Category: Reflections

On May 23, I rejoiced to find that the Associated Press actually recognized that there might be some slight problem with the welfare state. It …

Libertarians may not get much respect, but they are getting attention. In April, I attended a meeting of humanities instructors (those who teach “the great …

Now that the global warming consensus is falling apart, or rather, it is becoming increasingly public knowledge that it never was a consensus at all, …

Consider this question from The New York Times/CBS poll of 1,580 adults, April 5–12, with a 3% margin of error: “Are Obama’s policies moving the …

So far, it has cost the U.S. Treasury $81 billion to keep the poorly run, union-screwed automakers GM and Chrysler alive. They are now basically …

In a recent article for the UK Sun, Simon Cowell (best known to Americans as the grumpy, sarcas- tic judge on “American Idol”) lamented the …

I was arguing recently on a medical blog about the issue of laws mandating that caloric and nutrient information be conspicuously placed on menus at …

Honestly, the high jinks of the current administration are hilarious. Take the latest battle in Obama’s neosocialist war on American capitalism, the so-called financial reform …

People who vote sometimes seem to be a political version of my old friend K’s love life. An otherwise intelligent woman, K fell in love …

What is your deepest secret? Can you share it with the people you love most? This is the theme of “City Island,” a wonderful little …