Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield gave the esteemed Jefferson lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities last night in Washington. According to the NEH website, “The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities recognizes an individual who has made significant scholarly contributions to the humanities and who has the ability to communicate the knowledge and wisdom of […]
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Which Think Tank for Wolfowitz?
Paul Wolfowitz is now almost certain to get booted from the World Bank. Unfortunately, the World Bank itself will probably survive. (The Washington Post frets today that the Wolfowitz scandal could “jeopardize” efforts to squeeze more bucks out of foreign governments to bankroll more World Bank boondoggles). So what will Wolfowitz do with himself now that […]
LIVE ONLINE Today – St. Louis Radio – 6:35 PM Eastern (5/7)
I will be on the Sloan Ranger Report radio show today at 6:35 pm Eastern through the top of the hour. The program, hosted by Lloyd Sloan, can be heard on WGNU at AM 920 in the St. Louis area. You can listen live online here. We will talk about how Congress recently rubberstamped martial law […]
YouTube Video of Ron Paul’s Triumph in the GOP Debate
Here is a link to Ron Paul’s triumph in the Republican party presidential debate. It is so refreshing to have a principled, honest champion of freedom running for president with one of the major parties. Ron Paul will be in the South Carolina candidates’ debate on May 15. I expect he will make the leading contenders […]
POSTPONED Live Online on St. Louis Radio Today (5/3) at 6:35 PM Eastern
Today’s show has been postponed till Monday due to the host being hit by the flu. ****** I will be on the Sloan Ranger Report radio show today at 6:35 pm Eastern through the top of the hour. The program, hosted by Lloyd Sloan, can be heard on WGNU at AM 920 in the St. Louis […]
Happy “Mission Accomplished” Anniversary
Today (May 1) is the fourth anniversary of one of the most dishonest propaganda speeches in modern American history. President Bush did his flight suit strut on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in front of a banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished.” Bush proclaimed, “With new tactics and precision weapons, we can achieve military objectives […]
How the Sniveling Media Paved the Road to War
Bill Moyers Journal on PBS tonight had a great program on how media groveling to Bush administration falsehoods and absurdities helped lead to the Iraq war. The program focused on the villains and bootlickers in the press. It also contained interviews with some of the courageous reporters – such as Warren Stroebel and Jonathan Landay of Knight […]
Jim
Thanks a lot!
timmy taes
The Two and Only is my favorite podcast on the Int
David Smithson
Right you are. Retired now, I worked for many yea
Ron Redrift
Sorry to hear of your tiff with Mr. Wilson; hope i