Sands of Iwo Jima
What Every President Needs to Know I was talking to the plumber, "Oleg" by name, and when I hung up I looked at the caller ID on…
Americanism: The Capacity to Resist Ideologues
I write here in a synoptic way, summarizing themes addressed more fully [elsewhere] for the purpose of concisely clarifying the meaning of Americanism. Let me open with…
Guess Who Came to Dinner: Van Loon’s Lives
[The local children] . . . soon sensed that there was something mysterious about [their guests] . . . that they had gone through certain experiences which…
Around the Edge of the Plot: The Nero Wolfe Mysteries
There are many mysteries: most are read and shelved, but a few are reread, and sometimes reread again. Sherlock Holmes comes to mind, another series is that…
Hannah Arendt and the Constants of Human Nature
. . . .The delimitation of subject matter through the emotions aroused by the fate of human beings is the strength of Dr. Arendt's book. The concern…
The Terror of History
History, to be precise about the term, is not everything that has ever happened, but the remembered and recorded past, the past judged worthy of reflection and…