Yup… just as there’s a boat for the wicked, there’s also a boat for the good.
Coming up with the list for the “good boat” just isn’t as much fun in general, but if I ever do set up such a boat, I will have to remember to save a seat for Ken Burns.
Just watched him [...]
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Ken Burns gets a seat on the good boat
Posted in History, Libertarianism, Media, Politics, tagged Ayn Rand, Bedford Falls, FDR, Frank Capra, Ken Burns, Mr. Potter, New Deal, Norman Rockwell on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The coming extinction of protests
Posted in History, Libertarianism, Politics, tagged 1960s, Cindy Sheehan, extremists, Fox News, International ANSWER, Iraq war, protests, tea party on September 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tens of thousands of conservative activists, assembled loonies, birthers, deathers, tenthers, conspiracy theorists, Confederates, libertarians, militia members, haters, and opportunistic Right-wing politicians gathered on the National Mall and around the country for Saturday’s “tea party” protests, and – aside from the freak-show quality of the whole thing – one fact stood out: they were so [...]
The 86th Congress Project
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ, George McGovern, Claire McCaskill, Senate, Eugene McCarthy, Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, Olympia Snowe, New Left, Shirley Chisholm, Al Gore Sr, Dick Durbin on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I watched most of the coverage surrounding the death of Ted Kennedy over the past couple of weeks, and was really taken with one particular point that was repeated several times by many commentators and reporters – Are there any “giants” left in the Senate?
Politico even ran a top story contemplating which sitting Senators could [...]
The Truman Anomaly
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, legacy, Lyndon Johnson, Presidents, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is actually a mini-project I started working on a while back and then forgot about…
As Bush was preparing to leave office, his Cabinet/staff/friends/allies were working to defend his legacy in the face of historically low public approval numbers. There were the inevitable comparisons to the rising stock of Harry Truman who left office [...]
This date in history…
Posted in History, tagged 1982, Ayn Rand, John Belushi on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
27 years ago today, John Belushi died.
27 years ago tomorrow, Ayn Rand died.
Well… RIP John Belushi.
Can I be a pacifist in the culture wars?
Posted in History, Libertarianism, Majoritarianism, Politics, Religion, tagged gay marriage, Harvey Milk, Prop 6, Prop 8, Rick Warren, traditionalist on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I rarely weigh in on social or cultural issues. If all connotations of labels could be removed, I would definitely consider myself a traditionalist. I believe in strong families, in the value of putting family responsibilities above personal desires, and a culture that doesn’t worship at the altar of the individual and their [...]
“Shall the People Rule?” Cont’d
Posted in History, Majoritarianism, Politics, Populism, Top, tagged Amy Sullivan, Anatai Etzioni, Bill Clinton, communitarian, conformity, libertarian, majoritarian, maverick, New Democrat, populism, Thomas Frank, William Jennings Bryan on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A bunch of thoughts that probably have some tie-in:
1. Since writing yesterday’s post, I’ve done a bit more reading into the sort of neo-populism I considered as a realignment.
2. No matter how many Google searches I run (which produced a lot of interesting reading, and ultimately led to my purchasing two books on [...]
“Shall the People Rule?”
Posted in History, Majoritarianism, Politics, Populism, Top, tagged communitarianism, H.L. Mencken, libertarianism, majoritarianism, political ideology, populism, Scopes Monkey Trial, William Jennings Bryan on December 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve tried to keep myself politically engaged since the election by living up to my pre-November 4 promise to start reading more U.S. history. I finally finished up A Godly Hero and am now about halfway through Summer of Gods (on the Scopes Monkey Trial). A few observations:
First: H.L. Mencken? What [...]
