Jeremy Lott
“God exists, and he’s American” is the judgment of Dr. Milton Glass, fictional nuclear physicist from the acclaimed Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons comic Watchmen, when he learns that Jon Osterman, has come back from the dead. Osterman disputes Glass’s judgment, but…
In his address to the Conservative Political Action Convention this weekend, talk radio veteran Rush Limbaugh offered parents advice. “Don’t be afraid to tell children that they’re wrong,” he said. “They don’t know what you do. They simply haven’t lived…
George W. Bush’s relationship with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Bandar was a close one. They were sometimes spotted holding hands in public in observance of Saudi custom. So when Bandar came calling at the White House shortly after Baghdad had fallen…
(This review appears in the December/January issue of The American Spectator.) The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, edited by Ronald Hamowy (Sage, 664 pages, $125). WHAT IS LIBERTARIANISM, and who, exactly, counts as a libertarian? For years, anarcho-capitalists, minarchists, teenyarchists, Randroids, and…
Economists often talk about “revealed preferences.” If Uncle Stu says that he wants to watch his weight but continues to gorge himself like a wild boar, it’s clear that his preference to eat outweighs any desire to drop a few…
Washington Redskins fans tell a story about their football team’s uncanny ability to determine the outcome of presidential elections. If the Skins win the game nearest polling day, the incumbent’s party is headed back to the White House. If the…
Sean Higgins was not impressed with Bill Maher’s new anti-religion film Religulous, though he does cop to coming “out of the film with a new respect for Mormons, who — apparently alone among the faith groups that Maher sought to…
In the Guardian today, I lament the debate that wasn’t.
That’s my advice for John McCain (though if Barack Obama decided to take it instead, I’d be thrilled) in tonight’s town hall. Normally, McCain kills in this format, but I’ve a feeling things won’t be so easy.
Most of what writers classify as hate mail I would call simply strong disagreements. However, this item, which arrived in my inbox tonight from a writer who was too cowardly to sign his (or her!) name to it, surely counts:…
