Jonah Goldberg
National Review senior editor Jonah Goldberg is a bestselling author and columnist and fellow of the National Review Institute. His nationally syndicated column appears regularly in scores of newspapers across the United States. He is also a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a member of the board of contributors to USA Today, and a contributor to Fox News. He was the founding editor of National Review Online. The Atlantic magazine identified Goldberg as one of the top 50 political commentators in America. In 2011 he was named the Robert J. Novak Journalist of the Year at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). He has written on politics, media, and culture for a wide variety of publications and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. He is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Tyranny of Clichés (Sentinel HC, 2012) and Liberal Fascism (Doubleday, 2008).
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MOUNTAIN MANSo, you may be wondering where everybody at National Review Online is. I can’t speak for everybody. But I do know that the webmaster got slipped some rufi at a Libertarian webmaster’s convention and now he’s ... -
Bill's Brain. Bradley's That Is
BILL’S BRAIN. BRADLEY’S THAT ISFriday’s column really brought out the cyber-nasties. It was like old-home week having all of these lonely hearts call my mother a, well, how to put this: a woman who does with her ... -
Religion, The Public Square & Me
RELIGION, THE PUBLIC SQUARE & ME“I normally don’t like Jews, but I think you’re great!” That’s what one reader told me in an e-mail a couple of weeks ago. I am still trying to figure out what ... -
Corrections & Clarifications Time
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TIMEFirst things first: Please, please, please put the word “correction” in your subject header when you send me a correction. I get hundreds of e-mails, and when I go back to find the really good stuff it’... -
Hypocrisy Gets a Bad Rap
HYPOCRISY GETS A BAD RAPIt’s shocking how much we’re actually learning from the GOP presidential debates. The first thing we learned is that they aren’t actually debates. They’re more like ego showcases. But as Alan Dershowitz ... -
Debate Diarist; Lurch Does It Again!
DEBATE DIARISTNow just because the title of this column is “Debate Diarist,” please don’t think I actually got off the Couch to watch it. #ad#Anyway, the debate was surprisingly enjoyable last night. Brit Hume did a fantastic job ... -
Changes, Good & Bad
CHANGES, GOOD & BADAt the outset of World War Two Britain was still scrounging for any weapon adequate to the task of war. They decided to de-mothball a piece of light field artillery which dated back to the Boer War. The ... -
All Corrections & Clarifications, All The Time
ALL CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS, ALL THE TIMEThird World cultures need to be brought into the 20th century — or the 21st century — even if that means liberals in Cambridge and San Francisco will no longer be able to sip Chardonnay as they ... -
Liberalism: The Brain-Dead Ideology
LIBERALISM: THE BRAIN-DEAD IDEOLOGY Harry Anderson (the judge from Night Court and the con man from Cheers) used to have a stand-up routine about George Washington’s ax. He used to say, “I have here George Washington’s original ax — ... -
Oral Sex, Linux, and Smashing The Third World
ORAL SEX, LINUX, AND SMASHING THE THIRD WORLD I’m back. Italy was beautiful, but then again, that’s what it’s there for. I planned on coming back tanned, rested and ready. Instead, I’m paler, jetlagged, and even ... -
When Titans Clash, or Lurch Gets Loud
WHEN TITANS CLASH, OR LURCH GETS LOUDDid he really say that? Did Bill Bradley really say that his three role models for leadership were Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev? Yes, yes, I think he did say that. Well, ... -
Down The Hatch; Progress Report
DOWN THE HATCH Now, I don’t like saying this, but apparently my first choice for president of the United States is Orrin Hatch, the Mormon Frank Burns (character from M*A*S*H played by Larry Linville – also the ... -
Race-Baiters On The March; Corrections and Clarifications
RACE-BAITERS ON THE MARCHIn the last weeks, the Democratic strategy going into the 2000 elections has become clear. It is one of slanders, smears, fear-mongering, and rank partisanship. President Clinton has hurled accusations against the Republicans, calling them racists, traitors, opportunists, ... -
Six Billion and Counting
SIX BILLION AND COUNTINGAmidst all the hype about the 6 billionth Rugrat, I hoped to avoid writing about population. To be fair, I hope to avoid writing about a lot of things — say, what it’s like to wake up in ... -
Bombs Away; Blame It On The Glue Sniffer
BOMBS AWAY I knew there was a reason I couldn’t stand this guy. Yesterday, the Senate voted down a treaty that may, or may not, have deserved defeat. My guess is that it did, but reasonable people may differ. ... -
¡Viva Las Vegas!
¡VIVA LAS VEGAS! I was in Las Vegas this weekend. I lost some money. Well, that’s not quite right; I know exactly where that money is. Vegas is simulataneously the worst place in America and the representation of what ... -
The Deal With Dubya; I'll Be Here in Spirit
THE DEAL WITH DUBYA Yesterday was a huge day for NR Online. We typed up a quick story on Rush Limbaugh’s criticism of G. W. Bush and the Godfather of webnews, The Drudge Report, linked to it. He’s ... -
Jesse's Head; Quibbles & Bits
JESSE’S HEAD I’d like to drink beer with him. Well, that’s not saying much because short of Sidney Blumenthal, the Devil, a few very bad-smelling people, and a serial killer or two, I’d drink beer with ... -
How The Intellectualoids Think; Cohen's Bold Question;
HOW THE INTELLECTUALOIDS THINK This Brooklyn Museum thing has generated the most interesting correspondence since I mocked Goths and dismissed transgender people. Though — in sheer numbers — the response was mostly positive, the volume of the people denouncing me has been ... -
Art, Wedge Issues, & The Virgin Mary
ART, WEDGE ISSUES AND THE VIRGIN MARY Now I haven’t been following the Giuliani versus Brooklyn Museum battle very closely, and just when I was starting to pay attention, it seems to have been settled. It’s an obvious ... -
Everything You Thought You Wanted to Know About Us, But Weren't Really Sure; On to The Corrections
EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT US, BUT WEREN’T REALLY SURE Judging from the e-mail and the web stats lately, I’ve gotten a bunch of new readers. Alas, some of them are Nazi-sympathizing morons and mouth-breathing ... -
Dirty Duck; The Patty Beef; What We're About
DIRTY DUCK The other day I had seven or eight hours to kill. It was a beautiful day, and — for a change — I didn’t have too much work to do. So, as I am able-bodied and living in the ... -
You Know What Friday Means
YOU KNOW WHAT FRIDAY MEANS… Well, as always seems to be the case, I’m pressed for time when it comes time to admit what I got wrong. So let’s get going. #ad#I misspelled the eminent journal for ... -
The Subtext of Star Trek; Excuses & New Stuff; Full Disclosure
THE SUBTEXT OF STAR TREK What has a big belly, translucsently pale skin, a woman he doesn’t deserve, a schizophrenic relationship with his living room furniture, a love of non-poisonous food, two thumbs, and a hopeless love-hate relationship with ... -
The Age of Us, as Seen by Herman Hesse; Nuts & Bolts
THE AGE OF US, AS SEEN BY HERMAN HESSE Let me try Friday’s G-File from a different angle. Unfortunately, the column got short-circuited because my webmaster decided to go on a vision quest and I had to post before ... -
Rate The Overrated; Herb Stein, RIP; Something New
RATE THE OVERRATED Yesterday I said that Hillary Clinton was perhaps the most overrated person of the 20th century. Quite a few people wrote in saying, “Yes, she is overrated, but what about Geraldine Ferraro?” or “Aren’t you overlooking ... -
Money, Democracy, & Rich Folks; Happy Anniversary
MONEY, DEMOCRACY, & RICH FOLKS Yesterday was Labor Day, the day for the little guy. So today must be the day for the big guy, the rich guy. Alas, that is not the case, though the Left would say every day ... -
Smart Mice, Dumb Name; Dumb Tests For Smart Kids; Waco Watch; Clemency's Slippery Slope
SMART MICE, DUMB NAME For the first time in weeks the papers are thick enough that you can actually hold them up to the light and not be able to read the wattage on the bulb. So bear with me ... -
School Choice & The Founding Fathers
SCHOOL CHOICE & THE FOUNDING FATHERS a judge in Ohio says that giving vouchers (read scholarships) to parents is unconstitutional because the parents have tried to get the most value for their money. You see, for the money these poor, mostly ... -
Corrections, Clarifications, & a Question
CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, & A QUESTION Okay, it’s Friday. Friday means mea culpa in the land of the G-File. There isn’t too much worth correcting or clarifying today. But let’s do it anyway. #ad#First, a lot of you ... -
Crimes of The Times
CRIMES OF THE TIMES Some have accused me of being too much of a “Sovietologist” when it comes to reading the New York Times. Last Sunday, a friend accused me of over-reacting when the Times permitted Warren Beatty’s bizarre ... -
The Past Is Present; Thumbs Up
THE PAST IS PRESENT Polls currently show the GOP leading with something like a 40-point edge over Democrats on the question of which party better represents high moral standards, efforts to restore family values, and other worn-out phrases that are ... -
Drugs, Lies, & Governor Bush
DRUGS, LIES, & GOVERNOR BUSHThe other day in Vancouver, British Columbia, my travelling companion and I walked past a charming little café called the Hemporium. I casually suggested to my friend that we might stop in to sample their fare, taking ... -
Correlation? None.; Roadtrippin'
CORRELATION? NONE.Since March 21, 1969, the United States put a man on the moon, eradicated small pox, toppled the Soviet Union, invented the personal computer, the Walkman, and the super-comfy massage chair. In fact, the list is endless. Therefore, it seems ... -
Jonah On The Fast Track
JONAH ON THE FAST TRACKDear Readers, Well, we made a nice run of it, didn’t we? Almost exactly one year. But now, alas, the good times are running out. By good times I of course mean all of us ... -
In The Belly of The Beast; Libertarians, Revisited
IN THE BELLY OF THE BEASTOf small interest to very close readers — and no interest whatsoever to everyone else — is that today’s column is the first one ever written within the walls of National Review itself, the sanctum sanctorum ... -
Free to Be You and Me
FREE TO BE YOU AND ME“The liberal paradigm of regulation and license has led to a society where an 18-year-old girl has the right to public fornication in a pornographic movie – but only if she is paid the minimum ... -
The Woes of Bill
THE WOES OF BILLLinda Tripp thinks Hillary Clinton is behind her current troubles. She may be right, but in this one instance she should thank the First Lady. By giving Talk magazine her insights into her husband’s behavior, she ... -
The Tripp Saga, Cont.; Hillary Clinton, Good Ol' Gal; Tales of The Monster Siegal; Correction and Clarifications
THE TRIPP SAGA, CONT.As of this writing the word is that Linda Tripp will likely be indicted by the Maryland grand jury. We don’t know for sure. If that’s true it will be a shame, but it ... -
Jonah Goes to The Picture Show; The True Face of Hate
JONAH GOES TO THE PICTURE SHOWMovie reviewing is tricky business. It’s different from book reviewing. These days most people don’t want to read whole books. Not only do readers want to know what the book is about, they ... -
Woodschlock
WOODSCHLOCKWe should be thankful for the hoopla over the 30th anniversary of Woodstock. First, it provides nostalgia-drenched MSNBC the opportunity to run clips of the edentulous Wavy Gravy explaining how pot-smoking and playing tonsil-hockey with strangers is some sort of ... -
Des Moines Dispatch
DES MOINES DISPATCH Okay. Here I am at the Gary Bauer headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. That’s right: Iowa. I was up ‘till three in the morning finishing a piece for the Wall Street Journal. This morning, I spent ... -
Get Rid of PBS
GET RID OF PBS I used to produce television shows for PBS. Literally, some of my best friends still do. I watch it and I like it. But PBS should go. #ad#It’s not because PBS is awash in ... -
Happy Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkey Day!; The French, They Are Different. and Should Not Be Used as Role Models ; The Poll, Part 3
HAPPY CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEY DAY! Tomorrow is Bastille Day, the French July Fourth. This is the day when the French peasants declared that they — not just their aristocratic overlords — had rights. They too had the right to: serve salad after ... -
A Word About Monsters; Poll Time, Con't.
A WORD ABOUT MONSTERS I’ve been reading Thomas Harris’s Hannibal. It is about monsters, evil monsters to be precise. It is an important distinction. We live in an age which frowns on the idea of “evil” monsters. But ... -
If You Thought I Hated D.C Before...; As Herself
IF YOU THOUGHT I HATED D.C BEFORE… It’s hot out. Very, very hot. It’s so hot I can barely leave my house. Instead I feel compelled to stay inside with the TV and air conditioning blaring. It’... -
Poison Pill; Daisy Brain
POISON PILL Necessity is the mother of invention, goes the cliché and the saying. Scarcity of resources inspired the wheel, crop rotation, and breast implants. When scarcity is left unresolved, suffering ensues. Choices need to be made about how to ... -
I'm Baaaaaaaack.; The Sincerest Form of Flattery; Tidbits to Come
I’M BAAAAAAAACK. Switzerland was wonderful, and I apologize to all of the readers who missed my daily fare — and I denounce the mad, mad fools who felt they could live without it. #ad#The Helvetic Confederation, Switzerland’s official ... -
Playing Hard to Get
PLAYING HARD TO GET ZURICH – Doesn’t writing with a dateline sound impressive? Often when you see the dateline on a newspaper article it conveys a certain air of legitimacy it wouldn’t normally have. “BRUSSELS – French officials are reeling ... -
Impeachment's Toxicity
IMPEACHMENT’S TOXICITY Things seem to be converging nicely. Ken Starr is going to release a final report clearing the air about the impeachment brouhaha and whatever else he deems appropriate. Hillary Clinton, the lifelong Yankees fan who spent the ...
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Y2OyVey
Y2OyVeyAs we celebrate the 2000th anniversary of our decision to throw away a perfectly good Jewish calendar, the media as usual is going insane. Journalists love three things: bad news, lists, and free shrimp. Of course, their shrimp-love (the ... -
Big Fat Impeachment Goldberg File
BIG FAT IMPEACHMENT GOLDBERG FILEFew people outside Bill Clinton’s pants are less eager to revisit all of the impeachment stuff than I. The whole episode is a disgusting grease mark on American democracy. President Clinton lied, abused, perjured, distorted, ... -
Three Cheers For Aristocracy
THREE CHEERS FOR ARISTOCRACY“It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the moon as to put a bone in your nose.” #ad#Now, before you think Pat Buchanan has stumbled on a new applause line, this ... -
Lock 'Em Up
LOCK ‘EM UP“News flash, Rudy — it’s not good to arrest the homeless people,” declared TV “personality” Rosie O’Donnell on her version of Firing Line for the crayon set. News flash, Rosie — shut up. #ad#No seriously, just ... -
Thank God For Women's Schools; The Electric Election
THANK GOD FOR WOMEN’S SCHOOLS“Can a frog hear? Prove it.” Well, of course he can. How else will he know when to serve the Germans their breakfast in bed? #ad#This is probably not the answer college-admissions people ... -
Clueless in Seattle
CLUELESS IN SEATTLEWhen you pick up a newspaper and see American cops wading into a riot of American kids, in your gut, which side do you cheer for? You don’t know anything more than what the picture shows. Who ... -
Apologia Clintonia
APOLOGIA CLINTONIAWhile in Greece this weekend the President was met by protesters denouncing American hegemony, U.S. imperialism and, presumably, the fact that Michael Dukakis won’t change his name to something Irish. The mostly Left Wing and Communist protesters ... -
Of Jonah's Father
OF JONAH’S FATHER We receive lots of criticism around here, and sometimes the chief criticism is that I talk too much about the criticism. Others complain that I am not serious enough, or that I am not funny enough, ... -
On Leadership
ON LEADERSHIP I used to dabble in the family literary-agent business (I no longer do. I have no suggestions or advice for would-be authors — please, please, please, stop sending me manuscripts). The standard advice I gave to would-be novelists was ... -
Flying High
FLYING HIGH Today I leave for my vacation. I am so pumped up on penicillin and Viagra that when I sweat it makes the room smell like a pharmacy in Bangkok or the Oval Office. #ad#Just kidding. Actually I ... -
The Left Learns About Right Wing Gals
At first I thought, “Haven’t I seen this before?” A glossy New York magazine is shocked — shocked! — to discover that there are cosmopolitan, young, and (get this) female conservatives loose upon the land. It features fancy studio pictures of ... -
When The Shoe's On The Other Foot
WHEN THE SHOE’S ON THE OTHER FOOT My e-mail in-box provides the best evidence to date that hate-crime laws will lead to nothing but ruin. I have gotten about a dozen e-mails about Jesse Dirkhising. #ad#Who is Jesse ... -
Glutton For Punishment; Frogs Surrender to Mammoth!
GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENTI was Perry Farrel’s replacement. That’s at least what I was told. Farrell — for you fogies who are too old to know, or too successful to care — is the co-founder of the band Jane’s Addiction ... -
Torch Song; All About Us (and a Little About Me)
TORCH SONG Senator Robert Torricelli is the Vizzini of American politics. #ad#(Remember: the Wallace Shawn character from The Princess Bride.) His most famous line was, “Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!” But only ... -
It's Beat On Al Day!
IT’S BEAT ON AL DAY! There’s nothing more guiltily pleasurable than a good old-fashioned piling-on. When I was a kid we called it — and I’m not using this phrase in the Breakfast at Tiffany’s connotation — “smear ... -
The "Industry" Gets Involved
THE INDUSTRY GETS INVOLVED So Donald Trump is in the race. Cybil Shepard is seriously thinking about it. Warren Beatty is doing his Hamlet act (with better lighting). Jesse Ventura and Lowell Weicker are pondering or pondering pondering. And they ... -
Slander as a Political Tool
SLANDER AS A POLITICAL TOOL Yesterday the Senate voted down the appointment of Judge Ronnie White of Missouri to the federal bench. White sits on the Missouri Supreme Court. He is very liberal, often serving as the lone dissenter on ... -
Yadda Yadda Yadda. or Should That Be Dada Dada Dada?
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Lurch On The Hustings; What's Goin' On
LURCH ON THE HUSTINGS The smell was awful. At first I thought a rat had died in my garbage disposal. But I searched around in that dirty muckhole, which is so like what I imagine Sid Blumenthal’s soul to ... -
The Unlikeliest Coalition-Builder; In a Huff; On Deck
THE UNLIKELIEST COALITION-BUILDER On Friday night, I was on a TV show along with Vic Kamber and Arianna Huffington. The topic was Pat Buchanan. I asserted that Pat Buchanan has more in common with Jesse Jackson than any GOP contender. ... -
The Couch Needs Therapy; An Early Correction
THE COUCH NEEDS THERAPY First, over eighty five percent of G-File readers with nothing better to do than vote in my stupid online polls, say that not only should I not get rid of my couch — but I should give ... -
What About Pat?
WHAT ABOUT PAT? Well, I’ve spent the last two days sifting through e-mails from people criticizing me for criticizing Pat Buchanan. Apparently Pat is a victim. Apparently I am a fool. Apparently Pat’s position couldn’t be clearer. #... -
Mediahounds, Bill, & Our List
MEDIAHOUNDS, BILL, & OUR LIST Sitting here in this coffee shop, er, coffee house. (Pierced people dressed in black who carry cell-phones don’t go to coffee “shops.” Where I come from, overweight old men with racing forms go to coffee “... -
Hell On Sunny Day; Standing Pat
HELL ON SUNNY DAY Yesterday, several hundred people typed “23456yghjk,c” after their foreheads smacked the keyboard trying to make their way through yesterday’s G-File. Hundreds of others got about half way through and then decided that perhaps it ... -
History & DNA; Pollz-a-Comin'
HISTORY & DNA When you read history books — at least the interesting ones — you sometimes feel like people must have known how important the times they lived in were. It’s as if people in the 1930s knew they were living ... -
Livin' La Vida Loca
LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA Right now, this FALN deal is just plain funny, funny in the tragicomic sense as opposed to the pull-my-finger kind of funny, but a knee-slapper nonetheless. In fact, it’s almost like an opera, with its ... -
Idle Musings and More
IDLE MUSINGS AND MORE Unfortunately, because of this work-release furlough thing, my webmaster (if you don’t have one you really should get one) is leaving today around noon. So this must be an expedited G-File. It’s a good ... -
Culture Vulture
CULTURE VULTURE Because God has a sense of humor, we are often confronted by issues that make our principles fight with our passions. Many conservatives despised the independent counsel law, but cheered riotously for Ken Starr. Similarly, many of us ... -
What Al Gore Means; The Gremlins Attack
WHAT AL GORE MEANS Most settled cultural facts run counter to the received wisdom of contemporary conservatism (yes, I know the notion of a “cultural fact” is a frightening tip of the hat to the social constructionists and other post-moderns, ... -
There Are Tears in My Eyes.
“THERE ARE TEARS IN MY EYES.” CNN has a new program called Dying to Tell the Story. It’s a show dedicated to the journalists who gave or risked their lives to get the story out. I haven’t seen ... -
Lying and The Left;Better Than Berlitz; Facelift
LYING AND THE LEFT What is it with the Left and lying? Sure, sure, individual conservatives bend, fold, and mutilate the truth — but not as a matter of policy. As Emerson said, “There is a certain meanness in the argument ... -
The Return of Corrections & Clarifications; What About The Couch?
THE RETURN OF CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSMany readers have complained that the weekly Clarifications and Corrections Friday feature has not been: weekly, on Fridays, clarifying, or sufficiently pornographic. I am guilty of all four critiques, but I am at pains to fulfil ... -
Dispatch From Skeeve Central
DISPATCH FROM SKEEVE CENTRALWhen the Goldberg File went on the road to New Orleans, we antagonized the Goths. In Birmingham, we piqued the anti-Lincolnists. In Switzerland, we intrigued the gun nuts. My concern going into Seattle and Vancouver was that ... -
Cynicism À La Mode; Keep Your Eyes Peeled
CYNICISM À LA MODEA few years ago, it seemed apathy was the watchword of respectable political hand-wringing. Low voter-turnout, the “professionalism ” of “voluntary” organizations, and the general reluctance of these-kids-today to participate in the gitchy-goo causes that babyboomers and their intellectual ... -
Discriminatory Practices?
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES?Great news! First, the American Bar Association set the tone by inviting convicted thief and felon Webb Hubbell to speak to them at their convention in Atlanta. On August 6th, he joked, “I may be the only person ... -
Libertarians, in Theory
LIBERTARIANS, IN THEORYA French diplomat (a.k.a. a “German butler”) once famously remarked, “Yes, it will work in practice. But the question is, will it work in theory.” #ad#That’s how I sometimes feel about my libertarian friends, ... -
Turning Off The Tube; A Final Word
TURNING OFF THE TUBEIf you think there’s nothing good on TV, you’re not looking hard enough. This has always been my motto, nay, my modus vivendi. Actually, it’s just the thing I say when I have to ... -
Pardon Linda Tripp
PARDON LINDA TRIPPMatt Drudge has it right. In his column yesterday he asserted that President Clinton and the governor of Maryland should pardon Linda Tripp. My reasoning may be a little different than his but the conclusion is the same. ... -
Pythons Go Home ! (Boas Too!); Another Clinton Lie Debunked
PYTHONS GO HOME ! (BOAS TOO!)Because we were wallowing in our hate mail at GFHQ yesterday, we didn’t get a chance to look at the papers too closely. It’s a shame, because in yesterday’s Washington Post there ... -
Plain Jane; Clinton's Animal Alter-Ego
PLAIN JANEYesterday a promise was made in this space to bash Jane Fonda. The “why” is obvious – she’s an awful, traitorous bully of a woman (my apologies to those readers who think I’m mincing words). But the question ... -
JFK, Jr., The Media, and Us; Liar, Liar, Liar; Read Up, Tune in; Dispatch From Middle America; PBSless
JFK, JR., THE MEDIA, AND USThe coverage of the Kennedy tragedy is still an outrage. All three major networks are covering the funeral live. Tim Russert just compared John Jr. to Saint Thomas More. Is there a private citizen — of ... -
John Kennedy: Get Over It
JOHN KENNEDY: GET OVER IT In response to a column I wrote on Friday about getting rid of PBS, one of the more thoughtful of my liberal readers wrote in to say how “ignorant” I was about the topic. I ... -
The War On Racism Has Been Won; The Role Model Dilemma; Title Pox Is More Like It; Motor Mouth World Championship
THE WAR ON RACISM HAS BEEN WON The NAACP thinks there should be more black people on TV. They announced this week that they may sue the television networks because the new fall line-up doesn’t have any black actors ... -
The Criminologists Have It Wrong
THE CRIMINOLOGISTS HAVE IT WRONG There’s something that most people don’t understand about criminologists. Criminologists don’t like jails. Criminologists, like many people in the social sciences who end their job title in “-gist,” like explanations and theories ... -
Hillary-Mania; The Clintonian Village; Excuses, Excuses; Poll Time
HILLARY-MANIA First, Momma Goldberg starts a web page. Then, Mickey Kaus launches his derivatively titled “KausFiles” e-column. Now, Lance Morrow of Time magazine is horning in on my act. In his column this week he mentions how he talks to ... -
More On Bush; E Patriotism; and Finally...
MORE ON BUSH Microsoft began 1999 at about $73 a share. As of June 30th, it was just over $90. So if you bought $1,000 dollars worth of Microsoft stock four months ago, you’d get a return on your investment of around 23% — not ... -
Moral Relativism, PBS-Style; Gentrification, Courtesy of Hillary
MORAL RELATIVISM, PBS-STYLE In 1934 old barriers were torn down in societies around the world. In the United States Cole Porter wrote the score for Anything Goes. In Germany, Hitler thought anything goes as well and he ordered the murder of ... -
Bill's Nightmare Political System; Mr. American
BILL’S NIGHTMARE POLITICAL SYSTEM They are keeping us very busy with panel discussions, lectures and food here at the Swiss-American foundation conference. And because I felt it was my patriotic duty to take advantage of Swiss hospitality last evening, ... -
Transgender Bender, Revisited
TRANSGENDER BENDER, REVISITED Well, I’m in Switzerland. The junket part doesn’t start until Saturday. Right now I’m here hanging out with Poppa Goldberg, who just happened to be here for a convention of newspaper editors around the ... -
In Drugs We Trust; Politics, Practically Speaking; The Mailbag Overruneth
IN DRUGS WE TRUST The “therapeutic society” used to refer generally to the over-indulgence of its members by the state and its institutions. The self-esteem cult and the worship of victimology were its two most obvious symptoms. But today it ...