NEW YORK—This is a good time to be in the Bagel. Walking briskly under changing autumn skies amid colors that still carry their summer clothes is inspiring. Heaven knows I need it. Early morning means judo ...

Viscerally, I am in favor of the death penalty, but in more sober reality I am against it. There are some crimes so heinous, so beyond all extenuation, that death seems the only just punishment; but justice is not the only ...

It’s mid-September, so your kids will be back in school or college on both sides of the Atlantic—but what will they actually be learning there? Quite possibly, little more than Junior Maoism 101. Nonsense like Critical ...

I recently penned an article entitled “I Love Pakis” (links NSFW) about how adorable East Indian immigrants are. The title was purposely idiotic and this was made clear in the opening. “It’s ...

The crisis at the border is the No. 1 issue with voters, and it's killing the Democrats. To my surprise, my party -- the stupid party -- has done something smart (which Fox News tried to talk them out of). They've forced ...

Here’s a wacky anecdote for ya. April 30, 1998, 3:30 p.m. My girlfriend Sarah and I had just gotten back from lunch at Red Lobster (I’m not black, neither was she. But damn we loved fried fish), and she had to speed ...

It would be unkind, unfair, and possibly untrue to infer that the warmth of Cardinal Mahony toward his paladin Rupert Murdoch is based purely upon filthy lucre. In truth, there are many similarities in character between the ...

Sometimes it’s beneficial to break down a bad argument. To dissect it, deconstruct it, disassemble it. Get to the heart of why it stinks. To put it more crassly, a dog turd looks bad enough on your front lawn. But bring ...

Government imposes a million rules. Americans seem to want more! Leftists want new gun laws and bans on single-use plastics, gas stoves, fossil fuels, gas-powered cars, nuclear power. Conservatives want to ban porn and ...

I don't think you have a healthy society if it doesn't include some rebellion against bourgeois ...

Dear Dr. Gates, Your cautious appraisal of a proposed American military intervention in Libya is an important warning from a public servant unafraid to speak unpopular truths. While all liberty-loving people abhor the ...

Looking back on it now, "€˜lunacy"€™ is the word that springs most readily to mind. It was Easter 1967. I was just sixteen and had signed up to go on a school trip to Russia for the holidays. I say "€˜lunacy"€™ ...

The good news is, Republicans are finally willing to criticize immigration! The bad news is, it's only to say they are against Americans dying from fentanyl. So proud of you, GOP! For example, at the debate last week, ...

Ukraine has known much darkness. And the long, sinister night of the twentieth century continues to cast shadows deep and wide. At this unique university, however, God's light shines brightly, showing how wonderful that ...

Ah, my annual Christmas column, where I get to write about anything that tickles my fancy. So about the New Avengers “Angels of Death” episode... Okay, okay, sorry. I’ve run that joke into the ground enough for one ...

To balance out her being a DEI hire, Kamala Harris needed a regular white guy as her running mate. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party doesn't have any of those, so Harris chose Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota. At the debate ...

In a column last December, I pointed out that whenever some schizo shoots up a place, and it’s revealed that he left a trail of “red flags” behind, rightists indignantly say, “Hmmph, why wasn’t the FBI on top of ...

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In a syndicated column that was something less than objective, Matt Towery explains that “Romney has the most going for him in 2012.” According to Towery, “when staunch Republicans start considering the big ...

For the last few nights, before I go to sleep and when I wake up, I have watched the flies on the ceiling of my bedroom. There are about six or seven of them; there used to be far more, hundreds in fact, which I used to ...

The Week’s Most Time-Biding, Home-Siding, and Gay-Priding Headlines GAY GROUP AIDS GAZA It’s LGBLT Pride Month! And you probably hadn’t finished celebrating May’s Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Well, time to ...

Donald Trump: The First Jewish President? David Cole’s “Donald Trump the First Jewish President” touches on many if not most of the reasons the American Jewish community despises Donald Trump. But, there are ...

On the whole, the cinematic world has dealt less severely with Communism than it has dealt with Nazism. The reason for this is at least twofold. The first is that many in the cinematic world were sympathetic to Communism, ...

Okay, you fans of such classics as Age of Innocence, House of Mirth, and Ethan Frome, Julian Fellowes is no Edith Wharton, but for the dregs of what’s left of society today, he’ll do. He’s a Brit, a funny little ...