Category: Reflections

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 …

The theory of anthropogenic global warming hasn’t had a great year. First came the “hacking” of emails from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia …

In an open letter the German tabloid Bild has reminded Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou of the two countries’ differences: “Here, people work until they …

Following the advice of Sun Tzu, I try to understand my adversaries. This effort leads me to join some email lists and read some magazines …

The Supreme Court found that laws preventing unions and corporations from political advertising were unconstitutional. Reaction was furious. The Economist’s blogger wrote, “For over a …