By • Oct 26,2008

Hey Sarah Palin

Nothing like turning something you’d otherwise be inclined to urinate on into an original work of art. Duchamp would love YouTube… (Hat tip: JJ)

By • Oct 26,2008

U.S. strikes targets in Syria

The U.S. military confirms that it launched a special forces strike near the town of Abu Kamal, inside Syria, a few miles over the border from Iraq. I don’t know...

By • Oct 25,2008

Waiting for the Barbarians

Donadio’s fine post on the madness of Mr. Krauthammer put me in mind of the wonderful poem by Constantine Cavafy, “Waiting for the Barbarians”: What are we waiting for, assembled...

By • Oct 24,2008

Charles Krauthammer on John McCain

Charles Krauthammer has penned his endorsement of John McCain: The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how dangerous the world...

By • Oct 24,2008

The virtues of clarity

Ordinarily, the experience of reading Leon Wieseltier’s turgid prose is akin to masturbating in warm bathwater. Today, however, I came upon a surprisingly on-the-nose expression of his political preferences, which...