Peter O’Toole died in London yesterday. He was one of the few actors I was happy to watch in any role. He improved almost anything he was in, although I ...
If You Like Your Checking Account, You Can Keep Your Checking Account
Looks like the government may have found a way to pay down all that debt:
Shannon Bruner of Indianola logged on to her checking account Monday morning, and found she was ...
Thought for the Day
It’s come to this:
So I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised to learn that the most economically free state in North America isn’t a state. It’s a Canadian ...
Acing the Background Check
In my weekend column, I salute Thamsanqa Jantjie, the game but incompetent sign-language interpreter who translated the Mandela funeral dignitaries’ speeches into utter gibberish for the bargain rate of $4.20 per ...

Funeral Spice
‘I don’t want to be emotional but this is one of the greatest moments of my life,” declared Nelson Mandela upon meeting the Spice Girls in 1997. So I like ...
Cruising for Jihad
Jonah, re mandatory sodomy for martyrdom operations, I’m no bigshot imam but Abdallah al-Khilaf may be on to something with his friends-with-benefits approach to jihad: Casual-sex partners who self-detonate afterwards. ...
The Office (Congressional Edition)
I wrote below about Annie Kuster, member of the House of Representatives for the N.H. second district (where I happen to live), and her appearance before the Jewish Federation in Manchester, ...
Not Kuster’s Last Stand, Alas
The Democrats had a very good night in New Hampshire in November 2012, and swept away, among many others, my congressman. Charlie Bass was nobody’s idea of a rock-ribbed conservative, ...
Quivering in Place
Further to the unarmed man who went on a shooting rampage, we now have the schoolboy suspended for bringing an imaginary weapon to school:
A fifth grader in Pennsylvania has been suspended ...
Celebrate Diversity (Nation-Building Edition)
The Toronto Star has an interview with the last Jew in Afghanistan:
However resolute Simintov remains about practising his faith, he is embittered — even enraged — by misfortune and by ...