Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus made news this past week when he threatened to prevent NBC and CNN from hosting any Republican presidential primary debates in 2016 if they refuse …
Richard III: Shakespearean Hit Job?
England’s King Richard III has been experiencing a bit of renaissance lately after his remains were discovered underneath a carpark (a.k.a. parking lot) in Leicester, UK last year. Of particular …
Insert Cold War Pun/Analogy Here
When writing about tensions between the U.S. and Russia, it’s all too tempting to choose a headline that brings to mind the Cold War. I could have gone for, “New …
Let’s Party Like It’s 1588!
History has seen its share of monumental rocks. There was the stone that killed Goliath, the Hope Diamond, the star of films such as Fast and Furious 6, and the …
In Defense of American Ignorance
I’m going to do something today that might shock even myself. I’m going to defend the ignorance of my fellow Americans in several areas. In general, I’m opposed to ignorance. …
Southwest-AirTran Merger Update: “It’s Complicated”
From the title of this post, you may be inclined to think that it is going to be a serious discussion about business in America, but in fact it’s mostly …
Rep. Tom Cole’s Civil War Analogy
With the House Republicans having voted dozens of times to repeal Obamacare (a.k.a. The Affordable Care Act), only to have each of those proposals die upon arrival in the Senate, …
Thus Spake Francis
With a single question, the newly minted Pope set off a worldwide media reaction – and raised some important questions about the state of the papacy in the 21st century. …
Aslan and Jesus
If you started reading this post thinking that it was going to be a comparison between Aslan, the unsafe but good hero of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series, and …
International Tiger Day
Today is International Tiger Day, which is aimed at creating awareness of the dangers facing the world’s dwindling tiger population and promoting measures to help preserve one of the world’s …