One of the countries I keep a close eye on internationally is Turkey. It’s not just that there are plenty of predictions that Turkey will rise to global prominence over the course of this century, or that as one of… Continue Reading
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi uses military airplanes to shuttle her family around the country without even bothering to go with them or providing any substantial tissue of even political necessity. Millions of public dollars used to provide for… Continue Reading
Thoughts as they occur to me: There are probably a lot of people out there more interested in the premiere of the iPad than in the President laying out his agenda for the next year. The whole Supreme Court is… Continue Reading
It turns out, the military has for years been buying sights and guns from a Michigan manufacturer which contain Biblical references — at what looks like the tail end of the serial number, you’ll find a code that looks something… Continue Reading
Yes, Pat Robertson is nuts. The sky is also blue at noon on a clear day, water is wet, and heavy stones placed on slippery slopes will tend to move down rather than up. If you need any other pressing… Continue Reading
Renewing my tradition from last year, I boldly offer the following predictions for the next year. I make no claim to psychic powers, clairvoyance, astral projection, divine or demonic information, or access to time machines. These are SWAGs and nothing… Continue Reading
A year ago, I made some predictions for what would happen in 2009. How’d I do? 1. The United States Federal deficit for calendar year 2009 will exceed $1.5 trillion. Check. 2. A human being will be cloned. Not Yet… Continue Reading
In politics, “growth” is used by some to describe what others would characterize as an “ideological transformation” that takes place over time rather than immediately. Question: was President Obama’s speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, which he used to justify… Continue Reading
It seems hard to believe that there hasn’t been an official state dinner at the White House yet during the Obama Administration. I thought those were fairly regular sorts of occurrences for visiting ambassadors and heads of state of other… Continue Reading
The image of President Obama bowing deeply while greeting Japan’s Emperor Akihito has generated many spilt electrons of apoplectic outrage and instinctive, unthinking apologia. But in fact, both the left and the right have it wrong. And it’s not the… Continue Reading