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In Defense of the Renaissance Man

Jimmie | January 25, 2011 | Comments (5)

My friend Elizabeth Scalia has an interesting column at First Things today on our over-dependence on academic credentials in the job market and elsewhere that is worth your time today. Here’s her opening. He has authored over a dozen books, written a syndicated newspaper column and countless essays and articles covering a broad range of [...]

How We Fell

Jimmie | March 29, 2009 | Comments (3)

This essay is your required reading for the week. You should read it three or four times and think harder on it than you’ve thought on anything this year. It’s important. I won’t excerpt it. It wouldn’t be fair to you or the author. When you’re done, you’ll know why, I believe. (via see-dubya on [...]

Love Means Never Having to Say “He’s Not My President”.

Jimmie | January 22, 2009 | Comments (0)

Somewhat lost in all the cooing over the historical importance of our new President has been the sudden increase in patriotism from the progressives. Suddenly, it’s okay to love America now that the right guy is sitting in the Oval Office. For those who know the history of the progressive movement, this isn’t a big [...]

The Generation of Narcissists and the Coming Rage Attack

Jimmie | November 19, 2008 | Comments (3)

This is going to make for an ugly country in five or ten years. Today’s teenagers and young adults are far more likely than their parents to believe they’re great people, destined for maximum success as workers, spouses and parents, suggests a report comparing three decades of national surveys. And these so-called Millennials or Gen [...]

If You’re Going To Scold Me for Being a Fascist Torture-Loving Beast, Get Your History Right, Okay?

Jimmie | July 2, 2008 | Comments (7)

I heard The Great One, Mark Levin, talking about this column tonight on his show and just had to see it to believe it. Some ignoramus by the name of Chris Satullo, writing for a newspaper in Philly has decided that America is so very shameful that we should just cancel Independence Day this year [...]