Tom Bethell
World population, once “exploding,” is still increasing, and “momentum” ensures that it will do so for decades to come. But…
I am trying to be optimistic but it isn’t easy. The Obama people have been in office for less than…
AFTER BARACK OBAMA was sworn in, Elizabeth Alexander read her “Praise Song for the Day.” I hesitate to call it…
I write before Christmas, but our first African-American president should have been sworn in and the inaugural festivities completed by…
I HAVE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF World War II: the drone of distant night bombers in formation (coming from America? heading…
I bought my condo in Washington, D.C., 25 years ago, for a little over $100,000; two bedrooms, two baths, in…
When I was in England this summer my brother asked me if I knew anything about “peak oil.” I wasn’t…
This article ran as the “Capitol Ideas” column in the May 2008 issue of The American Spectator. To subscribe to…
It took until March, by which time Senator Obama had been running for President for a full year. But when…
