Post Archive
December 24, 2013
Nobody Should Fear a Merry Christmas
The notion of a liberal war on Christmas has become something of a seasonal evergreen discussion topic for pundits. As such, at this point at...
ObamaCare Deadline Desperation
An axiom of humor is that it is difficult, if not impossible, to satirize something that is already ridiculous. Thus, it is hard to think...
North Korea Amnesia and Iran Engagement
Who says the ayatollahs don’t have any holiday spirit? In what some might interpret as a courtesy to their Western diplomatic partners, Iran suspended the...
Israel Boycotts and the Lure of Notoriety
Here on the blog, Jonathan Marks has been covering the ongoing saga of the American Studies Association’s academic boycott of Israel, leaving off last week...
A Complex Issue and a Simplistic Snowden
The Washington Post’s interview with Edward Snowden is bound to evoke complicated, on-the-one-hand-but-on-the-other responses--a complexity that contrasts sharply with Snowden’s own simplistic, shallow conception of...
Schumer’s Iran Sanctions Test
Is there hope for passage of new sanctions on Iran? If there is, it will be thanks to New York Senator Charles Schumer, who is...
This Day in Health-Care History
Lest we forget: exactly four years ago today, Senate Democrats rammed through what would later be called ObamaCare, on a purely partisan vote, ignoring warnings...