By Jun 08,2010

Terror and Islam in Europe

I got back on Sunday from a week-long conference on migration and social cohesion in Europe. I can’t report much, since almost all the sessions were off the record, yet...

By Jun 08,2010

Georgia on my mind

In the current issue of the Standard, Matt Continetti has a very interesting profile of Georgia (not the state north of Florida, but the country south of Russia). As a...

By May 10,2010

Betsy Ross, military contractor

It may be a pure myth that Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag at the request of George Washington. But it turns out that Ross was an actual flagmaker...

By Apr 22,2010

Amazon and the sin of profit

Although one would generally describe The New Yorker as a progressive publication, it seems to slip into a reactionary mindset when the interests of the literary establishment are on the...