Race Cost Her the Race

Voula Papachristou isn"€™t all Greek to me. What I mean is, the triple-jumper's blonde locks look downright Swedish. My experience with Hellenic femininity begins and ends ...

Is Mitt Being Neoconned Into War?

Has Mitt Romney given Israel a blank check for war? So it seemed from the declaration in Jerusalem by his adviser Dan Senor, who all but flashed Israel a green light for war, ...

The Secret Relationship Between Rahm and Lou

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he of the tiny fingers and ballet costumes, has lately taken to speaking about "€œvalues."€ Chicagoans are killing one another at a clip 40% ...

Nicholas Soames

Compliments for the Corpulent

Nicholas Soames is Winston Churchill's grandson, a Conservative member of Parliament since the early 80s, a very large man whose food and drink intake is legendary, and an old ...

Chemical Imbalances

A senior Syrian government spokesman has confirmed that his nation possesses chemical weapons and might employ them against a "€œforeign aggressor."€ Bashar al-Assad's ...

A Furor Over Foreskins

Last year I wrote about the anti-circumcision campaign here in California, and now another chapter in the Foreskin Chronicles has opened up in Germany. Whereas the California ...

Obama’s America—and Ours

“If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Mitt Romney fell on this Obama quote like an NFL lineman on an end zone ...

Temple of Heracles, Sicily

Dark Clouds Over Sicily

Journalists call August the "€œsilly season"€ because according to legend there is no news and so their job requires them to use even more fantasy than usual. But the global ...

The Rule of Law

The greatest distinguishing factor between countries in which there is some freedom and those where authoritarian governments manage personal behavior is the Rule of Law. The idea ...

Is Mitt Serious About Condi?

The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president. Yet there is another yardstick by which candidates measure ...

Mitt Romney

Romney: Reaching Out to Everyone and Pleasing Nobody

On July 11 Mitt Romney addressed an NAACP conference in Houston, and the GOP media oozed admiration for his presumed courage and outreach. Although Romney is not likely to get ...

Denise Rich

Chasing Away the Rich

On Tuesday, the New York Post ran a headline that said, "€œDenise selling out USA."€ They claim that Denise Rich, millionaire ex-wife of oil tycoon Marc Rich (whom the Post ...

San Bernardino, California

Dollops of Diversity

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Bad Days for Freedom

Presently in America, nearly half of all households receive either a salary or substantial benefits from the government. Presently in America, nearly half of all adults pay no ...

Flags at Half-Mast, Please

My gay cousin once told me that the beauty of modern living is that there are so many different ways to have a family. I was inclined to agree with him, although my unorthodox ...

Obamacare: Mo”€™ Money, Mo”€™ Problems

Last week, the Supreme Court decided we all have to buy government broccoli for $1.7 trillion. This is the analogy fiscal conservatives are using to describe the Obamacare mandate ...


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