The Stopped Clock

This level of ambiguity about the future funding of salaries is unacceptable: There's been wrangling over how to pay for raises and bon...

I suspect that the proprietors speak English as a second language, but still .... Woodville North man Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining ...

One of the key features of democratically elected government is also one of the key faults - politicians face reelection. Thus, we suffer th...

The Guardian has published a defense of the necktie , in apparent response to the question of whether the necktie is "a symbol of oppre...

George Will writes , Arizonans should not be judged disdainfully and from a distance by people whose closest contacts with Hispanics are wit...

A couple of months ago, I read an argument in favor of teen parenting - not just the parenting part, but with the notion that society shoul...

If recovery continues I suspect that this won't turn into a malpractice lawsuit, but the money quote comes at the end: I notified the a...

This seems like an odd statement from a child of Cuban immigrants: I hope Congress and the Obama Administration will use the Arizona legisl...

Apparently Peter Hitchens is trying to ride the coattails of his brother's success, with his own book in support of religion. I haven...

Paul Gottfried writes , What are at issue here are two different conceptions of the welfare state, both with rival advocates. The Tea Partie...

Via Kathleen Parker , I took the "2008 Survey" / Civics Quiz offered by the ISI. I could quibble with some of the questions, gran...

Matt Miller anticipates "class warfare" between the haves and the have-mores: For several years I've predicted that a new wil...

Albeit from Canada, a recent editorial in The Globe and Mail by Conservative activist Tom Flanagan illustrates some of the folly that leads...

As Newt Gingrich says, it's not enough to simply oppose healthcare reform - you have to demonstrate that the Republican Party has bette...

At least in Nepal .

Or perhaps a politically incorrect edition of "To Serve Man"? My guess is spell-check run amok and a sleepy proofreader.

It's enough to make your head spin. First the D.C. Schools have a serious budget deficit and must lay off teachers. Then they don't ...

Jon Walker, commenting on left-wing factions that are pressing for a V.A.T. (Value Added Tax, a/k/a national sales tax) believes that such ...

Michael Tomasky is concerned about developments in the Middle East , and not without cause: The news broke two days ago across the region ab...

Not a mistake I would have historically expected from the Globe and Mail . What's perhaps even more interesting is that a moderator c...