So, this time it’s Jesse Watters. Once upon a time it was Barry Goldwater. The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the aftermath of the decidedly horrific attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul —…
France’s President Emmanuel Macron may have a penchant for ambivalence — he often adds en meme temps (“at the same time”) to a declarative sentence — but, on the matter of Armageddon, he is unambiguous, as in his remarks on…
The “journalist” Bob Woodward is promoting his forthcoming audiobook The Trump Tapes just in time for the midterm elections. Earlier this week, he said he considers former President Donald Trump to be “dangerous” and a “threat to democracy” and a…
As the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis approaches, we can expect the usual media plaudits for President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and the so-called members of ExComm — the executive committee of the National Security…
Marilyn Monroe is such a well-covered tragic figure, especially for the obvious dichotomy between her sex goddesshood and purer Norma Jeane Mortenson persona, that I had little interest in seeing the latest fictionalization of her, Blonde, until my girlfriend said…
In September 1964 — 58 years ago — Robert F. Kennedy resigned as attorney general to prepare to run for a Senate seat in New York. Kennedy’s name is emblazoned on the Department of Justice’s building in the nation’s capital….
The Right doesn’t usually believe in unilateral disarmament — except when it comes to politics. The false idea, common among those of us right of center, is that we should play by civilized rules even when our opponents don’t. Perhaps…
Washington — In August, I retreat from the hurly-burly of the contemporary world to the relative peace and quiet of more serene times. This August, I have retreated to the 1960s and to the presidential race that pitted Sen. John…
The world’s media captured the essence of President Joe Biden’s latest conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Headlines included “China’s Xi Tells Biden on Taiwan ‘Those Who Play With Fire Perish By It’” from Newsweek, “Beijing warned the US not…
