James Poulos

ROBERT PUTNAM WROTE the book on loneliness. More precisely he wrote the latest book on the latest version of American…

Some eyebrows went up when, right after Bush's State of the Union, I decried his proposed emphasis on math and…

Is this thing on? Yes, Mr. President. Right on: “See, the irony is what they really need to do is…

The allied plan for overthrowing Fascism in Europe involved striking at what Churchill called the Continent’s “soft underbelly,” which then…

Indeed, Dave, two cheers. But not three. This language sounds right on enthusiastic skim but look again and it’s all…

Not even the New York Times, it seems, can get away with spinning the gay-marriage ruling of their state’s highest…

Kim has popped his top and air-mailed a number of rockets to the Sea of Japan. Attitudes have been leery…

This is a celebratory day, so we should not permit the physical loss of Philip Rieff to cast a cloud….

I remember February of 2005, mid-month, when Dennis Ross told a room full of USC Law students that he “wouldn’t…

Back in April I suggested that “still illegal, but documented — the legal legitimation of noncitizens is the goal, as…