February saw a new record set for records — the record for the most albums to chart in Billboard’s top 200 — which had formerly been held jointly by Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. It was set by a band…
People always ask me: “So what’s the solution?” What do I know? Surely, however, it’s time to forget the eight two-state solutions that have never worked. What about a three-state solution: Gaza to Egypt, West Bank to Jordan (the 1967 borders)?…
If you tour the magnificent Blenheim Palace, you will see the room where 150 years ago Winston Churchill was born — Nov. 30, 1874. A short distance from the palace is the very modest Bladon churchyard where Churchill was buried…
“Law, language, literature — these are considerable factors. Common conceptions of what is right and decent, a marked regard for fair play, especially to the weak and poor, a stern sentiment of impartial justice… these are common conceptions on both…
A statesman in modern democracies is a politician of one sort or another and is accountable in the end to the body politic he serves. He cannot ignore the will of the people. In this, he is the same as…
Ever since the satanic days of Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, when Hamas organized murderers raped, tortured, butchered, and tormented 1400 Israeli civilians, and Israel began — just “began” — to fight back, I have been besieged by questioners who…
“Sometimes I miss the good old days when Donald Trump could be shocking,” writes Gail Collins in the New York Times on Nov. 15. “It’s really hard to imagine something he could say now that would throw us for a loop.” …
A September 15 article in the Wall Street Journal brought to light the sad state of Britain’s Royal Air Force. The article pointed out that military power is declining across the NATO powers and both Britain and the United States…
For some time, people have hinted darkly that we are at the brink of civil war. That seems like hyperbole with a little dollop of truth: There is a war on precedent. The national dialogue is broken. We do not…
Sir Arthur Salter was a shipping agent who served briefly in Churchill’s last wartime cabinet. He was elected as an independent to Parliament in Labour’s landslide victory that stunned the world by turning Churchill out of office immediately on his…