By • Jul 01,2008

Shock the Monkey, Go to Jail

At Slate, Bill Saletan takes a crack at ape rights in Spain. I must admit, I have zero problem with extending legal protections to animal species on the basis of...

By • Jul 01,2008

Hancock as America?

So, Hancock opens up on Wednesday. I’m reviewing it for the Standard’s website, thoughts’ll be up on Wednesday. But I would like to touch on something Kyle Smith posited in...

By • Jun 30,2008

Summer reading recommendations

The Weekly Standard‘s summer reading issue is out now: pick it up! You’ll love it! Two recommendations of my own: Grand New Party, by Ross and Reihan. Very good. More...

By • Jun 30,2008

The Perception Gap

Interesting and smart column by Kyle Smith over at the NY Post: Twenty percent of Americans say the U.S. economy is doing well. That’s hearsay. Seventy-one percent say they, personally,...

By • Jun 30,2008

Patriotism and Nationalism, Again

Peter Beinart, he of the heavy-duty Time topic of Patriotism With America At A (Nother) Crossroads, wants to be an equal-opportunity chastiser. What could be more bipartisan and transcendent? But...