By • Feb 25,2008

Fiction: The Birthday Guest

Everyone agreed it was a great party until Jesus arrived. “Is that who I think it is?” Naomi whispered to Dana, her best friend since college. They were both slightly...

By • Feb 15,2008

I, Telemakhos

You would be lucky to find one good mentor in a whole lifetime. Mentorship, unlike parentage, is not a necessary result of nature’s power over human affairs. It occurs only...

By • Feb 06,2008

Obama hits the skids

Only two weeks into his presidency, Barack Obama has managed to hit every brick wall in sight. In spite of reportedly unprecedented cooperation from the outgoing Bush team, and promises...

By • Feb 02,2008

The Gripes of Wealth

October 1st, 2018 We had taken shelter in the broken wreckage of a ruined McMansion for the night—Me, Okie Pete and Skinny Bill Cox. Us three had taken up with each other...

By • Feb 01,2008

Who won the war in Gaza?

Max Boot provides a first-rate after-action report. Boot calls the conflict a highly limited and attenuated victory, to be sure, but one that nevertheless restored Israelis’ self-confidence and Arabs’ fear...