Patrick Foy
Patrick Foy is a writer and photographer and the author of
The Unauthorized World Situation Report. You can read more at www.PatrickFoyDossier.com.
Cultural Caviar
The Great Great GatsbyJuly 02, 2012 A recent Financial Times arts podcast predicts that we are headed for another |
Politics
Same Election, Different YearApril 17, 2012 We are facing another US presidential election. The two candidates have been |
Iran
Wag the TurbanJanuary 30, 2012 Our Peace Prize president lobbed some harsh words toward Iran in his |
War
The New Trickle-Down TheoryJanuary 18, 2012 Should we seek the deeper meaning in the video of US Marines urinating on |
Zeitgeist
Ideology: A Waste of TimeOctober 27, 2011 My executive editor at a Florida magazine, Hardy Burt, informed me at lunch one |
Warshington
Terror Plot or Drug Sting?October 19, 2011 Last week brought news of a purported Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi |
Middle East
Mr. Abbas Goes to the UNSeptember 23, 2011 The protracted Mideast “peace process” has finally hit the Iron Wall. The |
Foreign Policy
9/11: Blowback for US Foreign PolicySeptember 10, 2011 With the 9/11 anniversary upon us once again, Middle East expert Robert Fisk in |
Israel
Bedtime for BibiJune 01, 2011 The only good thing which could result from Bibi Netanyahu’s May 24 speech to a |
War
How We Squandered the Peace DividendMay 06, 2011 When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and effectively ended the Cold War, there was |
Libya
Obama’s Imperial PresidencyApril 07, 2011 It looks as if Washington has fallen into another trap with Obama’s move on |
International Affairs
The Post-Tsunami ForecastMarch 22, 2011 The massive 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northern Japan will be a |
GOP
Donald Trump, You’re Hired!February 28, 2011 Would you vote for The Donald for president? Compared to Obama, anyone with |
History
Churchill: More Myth Than LegendFebruary 02, 2011 Last week a country-club Republican friend in Palm Beach gave me a copy of The |
High Life
Tennis Legend Gardnar Mulloy: Still Serving at 97January 06, 2011 I do not have many friends who are 97, but tennis legend Gardnar Mulloy is one |
Afternoon Delight
The Best Christmas Movie You Never Heard OfDecember 23, 2010 Did anyone catch that movie last Sunday morning at ten on the TCM channel? If |
Remembrance
Did FDR Engineer Pearl Harbor?December 06, 2010 As a history buff, I have tried to come to terms with the “surprise” Japanese |
Terror!
Ignoring What Caused the TSA Pat-Down ControversyNovember 30, 2010 I can vaguely remember a time when there were no security checks whatever |
News
David Broder, Obama, and War With IranNovember 08, 2010 David Broder’s recent observations about our Peace Prize President have created |
International Affairs
Germany Makes its Final WWI Reparations PaymentOctober 19, 2010 Taki’s praise of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the The Great Gatsby is much deserved. |
Modest Proposals
On Bill Clinton’s Global InitiativeSeptember 30, 2010 Something called the Clinton Global Initiative has been brought to my attention |
High Life
With Love From Harry’s BarSeptember 16, 2010 It is quite possible that my favorite restaurant in the world is Harry’s Bar in |
Journalism
The Frank Rich SyndromeSeptember 12, 2010 Thank God for air conditioning. A scorching Labor Day weekend found me |
International Affairs
Playing the China CardAugust 25, 2010 Recently, China overtook Germany as the world’s largest exporter. And just the |
Sports Myths
Cracking CroquetJuly 20, 2010 Judging by the hijinks and makeup on display at the recently-concluded World |
Uncle Sam
McChrystal’s Firing Not Worth a FootnoteJune 29, 2010 Patrick Buchanan commented on Friday about the cashiering of General Stanley |