Daniel Larison

Latest by Daniel Larison in Chronicles

• Blog

  August 8, 2019

  An Image of the East

  It is a cliché among Byzantinists that too few people in the world, especially in the West, know anything about Byzantium, so there is no doubt that more works of “popular synthesis” that make this Christian successor to the Roman Empire in the East accessible to a broader audience are greatly needed. Colin Wells sets out to provide one with Sailing From Byzantium, his overview of the rich legacy of Byzantium to the Latin West and the Islamic and Slavic worlds.

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• Cultural Revolutions

  August 2010

  Worse Than Obama?

  The Obama administration declared the mid-June announcement that BP was establishing an escrow fund worth $20 billion to pay compensation claims to Gulf Coast residents and businesses to be a resounding victory for the White House, but what it actually showed was Obama’s hands-off, indifferent management style, in which nothing is ever clearly or properly delegated.

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• Reviews

  January 2010

  Nestorius of Constaninople

  At a time when many historians have become much more interested in long-term trends and processes, Giusto Traina reminds the reader of the centrality of events to the study of any historical period.

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• View

  February 2009

  Lincolnism Today

  In the Anglo-American experience, the partisans of concentrated wealth and advocates for political centralization have long been connected. Over the last three centuries, that connection has grown stronger, and in the United States this process accelerated dramatically during and after the Lincoln administration.

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• News

  January 2008

  Moving Targets: The Trouble With Early Primaries

  The 2008 presidential contest has dominated political news for over a year, starting almost immediately after the 2006 midterm elections.

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• Reviews

  November 2007

  An Image of the East

  It is a cliché among Byzantinists that too few people in the world, especially in the West, know anything about Byzantium, so there is no doubt that more works of “popular synthesis” that make this Christian successor to the Roman Empire in the East accessible to a broader audience are greatly needed.

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• Cultural Revolutions

  November 2006

  A Muslim in Congress

  Ellison’s primary victory has generated tremendous national media attention, because his likely triumph in November would mark the first election of a Muslim to Congress.

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• Cultural Revolutions

  October 2005

  'War Between the States'

  Judge John Roberts can rest assured that his Supreme Court confirmation will go very smoothly, judging from the weak 11th-hour attacks the left is mounting against him in the media.

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