Commentary

Will the GOP stop the runaway stimulus bill?

Probably not, but this is sure a sight for sore eyes. What if the GOP proposed something that would actually stimulate the economy, like repealing capital gains taxes and eliminating...

Low-level snark

I’m currently at work on a piece on political discourse, a key portion of which will rely on David Denby’s new book Snark. The book is flawed, perhaps fatally, because...

Iraqi election results a blow to Iran

Max Boot: Assuming that the preliminary results hold up, it will be another blow to Iran, which already suffered repudiation last year when the Iraqi parliament came to terms on...

Max Boot concedes Israel's defeat in Gaza

I read Max Boot’s latest for its actual strategic analysis. Dry the rest out, as they say, and you can fertilize the lawn. Nevertheless, when read between the lines, Boot...

Remember how Egypt still celebrates its "victory" in the 1973 war?

I finally remembered what Boot’s latest reminded me of: this (scroll down to the parts about the October Victory Hall, the Martyrs Hall, and the October 1973 War Panorama), and...

People reading their daily newspaper on a computer…sound far-fetched?