Welcome to the Middle East. (View Post)

The worst argument for democracy may be, according to Churchill, a five minute conversation with the average voter. The next worst is five years studying the people they elect. (View Post)

Pretty inevitable, sadly, once America lost its sense of humor and willingness to be offended about twenty or thirty years ago. (View Post)

I think that's right. Few except those on the extreme left give a damn about his wealth in itself, and they wouldn't vote for him anyway. What matters is that he hasn't set out a posit… (View Post)

I have just arrived back from almost three weeks in France, mostly in the south, mixing business with pleasure as I did in Switzerland in August. Some seemed to appreciate my observations from that t… (View Post)