Politics Book Review: John Marshall SimonApril 26, 20190 John Marshall by Richard Brookhiser John Marshall was an aide to George Washington during the revolution. He was not...
Politics Book Review: De Gaulle SimonApril 12, 20190 De Gaulle by Julian Jackson Having read quite a few histories of the 20th Century including a run of Winston...
Politics Smollett the Class Action Suit SimonApril 4, 20190 I wonder if there is the potential for a class action suit against Jussie Smollett? The class could be people who wear...
Politics Word Seldom Seen: Smollett SimonApril 3, 20190 Smollett Noun: To be arrested, indicted by a Grand Jury and then have all charges dropped because of your connections...
Politics Jussie Smollett One SimonApril 2, 20190 Jussie Smollett is the Tonya Harding of this generation Her boyfriend hit her ice skating competitor in the knee...
Politics Book Review: Those Angry Days SimonMarch 12, 20190 Those Angry Days by Lynne Olson I read Those Angry Days in my history book club and I enjoyed it and learned from...
Politics William Walker, Filibuster SimonMarch 9, 20190 This is a repost of a story I wrote in 2010. It is taught to school children throughout Latin America. And...
Family My Politics SimonMarch 9, 20190 "I am, at the Fed level, libertarian; at the state level, Republican; at the local level, Democrat; and at the...
Humor Bananas and Rage SimonMarch 7, 20190 A NIMBY is an acronym, we all know, for a person who while proclaiming to be in favor of progress and change says...
Politics Book Review: The End of History SimonMarch 5, 20190 The End of History by Francis Fukuyama I tried to read The End of History back in the 1990s when it first came out...