More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Glenn Reynolds: Mask bullies don't want to persuade you - but to humiliate and rule you.
- Harry Truman's finances weren't what we were led to believe. Slightly disappointed by this revelation but hardly surprised. (HT Newmark's Door)
- Steven Pressfield: Write the Big Moment Big
- Holy crap! Bambi is a stone cold killer if you mess with Thumper!
Why disappointed about Truman? He was a political hack and coward directly responsible for the Korean War and 70 years of Chinese aggression. If he hadn't muzzled MacArthur, Korea is a win, Vietnam never happens, and the last half century looks very very different.
ReplyDeleteI bought into the McCullough version of Truman which makes the truth both disillusioning with the side benefit of making me feel a little like a sucker. That's a disappointing feeling to have.
ReplyDeleteLessons learned hard are the ones remembered best. I hope you don't have similar rose colored glasses about JFK and the rest of his clan, because it'll be a very rude awakening if you do.
DeleteHa - never trusted Doris Kearns Goodwin the way I trusted the way I trusted McCullough (though in fairness to McCullough much of the info wasn't available when he was writing his book).
DeleteAs a first generation Irish-American all the Kennedy stuff was met with "Of course he did that" or "he's still our guy."