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Charles Bamforth in the LA Times

Charles Perry of the Los Angeles Times, talks with Charles Bamforth, author of Grape Vs. Grain, about the role of a beer connoisseur at a university known for its winemaking. Now that’s the kind...

4 Jun 2008

Timothy Lynch and Robert Singh in today’s Wall Street Journal

The authors of After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy are featured in June 2’s Wall Street Journal give us their take on George Bush and the fate of US Foreign Policy post...

Robert S. Singh, Timothy J. Lynch | 2 Jun 2008

Ian Fleming and America’s Love Affair with Technology

As the spy world celebrates the birthday the noted author, Ian Fleming of the James Bond series, spy-tech historian Kristie Macrakis reflects on Felming’s role in bringing the world of spies and...

Kristie Macrakis | 2 Jun 2008

Texas Appellate Court in the Wrong

Marci Hamilton finds that the state whose slogan is “Don’t Mess with Texas” messed up big time in their latest ruling regarding the custody of the children of the FLDS in Eldorado…. Last...

Marci A. Hamilton | 29 May 2008

James Winn’s Top 5

James Winn’s article on the Five Best works of war poetry in honor of Memorial Day As printed in the Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2008 1. The Iliad Translated by Robert Fagles. Viking, 1990. For...

James A. Winn | 28 May 2008

Congrats to Our Blog Editor, Jon!

He did it! Jonathan and his fiance, Becky, were wed in their hometown of Pittsburgh, PA this past Sunday. We wish Jonathan and Becky the best as they travel across the pond to England and Scotland for...

27 May 2008

Noblesse Oblige

The idea of chivalry has always been a fraud… …a system of polite and honorable ideals masking shameful and violent acts. Medieval poets played a crucial part in creating the myth of chivalry,...

James A. Winn | 26 May 2008

Ignorance Is the Enemy of Children

Marci Hamilton gives us an op-ed about the shocking statistics of child abuse and progress being made in her home state of Pennsylvania. No one wants to think about child sex abuse if they don’t have...

Marci A. Hamilton | 22 May 2008

Please Excuse the Slowdown

I’m getting married, as I alluded earlier, and will be away for a couple weeks. Your comments will be moderated by my colleague Laura, and there will be some posting, but much more sporadic than...

21 May 2008

Truth Comes With a Price

Marci Hamilton points us to a great Op Ed in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: Just imagine how tough it must be for an elected official in Harrisburg to stand up and shield sexual predators and church...

20 May 2008

Obama and Bush Sr.

What will be the Bush legacy in the next US presidency? According to policy experts Timothy Lynch and Robert Singh, the next president will be bound by history to follow a foreign policy very close to...

Robert S. Singh, Timothy J. Lynch | 19 May 2008

BEA Is Coming!

Book Expo America is Coming to Los Angeles Will you be there? I won’t, but Cambridge will! I went last year and had a great time, but this year I’ll begetting married instead, so I think that’s...

16 May 2008