We have a homegrown hero in our midst.  I blush to report that I’ve been applying the epithet to military men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan, now that semanticleo has visited the phone booth and revealed his true superhero identity, responding to a question from our host: “What do you do?” I topple giants masquerading as windmills.  I cook meaty meals of thought provocation and balance the scales of

Looking for talented librettist to help me finish my opera bouffe, Das Feingold.  Please send samples, references.

In an interesting post at Gates of Vienna, the Baron bemoans the ignorance of the American electorate and its consequences–consequences that are rapidly shaping up as tragic: We, the readers of Gates of Vienna, and other members of the VRWC live in a rarefied atmosphere. We’re relatively well-informed, and vacuum up information wherever it can be found, not relying on news filters and conventional sources. But most Americans don’t pay

Or at least, so I’m told: Here’s a little blast from the past that requires a simple paste and therefore seems worth my time to repeat.  It may seem non-sequitur on the surface but it was appropriate in the context of Goldbrick’s usual blather about some nuanced subject only he has a grasp of. Watch out Godstein! All those closeted ‘Beer Putsch’ liberals who have forsaken their ideology for the

There’s a great if somewhat short interview with Mark Steyn at the New Culture Forum. Here’s my favorite bit: NCF: We’re talking here about the culture wars. It’s a cliché that the right might have won the economic debate but that the left were victorious in the culture wars. Do you think that that is showing signs of changing? Or do we have to literally wait, to use your demographic

On NPR, Sharon Camp blames flat spending on sex ed and pregnancy cousellling, as well as that ubiquitous anti-condom propaganda as she considers the full range of possibilities for this social malady.