It used to be so easy to shock the bourgeoisie. You could do it with paint, like Picasso; with words, like D. H. Lawrence; with (dubious) scientific data, like Dr. ...
A few years ago, while vacationing in New Hampshire, I stopped in one of its state-owned liquor stores to buy kosher wine for the upcoming Jewish holidays. I could not ...
There are only two problems with the emerging Democratic plan to reform health care in the United States: the big picture, and the fine print.
From a macro perspective, the bills ...
Amid negotiations with leading Democrats over health-care reform, Iowa senator Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, commented, “The federal government is in the process of nationalizing banks, ...
Hugo Chávez likes to boast that history is on his side. During a recent broadcast of his talk show, Aló Presidente, the Venezuelan leader informed Barack Obama that “the process ...
Michael Mukasey is a modest man, not a horn-tooter, and you may have missed his tenure as attorney general. He served from November 2007 to January 2009. In other words, ...
The headline on the story about a new CBS News/New York Times survey was interesting: “Poll: Support for Gay Marriage Dips.” How fast and how far had support for gay ...
In June, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, otherwise known as Waxman-Markey after the bill’s sponsors, Democrats Henry Waxman (of California) and Ed Markey ...
In numerous books over the years, conservatives have offered historical perspectives on conservatism, liberals on liberalism, and each on the other, crowding bestseller lists and remainder piles alike. The common ...
Not long ago, when I was staying at a Turkish resort on the Aegean coast, my sleep was disturbed by two sounds: the call of the muezzin and the deep ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: National Review Books now publishes History Writ Small: Exploring Its Nooks & Crannies by Barge, Boat, and Balloon, by Priscilla L. Buckley. Below is a version of Mr. ...
It used to be so easy to shock the bourgeoisie. You could do it with paint, like Picasso; with words, like D. H. Lawrence; with (dubious) scientific data, like Dr. ...
The thing one always hears about the long school summer vacation is that it is a relic of the time when farmers needed the youngsters to help bring in the ...
Loose Facts, and Women
David Pryce-Jones’s elegant essay “The Dark Lord” (July 6) provided a wealth of fascinating and disturbing insights into the character of Lord Byron. But Pryce-Jones is in ...
Please answer the questions in each section before going on to the next section. Use black or blue-black ink. Questions that are not answered or are answered illegibly will be ...
Yesterday I was shuffling through a store
And choosing several things I didn’t need –
Lipstick, conditioner, a candy bar,
A gel pen, Tupperware, ceramic beads –
But at the orange cheese popcorn I ...
What’s the end game here? I suppose it’s conceivable that there are a few remaining suckers out there who still believe Barack Obama is the great post-partisan, fiscally responsible, pragmatic ...