A Fitting Symbol of the American Empire
The image of four U.S. marines urinating on the corpses of Afghan fighters is a fitting symbol of American intervention in Central Asia...
Opinion
Reading and the Brain
In a recent article on whether one should be optimistic or pessimistic about America’s...
A Brass Age?
This may be the golden age of presumptuous ignorance. The most recent demonstrations of...
Keynesian Economists Agree: China to Have “Hard Landing”
Mainstream economist Robert Samuelson admitted last week that the case for the ending of...
David Mamet: How a Liberal Playwright Became a Conservative
How does a successful liberal playwright and screenwriter such as David Mamet become a...
Obama Is Not an Insourcer
As an industrialist, I’ve taken an interest in President Barack Obama’s insourcing kick which...
The Beauty of Private Property — from China?
A farmer in the communist collective of Xiaogang, a small village in eastern China,...
The Tragic Politics of Envy and Resentment
Different histories, geography, demography and cultures have left various groups, races, nations and civilizations...
How You Can Tell if a Candidate Is Serious About Ending Illegal Migration
Imagine that your son has a habit of sprinkling copious amounts of bird seed...
Leaders vs. Liberty
Throughout the Republican presidential primaries, the candidates have continually expressed ideas that reveal much...
Supreme Court Tells Obama “No!”
Well, what do you know? The Supreme Court not only rebuffed another attack on...
Romney’s Whiteness and the Times’ Lightness: Both a Liability
It’s interesting that liberals accuse traditionalists of wanting to turn back the clock. For...
Untangling the Factors Affecting Human Achievements
Anyone who has ever been in a Third World country, or even in a...
An Ignored ‘Disparity’: Higher Education
One of the ways of trying to reduce the vast disparities in economic success,...
The TSA: Ruining Lives Over Forgetfulness
Item: A Chinese woman studying at Hays State University in Kansas tried to board...
Presidential Nonsense on Economics
Last week, President Barack Obama, at a Capital Hilton fundraising event, told the crowd,...
An Ignored “Disparity”: Ability to Create Wealth
With all the talk about "disparities" in innumerable contexts, there is one very important...
The NDAA and Suspension of Habeas Corpus: Not Just for “Enemy Combatants” Anymore
Remember all those neocons and Republicans who cheered George W. Bush’s “indefinite detainment” of...
Obama’s Contempt for Congress
Guess what? Barack Obama has found an opponent whose approval ratings are even lower...
Movie Review: Joyful Noise
Many Americans may not put much stock into a film that stars former female...