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The New York Times" firing of Judith Miller, allegedly for bad reporting, served the same purpose as the paper's daily "Corrections" column: It suggested that everything else in the newspaper of record is pretty ...
The New York Times" firing of Judith Miller, allegedly for bad reporting, served the same purpose as the paper's daily "Corrections" column: It suggested that everything else in the newspaper of record is pretty ...
During an unusual stretch in United States history in which many of the candidates for national office, such as Donald Trump, Tim Walz, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, and George W. Bush, have been teetotalers, Kamala ...
The financial geniuses who caused, yet failed to predict, the world’s financial collapse are not doing much yet to avoid another crash. Given that I didn’t predict it either, I am as qualified as they are to ...
I feel funny about the old lady, Miss Liberty, or Miss US of A, whatever you wish to call the United States, once upon a time THE No. 1 in everyone’s books. The country looks ancient and worn, with corruptive wealth ...
The Week’s Most Sciatic, Rheumatic, and Olympiadic Headlines THE LONG HOT SUMMER GAMES In the immortal words of Orson Welles, “Muah-ha-ha the French.” Arrogant when they should be humble (rude to tourists for no ...
The central insight of conservatism"that everything is always getting worse"is dramatically illustrated by the little hamlet I recently moved to: Rio Nido, California. Located in the wine country of Sonoma county, ...
Picture your ideal Republican candidate. Would they look something like this? 1. An "anchor baby" (technically, "illegal immigrant"); 2. Parents were illegal aliens from Syria, who avoided being deported only because of ...
Few cartoon characters have been loved"or argued over"more than Tintin, the Belgian reporter-cum-detective whose adventures have been translated into over 50 languages and sold over 200 million books. To be precise, ...
As violent pro-Palestine protests continue to erupt at universities all across America, it is legitimate to ask just how much some of the overgrown infants involved might actually know about the whole conflict itself in the ...
Watching the vice-presidential debate last week, I realized that Gov. Tim Walz has a primitive's understanding of cause-and-effect. It pairs nicely with his primitive's understanding of representative democracy, economics, ...
Most people are inclined to suppose that if there were justice in the world, they would be better off. This, of course, is the merest prejudice. Hamlet was, perhaps, nearer the mark when he said, “Use every man after his ...
This will fall on deaf ears in the White House, no matter who the new resident will be next year, but here goes anyway: Chinese and Russian analysts are taking note of the United States’ inability to curb Israel or ...
Get Low, a dramedy starring venerable elders Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, and Cissy Spacek, is promisingly based on a prime slab of Old, Weird Americana: the true 1938 story of an elderly hillbilly (played by Duvall) who ...
It’s a classic, archetypal story: build somebody up, only to tear them down. Sarah, Duchess of York, has embarrassed the royal family yet again, and now the public and press are enjoying open season on the erstwhile ...
Jacque Fresco is a man who requires no introduction. Wait...hold on...I screwed that up. Lemme start again. Jacque Fresco is a man who requires a lengthy fucking introduction. Because nobody knows who he is. And ...
What will happen in the future? Is there a way to know? There is, maybe. One technique that predicts the future better than any other is prediction markets. "In 2020, bettors correctly predicted Biden's win and called ...
This has been the year for school choice all over the country. At least six additional states joined Arizona and Florida to give parents the funds to send their children to private and charter schools. Surprisingly, ...
When a runaway hot-air balloon reported to be carrying a six-year-old boy made headlines last week, many were surprised to find out it had all been a hoax. Admitted the six-year-old boy on live television, “We did ...
From the Head Start program to the International Baccalaureate, the whole purpose of "education" today is to create new generations of Americans who think that the United Nations should govern the entire planet and ...
The Week’s Most Wrecking, Henpecking, and Hall-Decking Headlines OH, FOR GOODNESS SAKÉ The word is out in L.A.: Don’t drink the water. Because another wacky Asian chick has traveled to the city and gone missing. And ...
There’s an old story variously ascribed to any number of inscrutable Chinese men: how do you get the cat to bite a hot pepper? Zhou En Lai (or Mao, Chiang Kai Chek, or possibly that bloke who taught Grasshopper on the ...
In response to my recent piece on science and religion, one of the commenters, GM, took me to task: “you may want to consider and ask why atheists seem angry. There’s no indication that you ...
Gallivanting around the globe is usually not advisable for political leaders in the midst of sweeping domestic changes, possible bankruptcy and public protests. Unless that is, you are Prime Minister George Papandreou. To ...
Antifascist news sources from the New York Times to the Süddeutsche Zeitung to the Associated Press have been acting in unison of late decrying the Nazi occupation of the Vatican. From these frantic accounts, it seems ...
