If you haven't seen this, you owe it to yourself to watch it. Dr. Benjamin Carson is the director of the pediatric neurosurgery division at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. He is the son of an illiterate, single black woman and is now a highly esteemed doctor. While not intending to offend anyone, notice that Mr. Obama doesn't applaud his words.   Read the rest of this entry »

Ideas Have Consequences is such dense book, that it would be impossible to review it in the normal mode. Indeed even treating each chapter as an entity unto itself may not be sufficient. And so, consider this a multi-part review.   Read the rest of this entry »

Logan Beirne, who's new book we recently reviewed here at WWTFT, has an excellent piece in the Washington Times. In this piece, as in his book, Beirne explains the relevance of founding principles and the precedents set by George Washington.   Read the rest of this entry »

Logan Beirne has written a book that connects the past with the present. It is a historical review of how George Washington conducted himself during the American Revolution and set precedents which all subsequent Presidents have felt the weight of, whether or not they chose to be guided by them. Fortunately for the people of the United States, most Presidents since Washington’s time have seen fit to conform to the outline of the role shaped by the Father of our country - at least to some degree.   Read the rest of this entry »

Author Eric Metaxas has written an unusual book. It is part biography, part history, and part philosophy. Ostensibly it is primarily the former more than the latter. However, it is much more than just the story of one remarkable man’s life. It is the story of choices and consequences. It is a depiction of brutal honesty and what it really means to stand for something.   Read the rest of this entry »

The K-12 Implosion deals with the problem of an increasingly expensive and poor performing American educational system. It is a brief collation of facts and analysis about the state of American Education. It is only 38 pages of clear prose, written in large type. The K-12 implosion doesn't necessarily provide answers to the problems facing the nation's schools, but does document why things are the way they are and offers a range of ideas which will undoubtedly be tried to resolve the issues.   Read the rest of this entry »

Simon Winchester's short biography of two interesting men who were key in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, is put together in a style reminiscent of that employed in The Knife Man, by Wendy Moore. As one might expect in a book in which the story revolves around the creation of a dictionary, each chapter is prefaced with a word and it's definition. The word in each case pertains to a theme in the chapter. It's interesting because the reason for the choice of word is not always readily evident until the reader is well into the chapter. This is a small thing, but for bibliophiles, it's a nice touch, and one can appreciate the care that went into the organization and layout of the book.   Read the rest of this entry »

Does this guy get around, or what?

This time it’s on the Christopher Mantei Show.   The good stuff (Curtice) starts at 18:00 mark and runs thru 42:00.

 

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Our very own Curtice Mang offers his thoughts on the Republican Party, Benghazi, and the Constitution.   Read the rest of this entry »

If you're an aficionado of British naval history, a Patrick O'Brian fan, or both, you shouldn't pass up this book by historian Chris Ware. Ware meticulously researched the life and times of his unfortunate subject, Admiral John Byng.   Read the rest of this entry »