The amazing dumb luck of a Victorian romantic gone native.

A new life of Dr. Seuss, American icon.

Edward Luttwak’s The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
eruditely makes the case that such a thing actually existed.

There’s a lot more Congress can do to put our financial house in order.

A better way to clean up Wall Street.

Corporations are made of contracts, not people.

Guess which German party is most hawkish on the war in Afghanistan.

Some are smiling at Europe’s comeuppance. But Schadenfreude would be unwarranted, especially coming from Americans.

The verdict on the G-20 meeting is in.  It wasn’t delivered by the spinmeisters of the global leaders hailing their bosses’ groundbreaking accomplishments.  It wasn’t delivered by the clueless journalists gravely assessing whether the summit was a win for Merkel’s message of austerity or Obama’s message of spending.  The verdict was delivered by the world’s […]

I am sure that one of these days the ACLU will get around to ensuring that no government-funded entity can ever play this song again, but until that day comes the singing of the “Navy Hymn” with its stern and moving lyrics over its surging music will remain an inspiring and moving part of our […]