By • Dec 29,2009

In defense of the fistfight

I’m still sorting through almost 1,000 blog posts, so it might be a few hours before I weigh in on the pressing issues of the day: Iran, airplane terrorism, the...

By • Dec 22,2009

Obama vs. Petraeus on nation-building

Barack Obama, December 1: There are those who oppose identifying a time frame for our transition to Afghan responsibility. Indeed, some call for a more dramatic and open-ended escalation of...

By • Dec 22,2009

Sigh

I’m about as big of an apologist for the police as you’re going to find. I thought the “don’t taze me bro” kid had it coming and I have no...

By • Dec 21,2009

How did we get here?

Essential post from Peter Suderman about how we ended up in a place where the left was attacking health care on the same terms as the right: So now we’re...

By • Dec 21,2009

Bah, humbug

Jesuit James Martin has had it up to here with our commercialized Christmas: “Magic” is another popular word on Madison Avenue: Pier One’s catalog says, “Make Christmas Magic!” Sadly, all...