Pearl of wisdom from a Union private crossing the Rappahannock into Fredericksburg, December 1862: Shit! They want us to get in. Getting out won't be quite so smart and easy. You'll see. Apparently Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative hasn't worked its way into...
No chance that Sarah Palin is changing her War Party stripes or adopting a Ron Paul / Old Right line as she releases her 2012 presidential campaign book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag: [C]ontrary to the ugly accusations of the antiwar crowd,...
And if you believe that, I've got a bridge you might be interested in buying. It connects my oceanfront properties in Kansas (also for sale) to the magical island where I keep my leprechaun-sourced gold hoard. From the Washington Post's account of an attack on an...
"[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his ruling," President Andrew Jackson famously blustered after the US Supreme Court overruled him on the issue of US treaty obligations with the Cherokee. "Now let him enforce it." We've come a long way, baby -- these days,...
