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How to Be a Racing Pirate King

David Frum — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:01:00 GMT

Years ago, Ben Stein published a sweet eulogy for his departed father, the economist Herb Stein. Ben wrote of the pang he felt when he saw his father's obsolete Cadillac land yacht parked in the basement of his apartment building, like a horse awaiting its rider.

A Brief Meditation on Blogging

Justin Green — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT

I took some time this weekend to read through some of our old posts here on the blog, and one thing rang true: my work is never finished, rarely clean and satisfying like deeply edited pieces, and always missing something.

Why Should Conservatives Have to Trust Obama on Immigration?

Justin Green — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:45:00 GMT

Mark Krikorian takes up the question at National Review. In an editorial National Review published yesterday, multiple examples are listed of why conservatives are right to be concerned that this bill will set the stage for future waves of unauthorized immigration:

Pray for Oklahoma City

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:09:00 GMT

Horrifying damage from a reported F4 tornado that hit near Oklahoma City earlier this afternoon:

The House of Representatives' Confusing 3-Headed Immigration Monster

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:00 GMT

Compared to the relatively smooth Senate procedure for immigration reform, the process in the House of Representatives resembles a confused, three-headed monster that will baffle even relatively informed voters.

The Most Indebted Class of College Graduates... Ever

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT

The Wall Street Journal reports that the average college graduate from the class of 2013 will enjoy a lovely $30,000 in student debt.

Why Are American Taxpayers Subsidizing Sugar?

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Three senators are heroically attempting to reduce federal government price supports for America's sugar industry. Roll Call's Niels Lesniewski writes:

The Chief Problem With 'Lean In'

David Frum — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:30:00 GMT

Anne Applebaum reviews Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In and assesses it as a pile of poorly considered, self-contradictory huckster cliches.

Law Enforcement Against the Immigration Bill

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:00 GMT

Two major unions of law enforcement personel who handle immigration, numbering roughly 20,000 people, have united against the proposed immigration reform. The New York Times reports on the announcement:

Cool Idea: Using Bees to Find Land Mines

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:00 GMT

The European Union is sponsoring research by Nikola Kezic, a Croatian researcher, into using bees to detect landmines, and that's pretty cool.

Drought's Role in the Syrian Revolution

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:50:00 GMT

Behold, a Tom Friedman post on Syria that makes a ton of sense. Syria's drought is being woefully undercovered, especially when it comes to its part in sparking the revolution.

Witnessing the Decisive Battle of the Eritrean War of Independence

David Frum — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:38:00 GMT

In his final columns, Peter Worthington recalls the Eritrean war of independence in the 1980s, and ends with a characteristic Worthington flourish:

David's Bookclub: The Warmth of Other Suns

David Frum — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:15:00 GMT

The achievement of Isabel Wilkerson's amazing The Warmth of Other Suns is to transmute sociology into memoir.

When the Wells Go Dry in the Great Plains

Justin Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:43:00 GMT

A sad story in the New York Times, which reports on the shocking decline of the High Plains Aquifer, the lifeblood of farmers from the South Dakota and Wyoming all the way down to west Texas. (I frequently refer to the Ogallala Aquifer, which is the largest in the High Plains system.) Two years of severe drought, coupled with the massive water demands for growing irrigated corn, have taken their toll on the source of the plains' Garden of Eden.

The Folly of Impeachment

David Frum — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:08:00 GMT

So now it's Brit Hume who is joining the editors of National Review in warning against impeachment - at least for now.