As everyone who has ever visited Belgium knows, the place is crawling with pedophiles, most of them in government and in service to the European Union. Scandal after scandal has been hushed up because it involved higher-ups, of the same social stratum as the higher-ups who now are accusing the Poles of "immoral behavior." What did the bravest and most … [Read More]

August 18, 2007—Lusaka, Zambia   The leafy avenues surrounding the Mulungushi International Conference Centre are spotless; pedestrian crossings have been handed a coat of paint and traffic islands host manicured grass patches. Today, many a Merc carrying many an African leader will travel these very streets. The national signature of Zambia, the pot hole, has therefore been addressed—giving these very streets … [Read More]

It is time to contemplate, post “Operation Iraqi Freedom”, the reality and the implications of “regime change” with respect to Iran. One fact has been made perfectly clear by the American reaction to the Iranian President’s recent visit to the UN and to Columbia University in New York. The de facto U.S. policy toward Iran is “regime change.” Nothing less. It … [Read More]

Yesterday I noticed an article in the New York Post about two adjoining apartments off Central Park East that had contributed tens of millions of dollars to both Hillary and Rudy. These two brick-stone apartments by themselves could apparently pay for the war chest of a competitive presidential candidate, and the stockbrokers, real estate tycoons, and investment bankers residing there were … [Read More]

Those who do not regularly read the conservative review Modern Age may be unaware of the revolt against neo-conservatism that has lately broken out in that journal. But the revolt is a fact, and a significant one at that. Modern Age is not just any old conservative rag. Founded in 1957, with Russell Kirk as its first editor, the review has … [Read More]

The most authentic human being I have ever known was the father of a classmate in elementary school.  That classmate has remained a friend to this day. His father was a handicapper of thoroughbreds, an aficionado of the racetrack. His name was Vince, born in 1898 in Connecticut, of parents who had both arrived on a boat from Ireland in the … [Read More]

Some friends have suggested to me that, by exposing some recent antics of Christopher Hitchens, I have only helped the militant atheist sell more books. Maybe so. But Mr. Hitchens needs to have a spotlight shone on him right now, and conservatives need to pay attention. It hardly needs saying that Hitchens’ abusive treatment of 9-11 hero Father George Rutler … [Read More]

Former reporters and producers at Fox “News” expose what one of them refers to as the “Stalinist” methods of the War Party’s propaganda network:  [Read More]

To hear the neocons tell it, we’re “winning” in Iraq, and here is the face of “victory”: We’re fighting those toddlers over there, so we don’t have to fight them over here. [Read More]

Do we really have to look at Doris Kearns Goodwin on Meet the Press so early in the morning? This plagiarist with the bromidic opinions—are we to be spared nothing? [Read More]