By • Jun 08,2010

We con the world

Via YouTube, Israelis mock the humanitarian pretensions of the Gaza flotilla. Instead of “We Are the World”, they give us “We Con the World”. Final verse: We con the world...

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 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...