The Midnight Hour

While posts have been sparse here on The Midnight Hour as of late, my journalistic ambitions have not been dormant. I have been focusing much of my spare time on contributing to Primer Magazine. I have recently expanded beyond the fitness genre to write an introductory HDTV buyer’s guide. I have also authored more fitness [...]

Just a quick quote from a recent speech by General Conway, the current Commandant of the Marine Corps:
Our young Marines are just doing marvelous work. There was a time when some of us who are graybeards still on active duty looked at this generation and wondered if they were going to have what it takes. [...]

Today Brian at Flashpoint alerted me to a short but sweet article in the New York Times addressing the following issue: What if politicians pandered to economists? I think it’s a fascinating question, and with the economy ursurping Iraq as the #1 issue to American voters, a relevant question indeed. If you want [...]

I suppose it should go without saying that being educated in law does not mean you have a grasp of right and wrong. Today the New York Times published an Op-Ed piece by Boston College Law professor Ray Madoff. Mr. Madoff uses the example of Leona Helmsley, who recently willed $8 billion to [...]