Christopher Orlet

Assuming you were not a “hooky boy” like yours truly, you probably learned in grammar school that the pamphlet Common Sense was the spark that ignited the 13 colonies’ passion for independence. The first edition was printed anonymously, as were…

From the Chicago Sun-Times news (not comics) pages. The Board of Alderman seek ban on tiny plastic baggies: Lt. Kevin Navarro, commanding officer of the Chicago Police Department’s Narcotics and Gang Unit, said the ordinance will be an “important tool”…

The Daily Show is actually funny for once.

Blood & Rage: a Cultural History of Terrorism by Michael Burleigh Harper Collins, 320 pages It was like that scene from Groundhog Day, you know, that one scene played over and over again? After each terrorist attack, whether in New…

Clapton and Winwood have reunited!

Counter-intuitive ideas make great headlines, especially ones like “The Coming Religious Peace.” Alan Wolfe’s essay that appeared in the March Atlantic, was written in response to the November Economist story “The New Wars of Religion.” (Not much of a grabber…

Since we’re reminiscing about the Great Man, Byron York in an Atlantic piece described WFB’s first visit to the American Spectator’s first offices in the early 70s: The Alternative had its headquarters in a farmhouse outside Bloomington that was known…

Two years ago Kurt Westergaard was in his Copenhagen home drawing pictures. One of them was of the “alleged” Muslim prophet, Muhammad. Now Westergaard is homeless. More in the Feb. 20th Der Speigel.

More on the Cult of Obama, aka MC B, the new Barackstar. heh.

If it is indeed true, as George Bernard Shaw commented, that democracy ensures we get the government we deserve, then I have little sympathy for my neighbors who whine about the smoking ban as they puff their Camel filters in…