Hacking Up Bloodlust
It's very sad to watch the Democrats these days. I mean, this is a party that has, in the past, shown itself to be exceptionally skilled at getting people fired up over going to war. Justifiably or not, Dem presidents took ...
It's very sad to watch the Democrats these days. I mean, this is a party that has, in the past, shown itself to be exceptionally skilled at getting people fired up over going to war. Justifiably or not, Dem presidents took ...
Watching events unspool in the Wisconsin State Capitol over the past few days, one would think the world is ending. In a very specific sense, it is"or at least I hope so. It started when the state's new Republican ...
The Week's Puniest, Looniest, and Gooniest Headlines BEN CARSON: BARACK OBAMA WAS "RAISED WHITE" Narcoleptic presidential candidate Ben Carson suddenly awoke from a thousand-year coma to announce that our current ...
The Week’s Most Vexing, Perplexing, and Witch-Hexing Headlines OCEANS SO WHITE Apparently, the field of oceanographic research has a diversity problem. If there’s a lack of black folks in oceanography, it’s probably ...
The left's wailing about gun control should have been over at least two weeks ago, but Alex Jones's erratic interview with Piers Morgan provided enough fuel to keep the anti-gun flames stoked for many weeks into the ...
Greece is a small beautiful country in the southeastern part of Europe, a place of jasmine, bougainvillea, mimosa, cypresses, olive trees, pines, oregano, sage, and thyme; sand, rock, and the bluest and cleanest water on ...
In just under 200 days, Scottish voters will face a referendum on whether or not to leave the United Kingdom. The milestone was marked by ongoing arguments about whether an independent Scotland would be able to join the ...
It is often said that what is most unique about Western civilization derives from Athens and Jerusalem, the former city representing Greek philosophy and the latter Judeo-Christian values. This is somewhat simplistic, to be ...
For some of you younger readers the name Schmuel Gelbfisz will not ring a bell. Yet back in the 30s, Schmuel Gelbfisz’s identity was a dinner party quiz, and the one who guessed correctly would receive a kiss from Mary ...
When a witch doctor reads the leaves in a sucker’s, I mean customer’s, teacup (a process known as “tasseography”), it’s essential that the mark, I mean “sitter,” has actually handled the cup. Say what you will ...
Ex-media mogul and ex-con Conrad Black is doing press for his new book A Matter of Principle, and to watch him skewer the biased media who try to corner him is heavenly. I haven’t seen balls like this since Bill ...
The Week's Most Defective, Subjective, and Corrective Headlines DOG ACCUSED OF RACIST HATE CRIME Since “hate” is an entirely subjective term, it should never be used in legal proceedings. However, since most people ...
NEW YORK—Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, was founded by a minister in order to train other ministers. Just like Harvard and Princeton. The difference is that Harvard and Princeton are both listed on all the ...
Recently I went from Paris to London for lunch, returning for dinner. This is made easy nowadays, though not necessarily cheap, by the Eurostar train. I am not usually given to such extravagances, always seeing personal ...
Midway is a surprisingly accurate and competent WWII movie about the most thrilling naval battle in American history. While only 38 percent of film critics gave the film a thumbs-up, 92 percent of its audience approved. It ...
Since New York has never shed a tear for the rest of the country, we shed no tears for New ...
"Can we all just get along?" That was the plea of Rodney King after a Simi Valley jury failed to convict any of the four cops who beat him into submission after a 100-mile-an-hour chase on an LA freeway. King's plea came ...
Regarding Egypt’s current turmoil, international neophytes of every stripe claim to know precisely what is happening in a nation they scarcely know outside of colorful pictures. Here are some of the common ...
The Week’s Most Informal, Abnormal, and Paranormal Headlines MIAMI HERALD ENDORSES CANDIDATE WHO SAYS SHE WAS ABDUCTED BY NORDIC SPACE ALIENS Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera is a chubby, middle-aged Latina who appears to ...
The deaths this month of literary giants Tom Wolfe, age 88, and Philip Roth, 85, illuminated a little-noticed divide in American life. The two writers were fairly comparable combinations of talent, energy, ambition, and ...
It was the Sun King, Louis XIV, who uttered the immortal edict of classical despotism: "L"Ãtat, c"est moi!" There is some debate amongst historians as to whether Louis ever uttered these precise ...
This was a real surprise—and on my birthday, Aug. 11, to boot: A grown man, whose parents I used to know and like, wrote in the sophisticated pages of The Spectator that what women really want is a man with a big house. ...
The Week's Scariest, Wariest, and Hairiest Headlines PERSONS OF COLOR SEEK ROOMMATE: WHITES NEED NOT APPLY The wondrous and clean-smelling progress we’ve made as a nation ever since the cool and groovy Civil Rights ...
It is not a pleasant time to be French. New head of state Francois Hollande promises to be the most ridiculous president ever to occupy the Elysee Palace. Why such a harsh judgment on the dapper gent from Correze? Oh, where ...
