As a nation, we seem to alternate between cocksure arrogance and exaggerated despair. Viewed objectively, there are few times and places it has been better to be born in, than in a modern Western cou… (View Post)

The problem with Lula is that he is pro-Putin. The problem with Allende was that he was pro-Soviet. (View Post)

It was his giving interviews about what a lousy lay Katy Perry was that persuaded me he’s a jerk. (View Post)

People can be absurdly sentimental about animals, especially in this country. (View Post)

I think Imperial Spain, from about 1500 to about 1790, was a superpower. It ruled a vast territory, and made great gains in 1783. The collapse of Spanish power, over the course of 40 years, was stagg… (View Post)