The Economist Rewrites International Law and Gets the Senkakus Wrong
I have to give The Economist credit for focusing as much attention as it has on the Sino-Japanese spat over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. The two sides, as I just wrote for NRO, are sliding dangerously...
View ArticleNorth Korea Destroys the 'Nest of Wickedness' (Virtually)
Sometimes, the North Koreans make it too easy. An official Made in Pyongyang video has been rocketing around the Internet since yesterday that fantasizes about destroying U.S. cities with missile...
View ArticleNo More Denuclearization for North Korea
As expected, North Korea conducted another nuclear test yesterday, its third since 2006. This one, if initial reports are to be believed, was the largest yet, and Pyongyang's news service said it used...
View ArticleLondon's Cosmopolitan Problem (and Ours)
My yearly cleaning out of The Economist is producing the usual horde of unread gems. One from last June (admittedly, I'm really behind here) is about the new plutocracy invading London. The article...
View ArticleA Life Preserver to the Rubio-drenched MSM
Mark, your exchange with Jonah has highlighted a crying journalistic need. You ended with: "Washington crossed the Delaware. Rubio drank it." We must help our friends in the MSM continue to drive home...
View ArticleRubio Rules (to Placate the MSM)
Lest any of us missed the dog whistle the MSM let out in obsessing over Senator Marco Rubio’s abhorrent sipping of water in his SOTU response, the message could not have been clearer. Should the...
View Article'I'm Not the Emperor': Just the Sentiment for Presidents' Day
Mark and Peter, there undoubtedly came a time early on with Barack Obama, like with Bill Clinton, when many of us tuned out the incessant whinging and self-pitying. However, his latest lament ("This is...
View ArticleThe Uniquely American Way to Dictatorship
Detroit's ongoing collapse and the seeming inevitability of its being placed under the control of an emergency manager is revealing the wages of governing incompetence in America. Detroit, stuck in a...
View ArticleBeating the War Drums in Korea
Most of the time, political rhetoric doesn't matter much. Either it's for a domestic audience, or it's a way of letting off steam in international relations. I wouldn't want to bet that the rhetoric...
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