If postwar modernism was about focus, post-millennium modernism is a paradigm of distraction.

The West is fascinated by ethical coercion that post-Holocaust civility ostensibly eliminates.

Call it the new Domino Effect. First, a smart acquaintance tells me my latest column is “long on guilt-inducement and [...]

The perils inveighed against us are glamorized, imbued with celebrity, and sold as entertainment.

Heroes and heretics pay close attention. The United States will pursue and arrest American sex criminals worldwide. If you’re fondling [...]

The Berlin Wall of our age is security run amok. The new Cold War is terrorism anxiety. Fear is the [...]

For decades, Giorgio Cappon was to me little more than the tough father of dear friends.

The United States has backed a fair share of losers and embittered a number of conquerors.

When prison torture means you’re really and truly losing it.

Europeans toward the United States is not about American character or culture.

Recovery’s the word Or is it? Look at the dollar. Look at the Dow. Behold Europe, old and new, imitating [...]