The solemn silhouette of the Food Stamp Emporium loomed overhead as they piled out of Newman’s truck and into the parking lot. “Food Is a Human Right” proclaimed the huge red lettering across the front, although already the paint was…
On May 18, the Department of Justice filed an anti-trust suit against Microsoft Corporation, charging it with anti-trust violations in promoting its Internet Explorer over rival Internet browser Netscape. Simultaneously, attorneys general from 20 states filed companion suits on almost…
For as long as she had lived, Susan never forgot the time she looked at herself in the mirror when she was four years old and was startled to see a stranger with narrow eyes, broad cheeks, and straight black…
Chen-li Chu was standing on the bridge waiting to go into the meeting with the military command when he saw the American plane circling overhead. “That’s the Ambassador, the one we’re to meet in a few days,” he said to…
All the talk about the “1 percent” and the “47 percent” have created the impression that this Presidential election will be a matter of rich versus poor, people who pay taxes versus people who collect government benefits, the top of…
The special Air Force jet circled Pearl Harbor twice before landing at the Naval airstrip further inland. Sitting in the front seat, Federer could see what that had brought him here — the supercruiser, two destroyers and two giant troop…
Frankly, I thought Mitt Romney won the debate in the first 30 seconds when President Obama opened with the usual maudlin reference to his wife and their wedding anniversary. (I’ve been invited to this party every time I open the…
Huang Chien had never really thought of becoming a nuclear engineer. In secondary school, his interests had been more toward music. He had started playing the electric keyboard very young and by the time he reached adolescence had become good…
Below is a story I wrote for the Spectator last May. I honestly believed it would be become a major part in the campaign. Instead, dead silence. Even after a couple of people mentioned it at the Republican Convention, no…
“Alright, you guys, let’s go. Time to get up,” shouted Newman, beating his walking stick against the tents as he rounded the circle surrounding the campfire. There was very little response from inside. “Come on, you guys, let’s go. We’re…