A voice of reason is stilled
Ron Smith, the voice of reason in mid-Atlantic talk radio, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer last night. He will be sorely missed. Read more →
Why Joe had to go
Without a doubt, Joe Paterno is one of the greatest — and most decent — college football coaches of all time. Which is why it is a double tragedy that he failed to act on the one occasion when it would have made a real difference. Read more →
Back from vacation
I haven’t really been on vacation. Anything but — I’ve been remodeling my home, and it’s taken a lot longer than I thought. Read more →
Shrugging off Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s 1,168-page magnum opus, is a novel that — if one must read it at all — should be read twice, the first time when one is young and still more or less innocent and ignorant of the ways of the world, and the second time at least two decades later when … Read more Shrugging off Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged’s appeal
What is it about Atlas Shrugged that makes it so popular? Why has Ayn Rand’s dense, hard-to-read, and way-too-long novel sold over seven million copies and inspired such a loyal, even fanatical following? I was asking myself these questions last week as I finished rereading the novel for the first time in 46 years. I … Read more Atlas Shrugged’s appeal