WASHINGTON — I should be in the Headless House press gallery, covering the latest quest to win for speaker. But I'm "past" that, turning leaves of memory. Over a long October, the Republican blood sport gets old. By now the white-guy contenders all look the same: destroyers, not builders, of ...
As my physical therapist stretched my hip the other day, we talked about being Gen Xers. Parenting as Gen Xers, specifically — as the children of baby boomers and the parents of whatever generation we're raising now (Yoomers? Zoomers? Post-zoomers?) We talked with nostalgia about those weird ...
Latest RealClearPolitics presidential match-up polling shows Nikki Haley defeating President Joe Biden by 4.3 points, former Presidential Donald Trump winning by 0.7 points and Gov. Ron DeSantis losing by 1 point. Haley is capturing hearts and minds, and this warrants attention. Per Haley's ...
The 2020s are starting to look like the 1930s, as I wrote last week in the wake of Hamas' unprecedentedly vicious attack on Israel. Nations that embody, imperfectly but creditably in any historical perspective, representative politics, rule of law, and respect for human rights — Ukraine, ...
"The Golden Bachelor" is a popular reality TV show. It opens with a handsome, impeccably groomed 72-year-old adjusting a bow tie. In the background we hear Cat Stevens singing "The Wind," a sharp hook into the boomer soul. The bachelor finally says: "I'm Gerry. Tonight is the first day of the ...
There is a famous scene in the movie classic "Annie Hall" in which protagonist Alvy Singer visits his girlfriend's family and encounters her somewhat untethered brother in a hallway. Singer listens as the brother rambles incoherently before politely taking his leave. "Right, well, I have to go ...
Black Lives Matter Chicago is sending out graphics of Hamas paratroopers with Palestinian flags claiming to support them. Hamas parachuted into a music festival in Israel and killed over 200. Progressive reporters at mainstream institutions like The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times ...
Russia has been attacking Ukraine for 20 months now. Iran, through its terrorism partner Hamas, attacked Israel this weekend. China has been threatening to attack Taiwan. The world is beginning to look a lot like the 1930s, when Japan attacked and overran much of China, and Nazi Germany and ...
Throughout Israel's 76-year conflict with the Palestinians, certain cliches — like condemnations of the "cycle of violence" — have calcified. Saturday's attacks on Israeli civilians betray their total bankruptcy. Israel did nothing to provoke this attack. There was no raid, no strike on ...
The world took a terrible turn for the worst this week. The terrorist attack that shocked Israel turned a night of dancing and revelry on a kibbutz into murder, blood and civilian hostage-taking. The usual code of war meant nothing in the coordinated air, sea and land assault. Women and ...
