Showing The Bear A Game Face

In today’s New York Post, Max Boot surveys our reactions to the unfolding events in Georgia and concludes that “all indications are that the will of the West has been found wanting. The Bush administration has limited its reaction to a few statements of...

At Last — A Diet One Can Live With

One of the unexpected bonuses of the current Olympic Mania (Phelps Division) is the revelation of a diet that I might actually be able to observe without cheating. Or at least, in the spirit of John Edwards, not cheating that much. Swimming sensation Michael Phelps...

The Bear Is Back

Robert Kagan’s column in today’s Washington Post is important and disturbing. Historians will come to view Aug. 8, 2008, as a turning point no less significant than Nov. 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell. Russia’s attack on sovereign Georgian...

Are You Gonna Believe Your Lying Eyes?

The punchline of Richard Pryor’s joke (Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?) is called to mind by this just in from Beijing Who will ever forget the thrill of watching those gigantic firework footprints marching across the sky from Tiananmen Square...

Familiarity Breeds Comedy

In today’s Telegraph (London), Tim Shipman reports from Washington about the sea change of coverage involving Senator Obama. In the wake of his perhaps-a-shade-too-triumphal world tour, reporters have become more skeptical and comedians have become more enabled....