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Jay NordlingerNational Review |
Last year, I had an essay called “Dress Codes and Their Discontents.” I cite it at the beginning of my Impromptus today. Why? Because Magnus...
You may have noticed the enthusiasm for the murderer of Brian Thompson, the health-care executive. Among some, he is practically a teen idol. But...
In some countries, Christmas is tougher than in other countries. “Russia Unleashes Another Wave of Attacks on Ukraine.” That is a headline from the...
Today, I have an early Christmas present for fans of William F. Buckley Jr. (and fans-to-be?): a little memoir, on WFB’s wide-ranging interests and...
You’ve heard the propaganda: Mother Russia had to protect Russian-speakers in Ukraine’s east, oppressed by the Nazis of Kyiv. In reality, no one...
“Evin” is a name that makes almost every Iranian shudder. It is the name of the notorious prison in Tehran, a seat of torture and murder. I have...
Jimmy Lai has lived a great life: as an entrepreneur, as a media magnate, as a freedom-and-democracy advocate. His friends and admirers want him to...
In my Impromptus today, I talk about poems. And the memorization of them. If this kind of thing floats your boat — it will be floated. Here. My...
Yevhen Matveyev was the mayor of Dniproprudne, in Ukraine. When the Russians occupied, they took him captive. He has now been tortured to death. To...