Tuesday, November 4, 2008
as his leaving it. John McCain has manfully played his part with a grace he lacked during most of it.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Habemus Presidentum omnibus patris. Dog latin for the victory. Unqualified. Unquestionable. Uncontestable. We await now to see how the man wears it. Nor lose the common touch.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
What does it mean to be a Republican? Do Republicans support laissez-faire or nationalized banking? Do Republicans support a balanced budget or half-trillion-dollar deficits? Do Republicans want a ‘humble foreign policy’ like George W. Bush, or preventive war against countries that pose no threat, like, umm, George W. Bush? Are Republicans the party of limited [...]
Conservatives and Republicans, on the other hand, continue to battle it out: Was her choice a success or a disaster? And if one holds negative views, should one say so? For conservatives in general, but certainly for writers, the answer is a variation on Edmund Burke: You owe your readers not your industry only [...]
Conrad Black is the author of biographies of Maurice Duplessis, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard M. Nixon, was the publisher of the London (UK) Telegraph newspapers and Spectator from 1987 to 2004, and founded the National Post of Canada in1998. His columns and reviews frequently appear in a large number of publications in Canada, the [...]
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Kristol quotes Senator McCain to illustrate the qualities that are needed to rise to the times.
Viva Zapata! It’s a movie made by Elia Kazan. It was one of the trilogy of A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront and Viva Zapata! Marlon Brando stars in it. He plays Zapata. It’s a heroic tale of [...]
Any institution that manages over $5 billion should be regulated, whether it’s public or private, an insurance company, bank or private equity fund.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
It took talent for Republicans to lose the banking community.