Have you read Joe Harsh's books on the Maryland campaign? Big recommendation for a deep and scholarly study of Lee's generalship. Would be nice if ...   Tue Nov 6th, 2007 05:14 pm

JoanieReb wrote:  ijontichy, have you listened to the open-wheelers' reasons for going to NASCAR? They all say, it is SO BORING! That it is only fun ...   Sat Nov 3rd, 2007 03:04 am

JoanieReb wrote:  But INTERnational; that is something else.  I think that I really would lose interest and stop watching if it wasn't American boys and men ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2007 09:23 pm

Done, I'll shut up now. ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2007 07:48 am

javal1 wrote:  If Johan felt that bowing out of the thread was the best way of doing that, then that is his right. I agree and never ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2007 01:00 am

Albert Sailhorst wrote: I admire the fact that you believe the Bible and that killing is wrong. Too few people today beleive the Bible or ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2007 12:46 am

Johan Steele wrote: "I will recuse myself from further comments on this issue. I apologize if I have offended." Apparently you "chose" to ignore that. ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2007 12:13 am

Johan Steele wrote: If he had been my son... I would have provided the rope and volunteered for the hanging party. Frankly, I take such claims ...   Wed Oct 31st, 2007 09:53 am

Johan Steele wrote: There is a school of thought that moderation, self restraint, compromise etc have caused many of the problems in our society... ...   Mon Oct 29th, 2007 04:11 am

Despite having the John C. Frémont avatar, I come from the George B. McClellan school of personal philosophy: moderation, self-restraint, compromise and rational consideration (it's ...   Sat Oct 27th, 2007 04:56 am

David White wrote: ijontchy: Even a good Bernard Hermann score in say Cape Fear, Vertigo or Psycho.  ;) Don't get me started on film music ... too ...   Sat Oct 20th, 2007 03:52 am

Am I the only person here who loves Hitchcock films? The 39 Steps, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rebecca, Notorious, Rope, Dial M for ...   Fri Oct 19th, 2007 04:35 pm

I have no bias: I hate all music. Silence is golden. ...   Fri Oct 19th, 2007 04:24 pm

I will name 10 civil war campaigns and then I ask you to recommend a book on that campaign. Do as many or as few ...   Mon Oct 1st, 2007 01:49 am

Thanks for the welcome. I guess we're all immigrants far enough down the ancestral line. I chose Frémont as my favourite general because Grant (my ...   Mon Sep 24th, 2007 06:28 am

I answered right in the middle between Agree and Disagree for many of the questions. And one to the left or right of the middle ...   Mon Sep 24th, 2007 06:05 am

One of the more famous American agnostics (or atheists, depending on your precise definition of that term) was Robert G. Ingersoll, who fought on the ...   Mon Sep 24th, 2007 02:04 am

Just out of politeness I'm saying hello. I come from the other side of the world and there is nothing else about me worth knowing. ...   Wed Sep 19th, 2007 05:34 am

For the Vicksburg campaign there is no competition: Edwin Bearss's three-volume magnum opus. A worthwhile investment. A complementary book that I have the highest praise ...   Wed Sep 19th, 2007 05:21 am

Don't forget new(ish) board games! The Civil War Brigade Series (and the regimental version) are fantastic. You can download  the living rules to see what ...   Wed Sep 19th, 2007 04:50 am