I’m told there was a debate last night, between two of the candidates for President of the United States. Only I know that’s not true. It can’t be true, because there are no political debates on nationwide television in this...
So here I am talking like a pirate (From QE1's Golden Speech in 1601): "There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner with willingness venture her...
It didn’t take long for Remembering 9/11 to come to mean something entirely other than remembering 9/11. It didn’t take long for the remembrances and tributes to stand less for shared grief and more for a reminder of “why we...
How did this happen? I wrote this nearly three years ago, and yet it seems to describe precisely what happened at last week's Democratic National Convention. Anyway, it's the only explanation I can come up with: ...and to find out...