THE NEW REFORM CLUB

Although the proximate stimulus for this article was the Dubai port situation, I speak about the general role of secrets in contemporary g...

Recently Ahmadinejad, Iran’s outspoken leader, said, “Life is shaped by art and the highest form of art is martyrdom.” This is the statement...

Sorry to be silent for so long, but I've been traveling a great deal. I just thought I'd note for those interested that if you'...

The Disney live-action sled dog adventure 8 Below was the top grossing film the weekend it opened, and it is still sitting number two, havi...

Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning-News has developed a sideline as the promoter of "crunchy conservatism." This mainly involves th...

A new Dreyfus affair seems possible, this time featuring Richard Dreyfuss as the prosecutor. He publicly orated and opined that President B...

Just ran across this quatrain that I scribbled in 1997 to recite at the funeral of a relative who was an Air Force navigator, flying in bomb...

From Why Mommy is a Democrat by Jeremy Zilber. (HT: InstaP .) Cool. I think I could turn a few bucks off this. From Why Daddy Left Us and...

I feel for Andrew Sullivan. Really do. As an unapologetically---on both counts---gay Iraq War hawk, he found himself in bed or at least in...

In response to my post titled "Federalizing Everything," a commenter asked, "You are saying you don't mind federal invol...

In case you thought that Laura Ingraham's on-line poll showing 90 percent opposition to the port sale was skewed by the well-known predi...

It's just a coincidence, I'm sure, but every major event that happens in the United States seems to be read as showing that we need ...