Amid the reactions to the elevation of Joseph Ratzinger to the papacy, there have been some doozies. My favorite came…

When Bill Clinton speaks, people listen. Or so you would think. But sometimes they just hear what they want to…

Spectacular moments can be the hardest to find words for. Sunday at the Masters Tiger Woods hit a chip shot…

Illinois didn’t win last night. Actually, it had no business coming back and almost giving itself a chance to win…

The other night I caught a few scenes from Whit Stillman’s perfect movie Barcelona. In one of them our hero…

Who are the bad guys in baseball’s steroid scandal? Barry Bonds? Sammy Sosa? Mark McGwire? That’s one way of looking…

We’ve heard ad nauseam that George W. Bush has been misunderestimated, that he’s a lot smarter than his numbskull critics….

No, I didn’t watch the commercials, not even the pregame starring the president’s Tsunami relief team. I don’t know how…

Important matters of state aside, yesterday’s presidential press conference was noteworthy for the easy contempt Mr. Bush displayed for the…

America stopped for a moment yesterday when news came that Johnny Carson had died. At least a thirty-year chunk of…