By Jun 15,2010

Bad news from Afghanistan

On several fronts, but it all comes back to Karzai. Jackson Diehl writes that in Kandahar, the US military: …has stepped back from an initial push to challenge the entrenched...

By Jun 11,2010

The 1980s rise from the grave

The new A-Team movie better not disappoint me. You can’t invoke childhood nostalgia and then tear it to bits. When I was in second grade, my entire family dressed up...

By Jun 11,2010

The 1960s rise from the grave

Ramesh Ponnuru has an excellent article about libertarians and the Civil Rights Act in the current issue of the National Review. (Log-in required). Read this then read the whole thing:...

By May 20,2010

America loves incumbents!

When I agree with Kathy on a matter of substance, that matter almost always deserves a post. Rightly, I think Kathy challenges the conventional wisdom that yesterday’s primaries demonstrated the...

By May 17,2010

Those damned Tea Party patriots

My opinion of the Tea Partiers resembles my opinion of Sarah Palin. I’m not naturally attracted to either, but their critics seem so closed-minded that I’ve become deeply skeptical of...