Anne Applebaum points out that Russia has a smaller population than Nigeria or Pakistan, with an economy about the size of Italy’s. But it has a lot of economic and political clout–possibly enough to thwart the recently-imposed sanctions for what Vladimir Putin is doing to
The Nazis painted a yellow Star of David on the homes of Jews to mark them for persecution. Today the Islamic State in Iraq is painting an Arabic “n”–for Nazarene–on the homes of Christians for the same reason. In a show of solidarity, Christians all
Two years ago, the sun blasted out two clouds of plasma. If this had happened one week earlier, they would have hit the earth, knocking out our power grid and doing so much damage that we would still be trying to repair it. (more…)
President Obama announced an agreement with the European Union that would slap what could be some serious sanctions on Russia, an attempt to punish Vladimir Putin for his aggression in the Ukraine. Europe had resisted imposing sanctions, but the shooting down of the Malaysian airliner
We’ve linked quite a bit to the work of my friend and friend-of-my-daughters Mollie Hemingway, a confessional Lutheran journalist who is now a senior editor at The Federalist (a lively site of wit and intellectual firepower that you will want to bookmark). Well, she is
The United States Constitution sets up a system of federalism, a union of states, each of which can have separate laws. We are seeing some quirks of federalism today, as certain states legalize and commercialize what neighboring states treat as a serious crime. Colorado is
The Sudanese woman who had been sentenced to death for refusing to recant her Christianity was released last week after another detention. She made her way to Italy with her family, where she had an audience with the Pope. She is reportedly headed to the
Our nation’s capital is gearing up to join Colorado and Washington state in legalizing marijuana. Already about half of the states have legalized the drug for medicinal use. Journalist Richard Leiby has noticed what would seem to be an odd fact: Despite our supposed political
British journalist Peter Foster, writing in the London Telegraph, sees the shooting down of the Malaysian airliner over the Ukraine as just one symptom among many of the global order coming apart. And with the disengagement of the United States and the timidity of Europe,
Democrats make a big show of bemoaning the influence of big corporations in elections and the Supreme Court ruling that allows for the formation of super-Political Action Committees that threaten to buy elections. But guess what? Democrats currently hold a 2 to 1 advantage when
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