Foreign Affairs, Drinks, & Other Ill-Advised Adventures

Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech just got a lot more relevant.

The rumors of a new Cultural Revolution are greatly exaggerated. Sewanee, Graduation and Common Sense - mostly.

Graduation Week at Sewanee is as much fun for parents as students - but beware.

In honor of Harper Lee's birthday we discuss the lost art of leaving well enough alone, walking away on top, and a peaceful retirement.

The West is scrambling to figure out what Putin is thinking. Chances are, he's not.

Russia is seeking support in Central Asia as Kazakhstan seeks to keep a door open to the West.

What wine do you drink with ham? The Italians raised the food to an art form, so why not ask them? Orveito? Chenin blanc? Hell, champagne.

A sober discussion about the preservation of small Southern towns in the wake of the tornado that tore through Faunsdale, Alabama.

John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces was published some 40 years ago. It is still funny and relevant to the point of madness.