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Compleat Fun

Brad Miner's The Compleat Gentleman is mentioned favorably on Power Line in the context of a discussion of the spelling of "compleat".

Is Chivalry Dead? II

Brad Miner, author of The Compleat Gentleman, was interviewed yesterday on CBS's Sunday Morning about chivalry:

“One of the mistakes that people make is equating chivalry with etiquette,” Miner said. “But it’s not the same thing as chivalry. Because chivalry is courage, honor, justice, prowess. That is to say you have not only to recognize what is good but to fight for it. The fighting part is essential, otherwise we're not talking about chivalry."

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Is Chivalry Dead?

In time for Valentine's Day, Brad Miner recovers the meaning of chivalry this Sunday on CBS "Sunday Morning" at 9 am EST. Programming is subject to change.

Brad Miner's Blog

Brad Miner, author of The Compleat Gentleman, is an editor in chief at Bookspan. He blogs at Compass Points. From a post Monday:

Nixon was born 93 years ago this day. My sons (nearly 19 and nearly 17) have no sense of how big a figure he was in their father’s life—from the election of Ike in ‘52 through his post-Watergate “rebirth.” For good or for ill, he was an uncanny, creepy colossus.

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