Sunday, July 26, 2020

A review of Ken Burns’ “Horatio’s Drive: America's First Road Trip”

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“♪ He'd have to get under—get out and get under—to fix his little machine He was just dying to cuddle his queen But ev'ry minute...
Friday, July 10, 2020

A review of Ken Burns’ “Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio” (PBS)

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Sometimes these three men were friends … At other times, they were cutthroat business rivals The filmmaker  Ken Burns  became famous whe...

What is “Blackstonian property”?

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“There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that so...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

The Fourteenth Amendment is something of a mixed bag …

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It might seem strange to say it today, but the “Bill of Rights” amendments were once understood to apply only to the federal government, ...
Monday, July 6, 2020

A review of PBS’s “George W. Bush” (American Experience)

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“A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot so...
Sunday, June 28, 2020

A few problems with Rousseau’s “The Social Contract”

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“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. H...

A review of Bettany Hughes’ “The Spartans”

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“Athens became the seat of politeness and taste, the country of orators and philosophers. The elegance of its buildings equalled that of i...