This morning’s New York Times had an authoritative analysis of Greece’s imploding economy. The article hints that the global financial community is bracing itself for a Greek exit from the euro zone, yet it doesn’t address the implications for the United States, especially for this year’s elections. Greece is going – the only remaining question […]
Archives for July 2012
The German General Who Told Hitler to Go Screw Himself
I am fascinated by colorful historical characters, especially military or naval figures. Very few of these people could be considered truly heroic. One of the rare exceptions is Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of a small German army – largely composed of black troops – that fought the British Empire in East Africa during World […]
THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY
My agent, Jody Rein, recently introduced me to an interesting piece in the New York Times about the influence of Sir Walter Scott’s literature on Southern attitudes during the Civil War. The NYT commentary said Scott’s “highly idealized depiction of the age of chivalry allowed Southern readers and writers to find positive meaning in war’s […]
