Larry Thornberry
As we all know, California is the goofiness capital of the known universe (and likely the unknown one as well)….
Yes, Virginia, after thousands of books, lectures, debates, veteran memoirs, and documentaries, there is still something to say about World War II that advances our knowledge of that tragic, deadly and totally unnecessary world conflagration that claimed 65 million lives and changed the shape of the world. Military historian and Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson says it in his huge, dense, and important new book.
Geoffrey Norman’s fine tribute this morning to the annual Army-Navy football game catalogues many of the reason why I try…
“Comedian”/Senator Al Franken has announced he will hit the silk after a maudlin, self-serving, and less-than-honest speech on the Senate…
There’s never a bad day to remember and salute those who’ve fought to protect America. But there are special days…
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales By P.D. James (Knopf, 194 pages, $21) It’s a challenge to write engaging mystery…
U.S. Immigration officials say they will deport Mexican citizen Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, the man who was acquitted of murder…
There have been a lot of positive reviews of the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s recently released book of speeches. This will be another one. What’s not to like? The speeches were selected by his son, Christopher Scalia, and a former law clerk, Edward Whelan, from the many the justice delivered over the last 30 years or so of his life. They show not only an articulate and scholarly jurist with a well thought-out and consistent view of the law, but a full-service human being, full of insights and humor about the roller-coaster we call life, which he was very good at living.
Neal Freeman’s byline is one that more conservatives should be acquainted with. Happily, those not familiar with this ever-faithful conservative warrior, both a combatant and a clear and able chronicler of the ideological battles, can catch up with him through this collection of columns, articles, and speeches. They cover significant events, trends, and personalities in the conservative movement from the days of Goldwater to the age of Trump. The previously published pieces in Skirmishes appeared in such as National Review, the Wall Street Journal, and, happy to say, The American Spectator.
The tone of this Daily News article reflects the current order of things in Major League Baseball (and, I assume, the bushes…
