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Mark Joseph: Japan's Shadow Leader Should Remember History Before Offering Comparative Religious Analyses

As President Obama arrives in Tokyo, he finds himself, strangely enough, at the epicenter of the latest in the war of words between Christianity and Islam as a result of one of Japan's most powerful and influential politicians having just denounced Christianity as being "self-righteous" and prais...

By Ike -- By: John J. Miller

An e-mailer mentioned Dwight Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe as an excellent book written by a president. I know of it but haven't read it. I asked for proof that Ike had done the work himself. Here's the reply:

From Travis Beal Jacobs, "Eisenhower at Columbia":

"Working sixteen hours a da...

Calendar Round Up: All Others

To wrap up the “calendar round up of all calendar round ups” and the “motherload”, as I’ve been told (thanks you guys!), I’m concluding with this post: All Others. These are calendars that don’t fall into the printable download, wall, desk or poster category. They are the planners, ...

More Brackets: Tournament of Genius Features Col. Sanders vs. Gen. MacArthur

In this month of rivalries, we've seen burger brackets and meat match-ups, and now there's the Mental Floss Tournament of Genius. One of its pairings pits General Douglas MacArthur against Colonel Harland Sanders.

When it comes to corporate fried chicken, food snobs invariably choose Popey...

Media Molecule, Insomniac head to Nordic Game Con

While last year was marked with a strong Japanese delegation, this year's coterie of speakers at the Nordic Game Conference is more of the Western variety. Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet), Insomniac Games (Resistance series), Tigon Studios (anything that has Vin Diesel in it) and consultancy age...