I’m in San Francisco for a few days for a family get-together. It’s the usual beautiful summer here, with clear skies and only an intermittent bit of the fog for which the city is famous, just enough to give a … Continue reading →
One aspect of the traditional idea of American Exceptionalism included the notion that its geography kept the US safe from foreign invasion. This was historically true for the most part. Pearl Harbor was the singular exception, as far as I … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading a collection of essays in the book The Survival of Culture by Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball. In a piece entitled “Burke and Political Liberty,” by Martin Greenberg, the author is discussing the French Revolution and its … Continue reading →
I don’t know whether it shocks you, but it still has the capacity to shock me that the Democrats don’t seem to care about the consequences of their current stance on Iraq. Perhaps that’s the best indication that they are … Continue reading →
Surprise, surprise! The Senate pulled an all-nighter, but the Democratic leadership failed to garner enough votes to change anything in Iraq. That “surprise, surprise” comment of mine was, of course, sarcastic, because it could not possibly have come as a … Continue reading →
A while back I had lunch with Michael Totten during one of his rare moments in this country. He’d just returned from a recent visit to Iraq and Kurdistan, and was telling me what it was like to travel there. … Continue reading →
In the many posts I’ve written attempting to explain the basic neocon attitude towards the spread of democracy-(see this and this) I’ve tried to be careful to use the term “liberal democracy” to describe what is advocated. Why? Because democracy … Continue reading →
Never underestimate what a fine wine can do. Or the creativity of someone named “Cha-cha.” Virtual group hugs all around.
Continue reading →Now that the Sanity Squad is on summer vacation, those of you who may have been aching for the sound of my voice can listen to this week’s “Blog Week in Review,” in which I discuss the recent Live Earth … Continue reading →
This NY Times article was both touching and disturbing, almost in equal measures. It describes a phenomenon in present-day Poland that might be described as philo-Semitism, the opposite of anti-Semitism. Now that there are virtually no Jews in that country—a … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading an extremely thought-provoking book by Thomas Sowell entitled The Vision of the Anointed. In it, Sowell attempts to describe the differences between the liberal/Leftist (“the anointed”) worldview and that of the Right. The book is far too … Continue reading →
Lady Bird Johnson has died at the age of 94. I’ve referred to her by her given name in the title of this post, not just because I always thought her nickname silly, but because she did: Lady Bird Johnson … Continue reading →