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Richard Belzer, 1944-2023

22 seasons and eight television shows as the same character.

Now is the time for US to fully commit to Ukraine’s war against Russia

Biden prides himself on his foreign-policy savvy. Now is his great moment on the historical stage to secure his reputation as a statesman. 

Biden’s welcome to Italy’s Meloni proves his apocalyptic talk was empty

Where is Biden's anxiety now? No longer politically convenient?

Biden’s new Bizarro border move just waves in more illegal migrants

The Biden administration has created a Bizarro World immigration policy.

Scholars rank biggest spending presidents as the greatest

Before President Joe Biden entered the White House, he consulted with several prominent historians about how to be a great commander in chief. Their answer: Grow government. Spend, spend, spend. Don't worry about blowing up the debt.

Ukrainian teenager seeks refuge from California schools

Air raid sirens and the threat of Russian missiles may not create the best environment for schooling, but it apparently is better than going to public school in San Francisco.

Could you make Casablanca even better?

If only modern filmmakers made their movies with the care they bring to the crafting of trailers.

Kindness can be cruel

Roald Dahl was an unpleasant man — a snob, a racist, a cad, and a bounder — but at least he was consistent. His books are unpleasant, too. They are also funny, not least because comedy is cruel. Dahl’s theme was Charles Dickens’s theme, the cruelty of childhood. While Dickens wrote for sentimental adults, Dahl wrote for cruel children.

Roald Dahl’s censors are bald beneath their wigs

No one is safe from the woke scolds and censors — not even the dead.

The Taft family

The Tafts is a very good basic introductory level tome for a family that deserves more recognition.

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