London 2012
It Takes Gold to Win GoldAugust 12, 2012 So closes another Olympiad as the aroma of success, failure, and whining hangs |
Opinion
The Meaning Behind the MadnessJuly 26, 2012 When James Eagan Holmes had been in custody for hours and the sun broke over |
Zeitgeist
An International ReviewApril 15, 2012 In the years approximately 500 BC to 500 AD throughout the planet, various |
The Obamasphere
The Salesman Who Sold Out His CountryApril 11, 2012 On the campaign trail in 2008, Barack Obama was charismatic and sold himself |
Modernity Watch
The Grand Hotel Preservation SocietyApril 02, 2012 It seems all of the changes taking place these days are for the worse. I am |
Bravery Hurts
The Legend of Whining CoyoteMarch 26, 2012 What did the Indian say when he crossed the road? “Me just walkum Trail of |
Middle East Conflict
Boering Our Way to VictoryMarch 16, 2012 Back in the days of $16 barrels of oil (it really was that low only a decade |
Manhunt
Who is Marco Rubio? The Man Who Would Be Vice PresidentMarch 05, 2012 With electoral successes in Arizona and Michigan, Mitt Romney’s accession to |
Tech Overload
Foxconned: Who Makes our Computers?February 22, 2012 Ghosts were the first thing I remember frightening me as a child. Arthur C. |
Love
In Honor of RomanceFebruary 14, 2012 In honor of romance I offer these three vignettes. Our first woman was very |
Home Front
United We Sit on the CouchFebruary 10, 2012 So the California regency (er, Eighth Circuit Court) has sided with the |
International Affairs
The Festering Falklands FiascoFebruary 06, 2012 The thirtieth anniversary of the Falklands War is rolling around, and |
Manhunt
Give Me a Feisty Newt Over a Limp MittFebruary 03, 2012 So the primary season is winding down, which is an absurdity since it barely |
Trade Unions
State of the UnionsJanuary 26, 2012 My maternal great-grandfather owned a large dry-goods concern which still |
Manhunt
The Shapeshifting ObstetricianJanuary 15, 2012 Ron Paul is a dangerous man. He is many things to many people. There is the |
Ahhh!!!
Sayonara, Dear LeaderDecember 21, 2011 So Kim Jong-il has kicked the bucket, and I can’t say I’m happy about |
Egypt
Return to Terror SquareDecember 19, 2011 In the sequel, the monster always comes back stronger than before. After a |
Love
Deny the DayNovember 24, 2011 It has been a common maxim for the past few thousand years to “seize the |
Cultural Caviar
Hoover Was a HomoNovember 11, 2011 The title of this piece is both offensive and untrue, which has not dissuaded |
Commerce
Going Non-PostalOctober 31, 2011 Big business is sending a missive and urgently hoping that Americans respond. |
Hollywood
Dream-Factory Fantasies of Real-World PoliticsOctober 22, 2011 Insufferable sop Piers Morgan is now on a one-man campaign to convince viewers |
Opinion
Forever 1969October 14, 2011 “Take back the street.” The “99%er’s.” “The movement.” The level of |
District of Corruption
An American Letter on the War of TerrorOctober 09, 2011 The recent murder of American Anwar al-Awlaki is an outrage. One wishes he were |
Crime
Why Italy Held Amanda KnoxOctober 04, 2011 In youth I once drove across a vast expanse of central Mexico in my |
Wild Things
The Ballet of DeathOctober 01, 2011 The bullfight is the ballet of death. It has been immortalized in verse, |
Crime
High-Publicity Executions & Low-Profile EncroachmentsSeptember 22, 2011 Here is a secret well-known among attorneys: By the time a criminal is |