By • Mar 06,2009

War on Charity?

For the past few days I’ve been reading and pondering Conor Clarke’s mild dislike of the idea that the government ought to encourage philanthropic giving. (Hell, it’s not just a...

By • Mar 05,2009

On Demagoguery

I went and listened to the on-air debate between David Frum and Mark Levin at the urging of Massie and Sullivan, and I came away with the surprising conclusion that...

By • Mar 05,2009

Which do I need more?

A Democratic vote in congress or a .40 semi-automatic glock? Well, let’s see…Eleanor Holmes Norton isn’t going to stop the homeless guy who followed my upstairs neighbor into the house...

By • Mar 05,2009

Pour some industry on me

So now Ms. McCardle , Mr. Douthat , and our own Sonny have expressed highly qualified praise of Ayn Rand, rightly noting her tendency toward tendentious prose. Curiously, however, no...

By • Mar 05,2009

Pakistan, Pakistan, Pakistan

Joe Klein reports that Bruce Riedel, head of Obama’s “Af-Pak” strategy review, thinks we should focus our energies on the Pakistan problem: “Afghanistan pales in comparison to the problems in...

By • Mar 04,2009

Chutzpah

The old definition is the parricide throwing himself on the mercy of the court as an orphan. The new definition is the Weekly Standard publishing a cover article with Alexis...