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Thank Heaven For Little Girls
August 20, 2008
Overlooked in the controversy over whether China’s women gymnasts – including He Kexin, winner of this week’s tiebreaker for the gold medal in uneven parallel bars – are of age (16, as required by the International...
Former Lost Boy of Sudan to Carry American Flag in 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony
August 8, 2008
If you’re watching this year’s 2008 Olympic Games (NBC will broadcast from Beijing starting Friday August 8 at 7:30), be sure to look out for former Sudanese refugee and “lost boy” Lopez Lamong. A Southern Sudanese Christian who as a...
Don Quixote Comes to Israel
July 25, 2008
It is fitting Daniel Lubetzky would grow up to be an entrepreneur who tries to bring peace to the Middle East. He recalls how, one summer when he was 12 and working for a textile wholesaler in Mexico City, he overheard people on the...
Come Laugh at the New York City Dating Scene
July 14, 2008
For every woman who’s been fixed up once too many with a man who needed fixing, for every man who’s ever been fixed up with a woman in need of a psychiatric evaluation, for everyone who needs a laugh: have I got a treat for you! This...
Americans Are Fed Up With Energy Inaction–Give Us a New Manhattan Project
July 10, 2008
This terrific video comes to me courtesy of my friend Dave Reaboi at the Center for Security Policy in Washington D.C. It really hits home. The time is long overdue for both Democrats and Republicans to get serious about new energy policy. Time...
La Plus C’est Change, la Plus C’est la Meme Chose
July 1, 2008
This interview from 1958 of the great Abba Eban, at that time Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. and its chief delegate to the U.N., provides eye-opening perspective on Israel’s enemies and detractors, as well as its...
Taliban’s Abuse of Women a Reminder of Why Our Troops Fight to Preserve Liberty
June 30, 2008
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...
Russert and the American Dream
June 25, 2008
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...
1-800-Mattress.com Founder Thinks Outside the Box Spring
June 25, 2008
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...
Buckle Your Seatbelts, Friends–Thinking Man Thinks We’re in For a Bumpy Ride
June 24, 2008
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...