Every Time I sit to Write
I instead turn to see what is being written of WFB

Wednesday Hero
Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Michael E. Koch29 years old from State College, PennsylvaniaEast Coast-based SEAL teamFebruary 4, 2008
“There are only approximately 2,500 SEALs in the Navy and they really are a brotherhood,” said Naval Special Warfare spokesman Lt. David Luckett. “This is another unfortunate reminder of the risks and sacrifices these amazing [...]

Conservative Canon Author Discussion
Bill Buckley
Since his passing is as good a time as any, let us discuss the great works of William Francis Buckley Jr.
Here are his books:
(2008) Flying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater. Perseus Publishing. ISBN 9780465008360. (2007) Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription; Notes and Asides from National Review Magazine (2004) Miles Gone By; [...]

Bill Buckley
Just hearing news that the great one, Bill Buckley, has passed on. He was my greatest influence when it came to writing and politics.
Update
Considering I never met Bill Buckley, it surprises me how saddened I am now that he’s gone. My first introduction to Buckley was a television program, it was on [...]

Ransom Link o’ the Day:
http://juntosociety.com/

New Conservatism
Whether it’s from “The Emerging Democratic Majority” or “Getting to Purple*,” most statistical projections see the Republican Party taking a backseat in government for the next few years. In a Newsweek column this week, Fareed Zakaria writes:
Conservatism grew powerful in the 1970s and 1980s because it proposed solutions appropriate to the problems of [...]

Conservative Canon; Ronald Reagan
Reagan worship sometimes goes too far amongst conservatives. However his contribution can’t be underestimated. He was The Conservative. He was president, he won elections, he communicated. Learning about him should be a very large part of any conservative’s studies. In fact, so large is he in the [...]

Random Link o’ the Day:
http://www.netdisaster.com/

Great Books of the Western World
The ten year reading plan continues.
Lysistrata, Aristophanes
The beautiful Lysistrata, her husband away fighting the Peloponnesian War, decides to take action to force the end of the hostilities between the Greek states. Her action? Convince all the Grecian woman to stop all sexual activities with their husbands. Comedy ensues. It saddens [...]

Conservative Canon, Author Discussion
Robert Nozick
Nozick was one of the great philosophers of the last century and his most important book, “Anarchy, State and Utopia” was one fo the two great works of analytic political philosophy in the last century, the other being John Rawls “Theory of Justice.”
Nozick was a Libertarian who didn’t like being connected [...]