I"ve often felt that the War on Terror was the best thing that happened to globetrotting drug addicts since the days before bags were inspected at all. After 9/11, the ...
Fast-food franchise Chick-fil-A, known for its juicy chicken sandwich, has come under attack. Franchise head Dan Cathy made public statements in support of traditional marriage ...
It's called "liberty." Oh, but perhaps it doesn't fit in with Chicago values ...
Liberals are not idiots. They"re just like you were when you first moved out of your parents" house. It's like their research is cryogenically frozen right before Google ...
Growing up in England, one didn’t hear much about the American Civil War. England’s own Civil War loomed larger in our education and imaginations, though it had been ...
Recently I commented on a blunder by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, who suddenly wimped out after having proposed cutting 20 to 30 percent out of the state's allocation for ...
Are criminals in real life ever even one-tenth as fascinating as they are in Christopher Nolan movies? Can you think of a real criminal as intriguing as the late Heath Ledger's ...
Every time we endure another comedian-related "controversy""two weeks ago it was The Daniel Tosh Rape Joke Experience"other comedians quickly rise to express their ...
In the wake of Friday morning's bloodbath at a Colorado movie theater, America struggles to figure out who or what to blame. They"ve obviously ruled out the shooter. James ...
Wallowing in their feelings of superiority over the tinfoil-helmet brigade, the enlightened establishment enjoys tittering over right-wing bumpkins who supposedly believe in ...
The British public periodically goes ape over silly things such as cricket, Twiggy, the occasional sunny day, the Chelsea Flower Show, Guy Fawkes Night, and the not-so-direct ...
"It's the fault of my research assistants Mandy, Candy, and ...
The environmental movement is predominantly liberal, which means its thought process works backward. They start at the end with a wishful thought""Don"t make this ...
GSTAAD—Mountains in summer have a faraway astral beauty, snowy and shrouded in cloud peaks like old men wearing spats. Danger lurks in such mountains. Colin Thubron wrote about ...
Or if they don’t, we can take them apart. We do not want the bolt lock pin to be tight in the bolt. We want it to be tight in the bolt lock, or locking block.... Damn ...
The religious world is buzzing this week with the unusual results of the Episcopal Church's latest General Convention. That venerable institution has voted, among other things, to ...