Lincoln

Will, at Dispatches, has a post-Presidents Day post in which, amongst other things, he links, critically, to my Terrapin Times piece on Roger B. Taney. He packs quite a pit into a brief paragraph, so I’ll post it in its entirety and respond as appropriate.
I’m baffled by the rise of anti-Lincoln sentiment on some quarters of the Right. [...]

The Maryland Corner: “Redeeming Roger Taney”

(from the forthcoming issue of The Terrapin Times, the first installment of our new feature, dedicated to important political figures, past and present, on the Right from Maryland, tentatively called The Maryland Corner)

Americans have a way of spinning history to bolster our national mythology. JFK’s foreign policy was nightmarish — to speak nothing of [...]

The future of the past II

Okay, so I’ve provide quite a lot of highlights; highly relevant highlights, though for sure. I feel as if, having regurgitated so much for my readers, I ought to offer a least a few thoughts of mine own. So here I go:
I certainly agree with Daniel McCarthy that we need to work on building infrastructure, [...]

More on Kosovo

The regions of the conservative blogosphere that I frequent have made much ado about the declaration of independence in Pristina Sunday. James at Postmodern Conservative, as I, supports the move; Daniel Larison of http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/02/18/kosovo-3/ and Pat Buchanan, writing on the Chronicles blog, stand opposed.
I’ve made a case, weak as it be, in favor Kosovar [...]

Best wishes to the Kosovars

Later today, Kosovar leaders likely will declare independence for the “poor, mostly Muslim but feverishly pro-Western” state tucked in a southwestern part of the former Yugoslavia, opposition from Moscow, Belgrade, and the Kosovo Serb minority notwithstanding.
The complaint of Serbs, on both sides of the Serbia-Kosovo border, is not without merit: The tiny province contains numerous [...]