I hadn't heard of him before. Wikipedia:
. . . Admiral Yi was never defeated at sea nor lost a single ship under his command to enemy action, and military historians have placed him on par with Admiral Horatio Nelson as one of the greatest naval commanders in history
Yet another one for the ever-growing "Government is the name we give to the things we do together" (ironic) file.
Very much related: "Overdosing on Regulation: How Government Caused the Opioid Epidemic" and "The Other Opiate Problem".
Interesting and about more than just England.
What's remarkable is how universal the negative effects of what American bureaucrats in the 1950s dubbed 'urban renewal' have been.
"Silent Cal" was, of course, President Calvin Coolidge. This list doesn't even include the famous, possibly apocryphal "more than three words" story nor the even more famous story that gave rise to the phrase "Coolidge Effect".
A recent paper by Deirdre McCloskey which productively combines and extends two of her recent themes: the "Great Enrichment" and empirical "oomph".
As a bonus, the reader gets a list of 104(!) possible imperfections in the market followed by Prof. McCloskey's ringing declaration that none of them have been shown to be very important empirically.
John Crudele uses the Stones, David Bowie, and Rod Stewart to illustrate the results.
And see also "As history shows, 70 percent tax rates won't raise enough revenue to fund socialism" and "America Needs to Relearn Economics".
And to think that some people believe social mobility in the U.S. is low.
That was one heck of a tsunami. Glad I missed it.
My family and I saw this movie recently. One the one hand the subject matter is somewhere between profoundly discouraging and horrific. On the other hand it's like nothing I've seen before and I'll probably not ever see anything like it again and it is extremely well made, even beautiful in spots. I read that it was released too late for this year's Oscars, but I think it would be a big upset if it didn't win next year.
Two more reviews: "They Shall Not Grow Old Is the Movie of the Year" and "They Shall Not Grow Old (3D)".
Why "The core claim is that up until the 19th century the consensus of opinion was that Troy was nothing but a myth" is incorrect and why Troy doesn't tell us anything about the possible existence of Atlantis.