By Oct 26,2008

8 years later

Ordinarily, this would fall flat on its face, but these guys have accomplished a rare feat: repeating history first as farce, and second as tragedy:

By Oct 26,2008

Hey Sarah Palin

Nothing like turning something you’d otherwise be inclined to urinate on into an original work of art. Duchamp would love YouTube… (Hat tip: JJ)

By Oct 26,2008

U.S. strikes targets in Syria

The U.S. military confirms that it launched a special forces strike near the town of Abu Kamal, inside Syria, a few miles over the border from Iraq. I don’t know...

By Oct 25,2008

Waiting for the Barbarians

Donadio’s fine post on the madness of Mr. Krauthammer put me in mind of the wonderful poem by Constantine Cavafy, “Waiting for the Barbarians”: What are we waiting for, assembled...

By Oct 24,2008

Charles Krauthammer on John McCain

Charles Krauthammer has penned his endorsement of John McCain: The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how dangerous the world...

By Oct 24,2008

The virtues of clarity

Ordinarily, the experience of reading Leon Wieseltier’s turgid prose is akin to masturbating in warm bathwater. Today, however, I came upon a surprisingly on-the-nose expression of his political preferences, which...