Just finished reading Khaled Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” a novel about the lives of two women, set in modern Afghanistan. It’s a valuable book for many reasons, not least of which is the light it sheds on women’s lives under the Taliban, who rose to power in 1996.
Certain aspects of the Taliban’s phenomenal …
More reflections on Tim Russert to come soon, but for now, I wanted to share this amazing piece by American Spectator contributor Jeffrey Lord. It brought tears to my eyes, and reminded me of some of the values I hold most dear. It highlights Russert’s all-American biography as the son of a garbageman who …
From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON
Napoleón Barragán, the founder, owner and CEO of 1-800-Mattress.com, believes in thinking outside the box. In the late 1980s, Barragán approached radio talk show host Howard Stern about advertising on his radio program.
On a recent afternoon at …
Thinking Man is my E.F. Hutton. I’m not one to follow anyone but myself, but when he talks I do listen.
Thinking man is a close friend who has basically never been wrong in any of his macro-level predictions (he does not make many strong predictions, usually saying something to the effect that, “It’s complicated, so …
This incisive piece by Philip Klein in this week’s American Spectator online outlines the evidence that Barack Obama considers terrorism a problem for traditional law enforcement, and favors a pre-911 approach to tackling this cancer.
That such an approach was on its face a colossal failure, as evidenced by September 11, seems not to concern …
The party following tonight’s TONY awards took place at Rockefeller Center’s Rock Center Cafe, and yielded me a nice celebrity siting/anecdote. The champagne was flowing liberally, but I’m happy to say a drop of patriotism was in the air.
I can’t say we discussed politics at any length, but I managed to buttonhole Chris Henchy, the …
The party following tonight’s TONY awards took place at Rockefeller Center’s top of the rock, and yielded me a nice celebrity siting/anecdote. The champagne was flowing liberally, but I’m happy to say a drop of patriotism was in the air.
I can’t say we discussed politics at any length, but I managed to buttonhole Chris Henchy, …
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that habeas corpus applies to detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While the ruling does not mean federal courts will necessarily release any of the detainees any time soon, it means these prisoners will have the right to petition civilian courts in the U.S. for …
Check out this terrific story about an Iraqi sheikh who helped U.S. forces expel al Qaeda from Anbar province. Apparently he is now providing the U.S. with information about Afghan tribes, presumably including those along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
This courageous sheikh, Ahmad al-Rishawi, says of President Bush, “He is a brave man. He is a …
Barack Obama just delivered his requisite pro-Israel speech to delegates of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at the annual policy conference, an important moment on the cusp of his ascension as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
Senator Obama certainly cleaned up his act since last year, when he displayed extreme …