My next to the last posting, which was an obituary on William F. Buckley, occasioned so many responses that I must disappoint those who thought I would never again say anything ...
Elsewhere, I have taken exception to Samantha Power’s views on foreign policy in the context of what they might imply for an Obama administration in which she could play ...
Following up on Richard’s critique of Samantha Power, I had a few thoughts on Power’s proposal that the United States ought to have intervened to halt the Armenian ...
Justin's defense of Samantha Power demands a reply, and I"d like to demur from lamenting the departure of the Harvard prof and anti-genocide crusader fom the political scene. ...
They dream strange academic dreams in far Northern Norway, where the Aurora Borealis can blaze until the Midnight Sun rises over a seat of learning equidistant from Rome and ...
Cape Town in December isn"t South Africa or even Africa. It resonates deeply with sophistication, void of boring locals. The restaurants are world class, accompanied by ...
The role of Cassandra is classically a thankless one. Point to danger signs too early, and you’re dismissed as a nut. Wait until it’s obvious, and you’re too ...
Of course there’s no Israel Lobby, no need to fear it, and the very idea that the Lobby exercises a decisive influence on the American media is bigoted nonsense—or, ...
My post last week opposing "unselfishness" as a modern, secular liberal perversion of Christian ethics provoked quite a bit of comment, on this site and others. One ...
Much like the dreaded North American Union, "Eurabia" was one of those things the respectable media insisted again and again was but the figment of the racist, xenophobic ...
My earlier comments on the question of “Ethnonationalism” can be found here. Muller argues in one of his concluding paragraphs: "Partition may thus be the most ...
The recent death of Bill Buckley brought forth the usual lies from the liberal-neocon establishment; and having devoted part of my latest book and a slew of irate commentaries to ...
This past fall, I held an informal poll of the students at the first-rate liberal arts college where I’m privileged to teach, asking them to choose between two presidential ...
Jerry Muller's essay in Foreign Affairs on the enduring power of the rather redundantly named ethnic nationalism (or "ethnonationalism" as he calls it) makes a number of ...
Conditions in the new Iraq continue to get worse for that country’s dwindling Christian population. On Friday, February 29, 2008 terrorists kidnapped Paulos Faraj Rahho ...
Some other publications have characterized their founding as a "standing athwart history yelling stop" or a taking part in the "severe contest between intelligence, ...