Senseless in Seattle
On February 12, Judge Catherine Shaffer of King County Superior Court threw out Seattle’s ban on carrying a gun at a city park, golf course, …
On February 12, Judge Catherine Shaffer of King County Superior Court threw out Seattle’s ban on carrying a gun at a city park, golf course, …
When an event renders you speechless, I suppose that writing is the only way to express thoughts about it. Just such an event has happened. …
When asked, during the open- ing moments of “The Ghost Writer,” whether he voted for the prime minister whose memoirs he has been hired to …
Few people understand what the Tea Party movement is all about. Although at first glance it appears to be a collection of anti-tax conservatives, what …
In early March, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY), who is not running for reelection, singlehandedly (by means of a one-man filibuster) stopped an automatic extension of …
Just a few years ago, alarmists, including politicians such as Sen. Barbara Boxer and journalists such as Thomas Friedman, were telling us that lack of …
“Shutter Island” (Paramount Pictures, 2010, 137 minutes) has all the ingredients of a satisfyingly dark, psychological thriller: an isolated setting, ambiguous foreshadowing, surreal flashbacks, an …
“I am an ardent believer in the free market.” An ardent believer. So said President Obama to the Business Roundtable on Feb. 24. “You create …
The generally accepted definition of terrorism is that it’s the use of violence to create fear in a society in order to induce political change. …
Ever since its inception, utopian socialist ideology has included calls for the elimination of prisons. Many of the early idealists, such as the Ukrainean left-anarchist …