The Latest Charge to Free Speech

By Jul 06,2010

The Latest Charge to Free Speech

Yesterday in Slate, Anne Applebaum gave recognition to Hillary Clinton’s latest endorsement of promoting “civil society.” This past week at the 10th-anniversary meeting of the Community of Democracies, Clinton spoke...

By Jul 06,2010

The Case for Cox

Politico is reporting today that NY-1 GOP congressional hopeful Chris Cox, son of NY GOP State Chair Ed Cox and the grandson of Richard Nixon, has lost several of his...

By Jul 06,2010

Middle Sassed

A Google search of the phrase “American middle class” brings you to a .gov website about the “Middle Class Task Force” that displays a quote from Vice President Joe Biden,...

By Jul 02,2010

McChrystal revisited: Was it so bad?

I just ran across David Brooks’ column from last week, in which Brooks comes perilously close blaming journalists for McChrystal’s fall: Over the course of 50 years, what had once...

By Jul 02,2010

Kristol: Michael Steele Must Go

Dear Michael, You are, I know, a patriot. So I ask you to consider, over this July 4 weekend, doing an act of service for the country you love: Resign...

By Jul 01,2010

My Beloved ex-Trotskyist Popinjay

My favorite living writer, Christopher Hitchens, has been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. I suppose, with his habits, some form of illness was inevitable. When we met two months...