It’s not very controversial to say that Texas has its own unique political culture, or its own unique culture for that matter.  As a non-native I am sometimes dumbstruck by the pride, bordering on arrogance, that many Texans have for their state and culture.  It is baffling.  Nevertheless the state does provide an interesting case […]

The End of War is one of a few books that have come out recently that argues that war is on the way out and also advocates for its dismissal.  Horgan’s book is primarily focused on making the case that war is a choice human societies make.  It is not something inherent to human nature […]

The Searchers is partly a history of the making of the John Ford film “The Searchers”, partly a history of the Alan LeMay novel “The Searchers”, and partly a history of the Cynthia Ann Parker captivity narrative on which both of those two works of art are loosely based on.  More broadly the book is […]