An explanation of who Rear Admiral James Stockdale really was.
Early on, his defenders came from unlikely corners. Comedian Dennis Miller, for example, went on an impassioned pro-Stockdale tribute during a 1994 stand-up routine. “He’s a brilliant, sensitive, courageous individual,” Miller said. “But he committed the unpardonable sin in our culture: He was bad on television.”
Now that Biden is running for president it's useful to review the Anita Hill story.
Magellan left with 239 men. 18 came back.
I, for one, miss him.
Since socialism is considered groovy among some of the young people--see, for example, "Seeing Red: Millennials Are Cooler With Socialism Than Capitalism"--I provide here a few links to good information, for anybody who can still be persuaded, on socialism's severe downside. Nothing systematic, just some pieces I've run across recently.
"60 Second Refutation of Socialism, While Sitting at the Beach".
"Hey, Democrats: Here’s the price I paid for your socialist dream".
"Socialism’s Endless Refrain: This Time, Things Will Be Different".
"Socialism and 'The Experts'".
And finally, Mrs. Thatcher at the peak of her form, "Thatcher's Last Stand Against Socialism". (4.5 minute video.)
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.