Here Be Dragons: Patrolling Nowhere in the 21st Century
Six centuries ago, cartographers would scrawl in the blank space on their maps, “Here Be Dragons.” Primitive navigation charts often featured sea monsters wriggling at
Six centuries ago, cartographers would scrawl in the blank space on their maps, “Here Be Dragons.” Primitive navigation charts often featured sea monsters wriggling at
Flags flew at half-staff this week in California’s state Capitol. No, not for Michael Jackson. For Private First Class Justin Casillas.Pfc. Casillas died
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., promised Americans that when they took over Congress in
Sarah Palin wants to run for president? Quick — get the butterfly net. Who in his — or her — right mind would want to strut into the
What a fortnight this has been for observing the human animal in his natural habitat. We’re reminded daily of the clay feet, the wounded
In what let’s hope will prove a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that all Americans have civil rights
One policy of the Obama administration that has understandably attracted little public attention is its proposal to make the Federal Reserve a “systemic risk regulator
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Ricci case – that white firemen suffered illegal discrimination when a promotional test on which they did well
WASHINGTON – The Minnesota Supreme Court has ended months of vote fraud and other assorted acts of skulduggery to pronounce Al Franken winner of the state
The surrealism of celebrity pop culture erupts when a major celebrity dies. The sudden, mysterious death of Michael Jackson caused a near-total eclipse of
ATLANTA – There are times when I can’t help but think of the climactic scene from the movie “Moonstruck.” The finale is the mod equivalent
Another high-profile politician now wishes he had a lower one. Another public figure now wants a “zone of privacy.” At least when he himself
There was symmetry in the news that barraged us one day last week – Michael Jackson, not to mention Farrah Fawcett, had died, and the governor
BERLIN – The righteous rage in the streets of Tehran is familiar to Berliners. They recall their own demonstrations that doomed the hated Berlin Wall two
“The author is ending her marriage. Isn’t it time you did the same?” So the Atlantic Monthly provocatively introduces its July/August feature “Let’s
For some of the more demented among us, like me, there’s nothing quite so engrossing as watching C-SPAN’s complete, unexpurgated, dull moment
The first thing that should be acknowledged about South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s admission to an extramarital affair is that it could happen to
WASHINGTON – “In the beginning,” says a character in a Peter De Vries novel, “the earth was without form and void. Why didn’t they leave
Call this coming July Fourth Dependence Day – the day marking prudent and responsible America’s realization that we do indeed depend on the diplomatic power
As a rock-ribbed conservative, I seldom agree with the socialist president of Venezuela. But it happened last week.“Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing
WASHINGTON – Millions of Iranians take to the streets to defy a theocratic dictatorship that, among its other finer qualities, is a self-declared enemy of
Live Free or Die" is the title of author and columnist Mark Steyn’s speech at Hillsdale College, reproduced in Imprimis (April 2009), a Hillsdale
Back when our military failed to find stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, The New York Times apologized to its readers.Why?Before the
A criticism heard during the early years of the Bush administration was that the media were “in the tank” for Bush, fearing to question his
Remember William “Cold Cash” Jefferson? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Clean-Up Crew hope you’ve forgotten. Jefferson is the former Louisiana congressman caught
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