Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who is apparently still alive, was described this week by Washington Post staff writer Valerie Strauss — by all indications with a straight face — as “a constitutional expert.” Since the only roads which the Congress is authorized by the Constitution to fund are “post roads,” presumably the good senator has […]
Where do you go to buy books? “A big bookstore, of course.” Why?
Back on Feb. 17 I offered another column on an American of great character and achievement — in this case, George Washington — who wound up better educated with only a few years formal schooling than our high school “scholars” of today. (In fact, John Taylor Gatto goes beyond that — asserting that locking kids […]
I’m hardly the first to note that Professor J.R.R. Tolkien’s modern classic Lord of the Rings – or the new and successful film now born thereof – have a strong and unusual political subtext. “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which opens tomorrow, is a terrific movie about politics,” wrote James […]