By • Apr 08,2010

Go ahead, make my day

This blog’s distinguished alumnus, Sonny Bunch, has a review in the Weekly Standard [subscription required] of a new book about Clint Eastwood, who may actually be the hardest working man...

By • Apr 08,2010

Not on my talk show!

This past Sunday, David Gregory cut off Christina Romer, head of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, when she strayed too far from reality: MR. GREGORY: You mentioned the stimulus as...

By • Apr 05,2010

Troops accused of murder

I agree with Doug. This video is worth watching. But it must be watched very carefully. The video shows Iraqi men, some of them armed, being gunned down by an...

By • Apr 05,2010

Fictional Vietnams

Yesterday, the NY Times Book Review devoted its cover to a pair of novels about the war in Vietnam. One dates back to the war itself: Karl Marlantes’s first novel,...

By • Apr 03,2010

A balanced view of Obama

The New Yorker recently ran a profile of Italian cashmere magnate Brunello Cucinelli. [Subscription only] There is much to admire both in his entrepreneurial spirit and his concern for his...

By • Apr 03,2010

Pharoah, let your people go!

Apropo of Passover, the New Yorker takes a look at the state of tyranny in Egypt. [Subscription required] President Hosni Mubarak is 82 and his health is deteriorating. Mubarak has...