The “€œF”€ Word

Although the adjective "€œfascist,"€ as George Orwell pointed out during and right after World War II, was a slur applied to "€œthose we don"€™t like,"€ the ...

Groping for Terrorists

Here are my experiences with airport security at various spots around the world during the past several years. CHICAGO It is a hot day in early September, and I"€™m standing ...

I”€™m With Stupid

While I was arguing about abortion recently with a pro-choice pal he said, "€œI just wish stupid people would stop having babies."€ This is a common sentiment among the smart ...

All the News That’s Not Fit to Print

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Napoleon Dynamite

My lifetime engagement with the pharmaceutical industry has been minimal. This, I know and regret, is un-American. Every red-blooded native-born citizen of this republic is an ...

Occam’s Butter Knife

MIT's Daron Acemoglu is a rock star among economists, one of the ten most cited in his profession. This is largely because of the paper the Istanbul-born Armenian cowrote in 2001: ...

Queen Elizabeth II

Diamond Jubilation

I love Queen Elizabeth. I love her pastel-colored outfits. I love her little black handbags. I love the regal look in her eye. I even love it when she has to wear her silly crown ...

The Vegetarian Personality

I have trouble accepting the idea that Hitler was a vegetarian. He just didn"€™t seem that pushy. Apparently others feel the same way. When I started typing “pushy ...

Harnessing Feminist Energy

America's energy policy is in shambles. Current green solutions of solar and wind power, like tidal and geothermal power before them, have proved inadequate. We have lots of coal, ...

Eden Roc

An Oscar for Taki

ONBOARD S/Y BUSHIDO—My moment of glory came and went in a jiffy. It was actually a whole afternoon of filming onboard without a single retake, temper tantrum, or even the ...

Going out With a Bang Instead of a Whimper

As I was stuck in New York’s Pennsylvania Station (“lead us not into Penn Station...”) waiting for a commuter train home and mooching vaguely around in the news ...

Gaston Gaston 1883

Social Science v. Social Engineering

In his impressive first book, Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error for Business, Politics, and Society, entrepreneur/intellectual Jim Manzi has the makings of an ...

Cochran’s Guide to Suicide

If you"€™re looking for a husband, ladies, stay away from the Kennedys! Chances are better you will make it through life avoiding an untimely death or some horrific ...

Eva Longoria

Affirmative Acting

Long ago, crazy people at least had the good sense to pretend they were heroes. Asylums were packed with dueling Napoleons. Rival Jesuses (Jesuii?) challenged each other to ...

“€œWe”€™re White, We”€™re Male, and We Suck!”€

American culture reached Peak Beta last week as three privileged white-male pundits wrote essays declaring that privileged white males suck. Lifelong morbidly obese bitchy ...

Mr. Toback, I”€™m Ready for My Close-Up

"€œSorry, I"€™m in makeup; if it's something important, call my agent, Israel Goldfarb."€ This is how I"€™ve been fending off the myriad calls from eager females trying ...


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