The most gruesome sight imaginable was Rudy Giuliani taking the oath of the highest office in the land sometime early next year. In fact, I had nightmares about it. Giuliani the gravedigger standing on the steps of the Capitol and swearing to uphold the Constitution. Giuliani is the inspector Javert personified, cruel, vindictive and unforgiving. But worse are the bums he … [Read More]

A quick glance at RCP poll averages for Super Tuesday makes it clear that we need to start girding ourselves for the contemplation of a prospect truly terrifying—President McCain. Our friend Leon Hadar has already started starring into the abyss: For those of us who opposed the Iraq War and W’s foreign policy—and for opponents of Big Government, in general—all of … [Read More]

On Jan. 28, Christopher Hitchens went through the litany of Bill and Hillary’s long history of “race baiting” in Slate. The extent of Hitchens’s charges were that: • Clinton occasionally played golf at a Country Club with no black members. • Dick Morris once worked for Jesse Helms. • Clinton signed a death warrant for a black double murderer who had … [Read More]

From one of my favorite liberal Democratic bloggers: “The most pathetic thing about Barack Obama’s efforts to bow and scrape for AIPAC are that the AIPAC crowd has been suspicious of him from Day One and his pandering doesn’t change the fact that they don’t like him. Why not just accept that he’ll have to live without that small segment … [Read More]

At long last, we arrive at the end of the line, having examined first race and then nationalism.  I’d like to thank once again all those who have taken part in these discussions, which have, for the most part, been quite civil, even in the midst of strong disagreements (with a few notable exceptions). In this final part of my series, … [Read More]

Although I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Jonah praised my scholarship on NRO (Thursday, January 24, http:/liberalism.nationalreview. com/post/?) and that he considers me a paleo “who knows a lot about a lot,” there was one part of his message that troubles me. Jonah is apparently upset that The American Conservative, a magazine for which I have written, did not select … [Read More]

While none of my blood is (sadly) Italian, my arrival in Rome was the closest experience to a homecoming I think I shall ever have. I expect that feelings will stir as I visit the island, Unije, from which my grandfather sailed for NYC in 1916—and again at the tomb of my ancestral sovereigns in Vienna. But not even the hallowed … [Read More]

The opening shot on CNN saw Ron Paul getting friendly with Mitt Romney and John McCain, who gave his principal ideological opponent a patronizing pat on the back. Are Americans better off now than they were 8 years ago? Mitt Romney says he’s not running on President Bush’s record. “Washington is broken.” Broken—by whom? Mad John McCain rambles on and on—starting … [Read More]

Matt Yglesias has it right: “Whatever else happens in 2008, one thing that’s certain is that Rudy Giuliani won’t be elected president. That’s something I’m thankful for. And, based on the results, I think it’s something that virtually everyone in America can be thankful for—something that can unite Americans across the cultural divide. From Red America to Blue America, everywhere but … [Read More]

One wonders what John Zmirak will dream of as jet engines humming incandescently waft him through the Atlantic night on his first pilgrimage to Rome. In the aftermath of jet liners truncating Manhattan’s image of itself, many neoconservatives are rightfully obsessed with the consequences of modern weapons falling into the hands of medieval-minded Islamic fanatics. It is a nightmare that troubles … [Read More]