Dakota Christmas

The great story by Joseph Bottum.

[Photo by Beverly Kimberly at Unsplash]

If You've Never Read Any of His Novels, You Should

 

If Not First, It's Within the Top Three

 

Just Arrived

 

A Great Book for 2026

 

Not a Christmas Film

 

The Real Watergate Scandal

 Check out Nathan Pinkoski in the Claremont Review of Books.

An excerpt: Four forces worked to achieve this symbolic murder of presidential authority, driving Nixon from office and enshrining the mythology of Watergate in America’s collective psyche. In the bureaucracy, it was the national security apparatus; in culture, rising anxiety over authoritarianism; in media, the hegemony of network television; and in law, the fanaticism of the college-educated elites.

Yes!!!

 

Character > Color

It's time to affirm a core truth.

A new civil rights movement is rising.

Some Classics to Ease into 2026

 

I read Moby-Dick years ago but am re-reading it now after finishing Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick.

It probably is The Great American Novel.

Interest in reading Tom Jones came years ago due to its mention in Instapundit blogger/law professor Glenn Reynolds's book on The Appearance of Impropriety. I enjoyed the novel then and will be giving it another read.

2026 will also be a good time to re-read War and Peace in the Ann Dunnigan translation. 

Also check out the BBC version: