Brad Shorr
Here are 10 reasons why NFL football is a horrible product that shouldn’t be selling. A constant flood of injuries makes the game a war of attrition. The longterm effects of injuries on ex-players are horrific and tragic. The quality of officiating stinks. The rules are complicated and change frequently.…
The English historian Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) wrote The Judgment of the Nations in 1942, when the battle between Nazi Germany and Western civilization was far from decided. While Dawson’s ideas are largely a response to the catastrophic rise of totalitarianism in his time — in the shape of fascism, communism…
Many years ago, I, along with several collaborators who most likely would prefer to remain anonymous, invented a drink that might have revolutionized the cocktail industry. For reasons that remain hazy, we never got around to bringing it to market. But now, for the first time, and just in time…
“The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.” — Vladimir Lenin “The press is our chief ideological weapon.” — Nikita Krushchev “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”…