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Brave Movie Review
Directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Thompson, and Steve Purcell
Written by Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Thompson, and Irene Mecchi
Starring Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, and Emma Thompson
Merida's hairBrave is about two things: the relationship between Merida and Elinor, and the natural beauty of Scotland. Actually, three
Winston Churchill's "The Dream"
John Derbyshire scanned in a short work by Winston Churchill, The Dream. Churchill wrote it near the end of his life, a reminiscence of his father, then dead for 50 years, and all the things that had happened in the world since. It was touching, and pleasing to read. Churchill
Measuring Wealth
Dennis Mangan has a short bit on what the fortune of Howard Hughes would have amounted to today, that spawned a couple of nice links.
The 10 Richest Men of All Time
Adjusted for inflation, John D. Rockefeller’s net worth is reportedly upwards of USD$ 663 billion.
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Photo essay on Kowloon walled city
Kowloon Walled City was demolished in 1992, but it has been documented in photographs. If a writer invented this place, it probably would have been described as too incredible to believe.
Burning City and Burning Tower Book Review
By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
I avoided these particular books for quite some time due to their unusual premise: Los Angeles in an age of magic. I shouldn't have waited; these books are everything I like about Niven and Pournelle, a big cast of characters in a
The New American Divide
Charles Murray is taking a tour of the opinion pages, stumping for his new book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010. I've been looking forward to this book for some time now. Murray is arguing that Americans of all classes used to share a common civic