Latin Tuesday
From Pliny The Younger 35.36: Non dies sine linea “No day without a line” This line is in reference to a painter who surpassed all other painters of his time. No day would pass where he wouldn’t paint...
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Obstipui, steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit. (Virgil, Aeneid, 2.774) “I was astonished with fear, my hairs stood on end, and my voice caught in my throat.” This is how Aeneas reacted to the...
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Virgil, Aeneid 1.461-462: Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi; sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. “Here too virtue has its rewards, here too there are tears for events, and mortal things...
View ArticleFred Hiatt on the consequences of America’s disengagement around the world
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Today’s Latin Tuesday lessons courtesy of Ken from Conshohocken, PA and Lt. Col. White from Virginia: Ken: Troia erat. “Troy was.” Aeneas has fled Troy as the Greeks enter. He sees his servant and...
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Latin Tuesday
Today’s Latin Tuesday entry from Dr. Richard in Tennessee: “Primum non nocere” “Above all, do no harm!” The so-called Hippocratic injunction to do no harm has been an axiom central to clinical...
View ArticleThe Fate of Empires and Search for Survival by Sir John Glubb
As mentioned by Bill on today’s show, Sir John Glubb’s essay on the rise and fall of empires: http://www.rexresearch.com/glubb/glubb-empire.pdf Brought to you by www.billbennett.com
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This week’s Latin Tuesday lesson courtesy of David Wilezol: Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae There is no abundance of talent without a mixture of madness From Seneca, De Tranquillitate...
View ArticleWilliam Bennett and Robert White in the Wall Street Journal: Legal Pot Is a...
Legal Pot Is a Public Health Menace Public opinion is moving in favor of marijuana, even as medical research raises fresh alarms. By WILLIAM J. BENNETT And ROBERT A. WHITE Aug. 13, 2014 7:02 p.m. ET...
View ArticleBret Stephens: Of Ferguson and Fallujah
Bret Stephens’s article on the link between Ferguson and Fallujah, as mentioned by Bill on this morning’s show: http://online.wsj.com/articles/bret-stephens-of-ferguson-and-fallujah-1408404679 Brought...
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This week’s Latin Tuesday lesson from our Latinist David Wilezol. In regards to the situation in Ferguson, just as the sea-god Neptune calms the waters, so a man of virtue and service can hold calm the...
View ArticleMax Boot: Time to Annihilate ISIS; Here’s How
As mentioned on the show this morning, Max Boot’s article on how to destroy ISIS: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/08/20/time-to-annihilate-isis-heres-how/ Brought to you by www.billbennett.com
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Photo of young girls being forced into marriage
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Today’s Latin Tuesday lesson from David Wilezol: Ovid, Remedia Amoris 94 Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow Whereas Obama suggested that the...
View ArticleAvik Roy’s Alternative Plan to Obamacare
As mentioned during the show today, Avik Roy’s alternative plan to Obamacare: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/mpr_17.htm#.VAhMt2SwLAo Brought to you by www.billbennett.com
View ArticleTom Rogan: Obama’s ISIS Speech
As mentioned on today’s program, Tom Rogan’s assessment of President Obama’s speech: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/387677/obamas-isis-speech-tom-rogan Brought to you by www.billbennett.com
View ArticleBill Bennett: The Conservative Case for Common Core
Appearing in today’s Wall Street Journal, Bill’s op-ed making the conservative case for Common Core: http://online.wsj.com/articles/william-j-bennett-the-conservative-case-for-common-core-1410390435...
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Today’s Latin Tuesday lesson from Dave Wilezol: Virgil, Aeneid 6.95-96 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it. Brought to you by...
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