St. Maximos' Hut

I spent middle school and high school in Manassas, VA, where there were 2 battles and the Confederacy won both of them. A prominent downtown street is Mosby Street, named for the subject of the previous post. One of the large high schools in town is Stonewall Jackson, named for the general who became prominent at the First Battle of Manassas. It was a real culture shock when I moved to Cleveland and saw pictures of Sherman and Grant instead of Lee and Jackson.

On a related note of talent expended in the wrong way, I'm reading the new biography of Eichmann by David Cesarani. One of the most interesting features (to this administrator) is the relatively detailed coverage of bureaucratic battling inside the Third Reich. It is reassuring to know that evil acts can be mitigated by the same forces that make it difficult for groups of people to accomplish good things.