Sometimes you write a column just so you can forever after refer people to it. “Oh, that subject/point/complaint/theory/argument? I tackled/countered/responded to/exploded/demolished that back in July ’11—here’s the link.” ...

People around the world were deeply impressed by the manner in which the Japanese handled the big quake earlier this year. By “handled,” they of course mean “didn’t run around in marauding packs looting and shooting at each ...

On a recent trip to New York, I did something radically different from my usual forays back to the city of my birth: I visited the UN headquarters. To be sure, my One-Worlder credentials are very poor; I did not even trick-or-treat for ...

White Zimbabweans used to tell a joke"€”what is the difference between a tourist and a racist? The answer"€”about a week. Few seem to joke any more. Indeed, the last time anyone laughed out there was over the memorable headline ...

If you would know what Copenhagen is all about, hearken to this nugget in The Washington Post’s report from the Danish capital. “Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenari—who is representing all of Africa ...

When America is about to throw an ally to the wolves, we follow an established ritual. We discover that the man we supported was never really morally fit to be a friend or partner of the United States. When Chiang Kai-shek, who fought ...

What does imperialism mean? It means the assertion of absolute force over others. ~Robert Lowe, 1878 The G-20 ministers declared their meeting in Pittsburgh a success, but as Rob Kall reports in OpEdNews.com, the meeting’s main ...

As another G20 meeting rolls around, this time on home soil, the time comes once again for the economically curious but politically unconnected to wonder what is really happening behind closed doors. But while admiring the pageantry, ...

The hysteria from U.S. "€œconservatives"€ over the White House's decision not to base missile defense systems in the Czech Republic and Poland has been as shrill as it was predictable. The editors of National Review, the flagship ...