*Caution: Bloody Century Ahead, by Matt Patterson.
RELATED: Heh. Speak Softly and Carry a Big Teleprompter, by Mark Steyn.
“His (Obama’s) principal interest in the rest of the world is that he doesn’t want anyone nuking America before he’s finished turning it into a socialist basket-case.”
Also by Matt Patterson: A Conservative Journey Through Literary America, Parts Five and Six.
*Bill Buckley and the Future of Conservatism, by Richard Brookhiser.
“…The most important lesson of his career is that there are limits to accommodation…
…The political vehicle of a late 20th century conservative movement was bound to be the Republican Party. Buckley recognized this, but he was never a party loyalist — another lesson for today’s conservatives…”
*Coming Soon: An English Revolution, by Amir Taheri.
“Every nation has a number of founding myths. Britain’s principal myth is that it is the birthplace of modern democracy and a land where the law is supreme. The shocking realization that “the mother of parliaments” may have been acting as the rudest of street sluts is not easy to stomach. Some of the same politicians who go around the world lecturing others, especially in the “developing world”, against corruption, have been exposed as practitioners of petty larceny.”
*The Obama Infatuation, by Robert Samuelson.
*Millionaires Brawl, by Andrew Stuttaford.
*Your Daily Dose of Awesome: Fusion!
“Finally, if the coming years of experiments, which start next year, are successful, a truly limitless supply of clean electrical energy with no carbon waste would be created using the limitless hydrogen fuel in the world’s oceans.”
I know, I know, it’s been tried (and failed) before. But come on! A star in a laboratory has got to be the coolest thing ever.
DOSE II: Amusing Ourselves to Death, in Cartoon Form.
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