An opinion journalist is expected to take a stand on newsy issues, even ones he doesn"€™t much care about. This is especially so when the issue relates to the British Isles and the journalist podcasts with a British accent; to be precise in my particular case, a mid-20th-century ...

Of course persons of feeling or religious sensibility should give what they can, but how is this government ...

I have taken another trip on my syllogismobile to an alternate universe. Among the artifacts I brought back with me was A.J. Braithwaite's History of Britain (2011 edition), a standard text for British schoolchildren in that universe. The following extracts are from the final chapter, titled ...

...two political science professors has found that ordinary Americans have virtually no impact whatsoever on the making of national policy in our ...

The Derbs"€”Mr., Mrs., and Missy"€”spent two weeks in Alaska. Here are some random observations. Positively the last family vacation.  Most people who visit Alaska nowadays arrive on cruise ships, which seem to get bigger every time I see one. Juneau's harbor is a cruise ship parking lot. ...

Throughout reporting on the crime and the trials, political correctness protocols were strictly ...

Do I get downhearted? Yes I do. You think it's easy, living on the red pill? In that world-bestriding bestseller We Are Doomed I introduced readers to the theory of Depressive Realism, launched by psychologists Taylor and Brown in 1988: It appears to be not the well-adjusted individual but the ...

There comes a point where you have to show some generosity, some largeness of spirit; where you have to give ...

From the police blotter: New York City police have arrested a man wanted for raping a woman after forcing his way into her Upper Manhattan apartment. Jean Rodriguez ... allegedly raped the 20-year-old woman Tuesday after pushing his way into her Washington Heights apartment when she answered the ...

This Arab-Israel thing is a permanent feature of the world. It will just go on for ever, like the weather. What's the point of talking about ...