Smart Diplomacy: This is what comes of forgetting that you are not President of the World.

So Close To Agreement: By an odd quirk of fate, the last time we talked about Bernard-Henri Levy, it was in combination with today's to...

No Joke At All: A commonplace of American humor is the joke taking the form, "Did you hear the one about the farmer's daughter?...

Betrayal: Stabbed in the back , man. I mean, who got this guy elected? Seriously, a wise call by the administration on this issue. Given ...

John Stewart is Wrong: Lancelot was a dragon slayer . He slew the dragon at the chapel near King Pelles' castle, on the occasion that ...

The Philosopher's Petition: Professor Althouse excoriates French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy for his failure to explain exactly why ...

Honor is a Gift: ...but it isn't 'a gift a man gives himself.' It comes from what he gives for other things. Fine movie, thoug...

Oceans 13: Fareed Zakaria loves serious people . At the National Review's Web site, a debate -- an entirely serious debate among serious...

Failure Means Success: On the one hand, the polling continues to get worse : Independents now oppose ObamaCare by almost than 3-1, 72%-26%, ...

All That 'Death Panel' Talk is Nothing But Lies: Right? ...pages 80-81 of the [Senate Finance] bill. There it says: " "Beg...

Seriously? Wow . Lisa Snyder of Middleville says her neighborhood school bus stop is right in front of her home. It arrives after her neighb...

The Disaster Worsens: It was bad enough when we were being out-cowboy'd by the Russians . We're now being out-cowboy'd by the F...

Update: The Guardian has a neat little slide show of some of the pieces. And another article here . The gold includes spectacular gem studde...

Hmm: Confess, Bill.

Antidotal History: The Times of London calls it " one of the most important works on the broad processes of modern world history to h...

I keep saying it sounds better in the original German. But hey, it is a snappy tune . I keep telling people that you couldn't make this ...

Newspaper Apologizes to Mrs. Palin: You'll never guess why . Today I must apologize to Mrs. Palin personally and on behalf of the Fairba...

To Arthur! Two hundred and fifty years! Now that's a legacy, boys. 'Cattle die, kin die,' but a good beer...

I Like The Headline... ...of this news story . The video is good too: "The secret of social harmony is simple: Old men must be danger...

A Darker Whisper: A woman who had fifteen abortions in sixteen years writes that she is worried about becoming the target of "fundamen...