comment:
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The Dixie Apocalypse: An Aventure Tale About Post-Apocalyptic Texas

›
In this near-future, post-apocalyptic novel, retired lawyer-turned-professor Willoughby Burns finds himself trying to survive against hunger...
Monday, September 11, 2023

George Will’s incoherent defense of the Ukraine war

›
I began reading George Will's columns back in the 1960s when I was in junior high school. My parents subscribed to Newsweek magazine, a...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Europeans die while Americans get rich off the Ukraine war: Is this a great country or what?

›
 Bruce Catton, the great chronicler of the Civil War, began one of his books with a quote from a chaplain in the Union Army who was struck b...
1 comment: