Yikes. First off, congratulations America! Electing the first black US president has to be significant and already puts Obama into the history books, whatever economic and other problems may loom worryingly...
Obama may think it safer to keep his sanity intact. But unless he presses on some hotly debated topics, we’ll be left with a world at risk. Barack Obama will want to show that a black President can fill...
Considering Bush’s decision-making style, and what many perceived as a reckless, ham-fisted approach to policy, it’s no wonder that the press is scrutinizing Obama’s style very closely. ...
Proposition 8 still hangs in the balance. Perhaps a more intriguing question: what happens if it passes? Or if it fails? I don’t expect this to end any time soon, and this shows the real allure that...
Recipe from the Early-Modern French Kitchen If you’re like me, tonight you’ll be parked in front of your TV with your friends, some take-out and a drink. Once this madness dies down, get back...
My first experience voting in NYC was full of pleasant people. Lots of pleasant people. But don’t take my word for it; read the New York Times’ description of voting lines in my neighborhood...
“I know of no other book so valuable in helping us grasp the nature of our enemies.” Kind words from “Looking for Trouble” author and New York Post reviewer Ralph Peters for Cambridge...
Through the lens of Colin Shindler’s A History of Modern Israel, Asaf Romirowsky examines the ideology of Israeli leadership, past and present. From The Jerusalem Post One of the greatest myths in...
I’m sorry to say, but our Records of the Salem Witch Trials (yes, ALL of the legal documents!) won’t be out for a couple more months. It’s a big book, but done right. We do, however,...
Ruth Wajnryb is WORDS columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. Her new book, You Know What I Mean? plumbs the depths of language, and the shifty, slippery meanings of our words. Here, a meditation on her...
If the real world, at its base, is quantum, then should we not think with quantum logic? Shahn Majid discusses how the notion of quantum symmetry coming out of modern ideas on space and time could provide...
Writing for Commentary, Joshua Muravchik reviewed Tim Lynch and Rob Singh’s After Bush in this month’s issue. The End of the Beginning After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign...