November’s Choices

We are in terrible straits this presidential election. We have a choice between a president who has posed more of a danger to personal freedom than any in the past 150 years and a ...

The Great White Dope

Ever since Timothy McVeigh's 2001 execution, the American left has waited in joyful hope for his second coming. More than a decade on, they desperately need another great white ...

Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney

Mitt’s ‘Damn-the-Torpedoes!’ Decision

Mitt Romney’s decision to select Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate speaks well of the man who made it. Indeed, it seemed less like the moderate man we have come to know ...

When Pussies Riot

A Russian judge is expected to deliver a verdict on Friday in the highly publicized show trial of three members of Pussy Riot, who"€™ve already won a cultural war of sorts by ...

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It Takes Gold to Win Gold

So closes another Olympiad as the aroma of success, failure, and whining hangs heavy in the air. These were the most "€œRacist!"€ games of all. The most celebrated example ...

Politisch Korrekt

During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Germans loved to refer to themselves as das Volk der Dichter und Denker (the people of poets and thinkers). Indeed, my home ...

Anything Goes No More

Teen pop star Miley Cyrus is in the news again. I think she bared her torso or the side of her breast or picked up a Playboy or something. How shocking! How did we get here? ...

Gazillions

Gazillions. That’s the number of times the federal government has spied on Americans since 9/11 through the use of drones, legal search warrants, illegal search warrants, ...

The Natural Map of the Middle East

“Apart from political maps of mankind, there are natural maps of mankind. ... One of the first laws of political stability is to draw your political boundaries along the ...

The Epic Failure of Tantrum Politics

In politics as in life, the squeaky wheel usually gets the grease, but the other three wheels are finally telling the squeaky wheel to shut the hell up. Fast food and public ...

America’s Newest Enemy?

WASHINGTON"€”I was visiting Pakistan's ambassador to the United States in the spring of 2011 when the phone on his desk rang.   "€œThe hotline,"€ he said. "€œSorry, I ...

Nelson Mandela

A Great South African & A Horrible South Africa

The great South African Ernie Els recently won the British Open golf tournament in epic style. In victory he was gracious, kind, and humble. But then, as is the norm for white ...

Joe Paterno

The Bashing of Joe Paterno

Last week the NCAA saddled Penn State with penalties that may mean the university's end as a leading football competitor. Paterno's name came up in the proceedings as someone who ...

Whose Country Is it, Anyway?

During the Olympics"€™ opening ceremony last week, the lady on the TV described the United Kingdom as "€œfour countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland."€ ...

The Magical Neocon Crystal Ball

Thucydides carefully structured his Peloponnesian War history as a cautionary tale about the moral decay that accompanies abuses of imperial power. “It is a general and ...

Race Cost Her the Race

Voula Papachristou isn"€™t all Greek to me. What I mean is, the triple-jumper's blonde locks look downright Swedish. My experience with Hellenic femininity begins and ends ...


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