In my studies of mythology, I learned that while each of the Greek heroes is born with great potential, none of them realizes it without the guidance of an Olympian or other immortal, most often the owl-eyed goddess Athena. Perseus could not have killed Medusa without the shield she gave [...]
I have begun to use Google Scholar more and more often. One of these days JSTOR is going to be free, and I will use it even more. For now, the guilds of academia are using economic jiujitsu to force peasants to read uncited unreviewed material and use a bit [...]
"Tragedy" is an inaccurate word, as Atlas Shrugs and Donald Sensing point out. It was an act of war and it was an atrocity. It was not a tragedy for its victims; it was a field of courage and heroism for them and their rescuerers. It was not a [...]
Bloggers roundup:
Ann Althouse: Tweet Message
Atlas Shrugs: An American Woman
Jawa Report: Hero
American Digest: Hero of Fort Hood
Gateway Pundit: Police Officer Hailed
Hot Air: The Woman Who Stopped
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Democratic strategist Steve Maviglio is a big name in Sacramento for taking on the big guns -- Arnold, Bush, Rove. But this week, he's an ethnic hero for whacking a major fast food chain's...
Kimberly Munley, the police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman, with the country singer Dierks Bentley.
"Prayers and thanks flooded the apparent Twitter feed of Sgt. Kimberly Munley, the civilian police officer hailed as a hero for stopping the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
"One admirer sent a [...]
An unlikely folk hero has emerged from the debate over same-sex marriage in Maine. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether to go along with the Legislature's legalization of same-sex marriage in the state or whether to kill it via a "people's veto."
If voters defeat Question 1 -- [...]
"I sat on TV, while my hero Tommy Smothers yelled in my face how pissed off he was at me for appearing on Glenn Beck. It broke my heart. "
Portrait of a man trying to come to terms with friendship versus the truth.
[...]Inasmuch as the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors seems incapable of embarrassment at its own actions, I’ll have to do the blushing by proxy.
My colleague Garrett Therolf is one of the two or three reporters left who regularly covers the five enormously powerful supervisors [...]
