Report from Venezuela: A grave line has been crossed. Real, physical violence is finally catching up with the huge reserve of pent-up rhetorical violence we’ve suffered through since 1999. We’ve spent 15 years fearing this. Now we’re living it. [NOTE: … Continue reading →
They’re trying to make Spain into Germany or something, to increase productivity. I don’t think they’ll succeed in changing the clock, but even if they do, will it change “productivity”? And are Spaniards any less productive than much of the … Continue reading →
Hugo Chavez is dead, but his legacy lives on. And that means that Venezuela is in a heap of trouble: The suddenness of Venezuela’s collapse should have come as no surprise because downfalls are inherently abrupt…Imagine there’s no money to … Continue reading →
The maximum wage—is it the ultimate goal of the left? You’ll understand what I’m talking about when you read Michael Totten’s excellent, thought-provoking, depressing report on his visit to Cuba.
Continue reading →I expect plenty of disagreement, but I’m actually inclined to give Obama somewhat of a modified pass on shaking Raul Castro’s hand at Nelson Mandela’s funeral. I’m second to no one in the strength of my alarm and disapproval at … Continue reading →
This article on his visit to Havana is one of the best—and one of the saddest—essays Michael Totten has ever written. Communism destroys nearly everything it touches, not just physically but emotionally and spiritually. Totten’s essay put me in mind … Continue reading →
On one level, the events of the last few weeks have been deeply satisfying. Who wouldn’t feel a certain vindication in seeing one’s predictions come true, and watch the perpetrators running for cover? But I’m having a lot of trouble … Continue reading →
I’ve already written plenty about Snowden and Greenwald. But since they’ve recently insinuated themselves into the news in a potentially interesting manner, here we go again. According to Greenwald: Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who first published the documents Snowden … Continue reading →
It strikes me more and more every day that the country’s so-called leaders have no intention of dealing with illegal immigration except to give illegals citizenship and to encourage (or at least not discourage) more such immigration. The liberal/left/Democratic forces … Continue reading →
Remember the election in Venezuela? Well, it’s not over yet: The self-declared winner, Nicolé¡s Maduro, is behaving very much like a man who knows he lost on April 14. In resorting to violence and brute force to silence the opposition’s … Continue reading →
Is anyone surprised at the fact that Maduro won yesterday’s election in Venezuela? No one should be; Chavez’s successor simply could not be allowed to lose. One odd thing, though, was the extreme narrowness of the margin of victory; shouldn’t … Continue reading →
…to be a latino? That seems to be the burning question of the day. It’s not just a stupid conversation, it’s the sort of identity politics that’s become all-too-prevalent these days and has made race and ethnicity a greater force … Continue reading →