View From the Bushes

I may have mentioned a book club my wife belongs to. Last night was 'husband night,' but we didn't know where we were suppossed to go and it looked like we didn't have a baby-sitter either. As such I had basically decided not to go; not only was I still dead tired from the reunion, but I could have really used the time to catch up. At the last second they called and told us where it was and my mother-in-law jumped in and volunteered to baby sit, so we went. The book they were discussing was Peace Like a River. The book was pretty good, all things considered, and the discussion that ensued last night was servicable, though somewhat flawed by some very modern sensibilities which most in the group seemed to have.

While we were driving to the discussion, my wife and I got into a discussion of whether Reagan ended the cold war. I was basically of the opinion that the cold war would have ended eventually, but that Reagan certainly hastened that end. Slate has an excellent article on the subject which gives more details than I was aware of, though essentially reaching the same conclusion. One interesting fact is that Reagan was deeply opposed to nuclear weapons, considering them immoral.

In any case, I had the book club last night, my wife will be in Park City (see this blog entry from the last time it happened) most of the weekend. I have something on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, so it's looking iffy whether I'll be able to make the deadlines I set, but I'm hopeful that despite having all four kids to myself this weekend I'll still be able to get something done. I guess we'll see on Monday. In any case, on that note I'll let you go.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross