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Benjamin Espen

CrossFit 2014-10-01

Bench and Burn Bench press * 10-8-6-4-2 * 115-125-135-140[x1]-145F Burner 3 rounds * Row 250m * 25 kettlebell swings [1 pood] * Row 250m * Rest 1 minute

Armed Response Book Review

I got this book by mistake, but I ended up keeping it. Not a bad read on firearms and self-defense. Armed Response:A Comprehensive Guide to Using Firearms for Self-Defense By David Kenik Merril Press 2005 180 Pages; US$19.95 ISBN 9780936783451 I ended up with the book by

Beat the Reaper Book Review

Another book review that disappeared. I really love the tagline for this review: "Like Scrubs on crack." Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell Little, Brown, and Company, 2009 ISBN 0316032220; $9.99 Every time I look at this book, I think of the song by Blue Öyster Cult,

The Long View 2002-06-02: The Menace in South Asia

NagasakiEven now that the Cold War is long past, most Westerners feel horror and shame at the thought of nuclear war. This is understandable, but the possibility of mutual assured destruction, and the intensive cultural revulsion that possibility engenders in us, are the products of a particular time, place, and

The Long View: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self Book Review

And for the final member of the trimumvirate of the American century, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The short-hand John used for Holmes and the times he lived through was "The Long Lifetime". Holmes was born just before the American Civil War, and lived to see the Great

The Long View: T. R.: The Last Romantic Book Review

Now for the other half of the beginning of the twentieth century, here is Teddy. Theodore Roosevelt redefined the American presidency through sheer force of will. The office of President was at a nadir in the decades following the Civil War, and the Congress was pre-eminent. Roosevelt was placed on

The Long View: Woodrow Wilson: A Biography

Wilsonian is a term not often used to express admiration or approbation, but perhaps President Woodrow Wilson [Amazon link] deserves another look. This is a fine piece of mild historical revisionism, putting Wilson in historical context, something the man himself would appreciate. How many of us now remember that before