2004

  • Unabashed

    Unabashed

    Lording over a partnership. Heroes and heretics pay close attention. The United States will pursue and arrest American sex criminals…

  • Antipathy

    Antipathy

    But you told me what scared you… Here’s a fiendish little notion to dismiss after reading: terrorism won’t be “fixed,”…

  • Self-hatred

    Self-hatred

    1968 is so totally old… Call it the new Domino Effect. First, a smart acquaintance tells me my latest column…

  • Slick loathing

    Slick loathing

    Berlusconi had provided ample fodder for parody over the years. Here’s an Italian vignette from another time. It’s the early…

  • Poisons

    Poisons

    Don’t look now… unless you can’t resist. Democracy is treacherous geography. So is freedom of expression. Public entitlement supplies endlessly…

  • Distraction

    Distraction

    The meatier George took the fall. Today, my attention turns to an online column by Corriere Della Sera editor Stefano Folli. What’s…

  • Dread

    Dread

    Use your imagination. Afew days after the destruction of the Twin Towers I remarked that a “shortfall of imagination” among…

  • Sheriff

    Sheriff

    Massachusetts charm. The sport of baseball has a useful construct to determine a victor. The home team bats last, giving…

  • Vinaigrette

    Vinaigrette

    Who needs sensitivity? In the cluttered chapbook of presidential politics it will be remembered as a minor skirmish in the…

  • Overkill

    Overkill

    Why tempt them with our fears? Since early August American columnist Nicholas Kristof has written solemnly about the prospect of…

  • Barbarians

    Barbarians

    Barbarians may be at the gate, but who opened it? As terrorist atrocities add charred children to severed heads the…

  • Doctrine

    Doctrine

    That was then, but who’s taking chances now? President Vladimir Putin recently indicated how the so-called war on terrorism can…

  • Intentions

    Intentions

    Schlesinger: “Americans are bad imperialists.” There are distinct Iraq realities, like computer menu options, available for public display in the…

  • How to Hate, Part 1

    How to Hate, Part 1

    Talking in smoke. Give credit to Italy’s left-leaning labor union CGIL and the rainbow peace coalition for the most farcical…

  • Whatever

    Whatever

    So, like, maybe a mistake? Before me is email information about an art exhibit an organizer wants me to promote.…