Commentary

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?

Obama reaches out to the Muslim world

I may have a slightly more positive reaction than other conservative-types to Obama’s interview with Al-Arabiya. Now, I certainly agree with Charles Krauthammer and others that Obama’s thumbnail history of...

David Foster Wallace excoriates John Updike

Polansky reminds me what a loss David Foster Wallace was, with a New York Observer review of John Updike’s Toward the End of Time from 1997: I’m guessing that for...

John Updike grabs your grundle, alliterating all the while

The late John Updike was renowned as a renaissance man. Prolific to the last, he wrote dozens of novels, and all manner of cultural essays. I’m embarrassed to admit that...