Someone named “Spengler” writes an interesting article entitled: Americans play Monopoly, Russians chess.
Again, the Russians misjudge American stupidity. Former president Ronald Reagan used to say that if there was a pile of manure, it must mean there was a pony around somewhere. His epigones have trouble distinguishing the pony from the manure [...]

The Wall Street Journal complains that Barack Obama is economically ignorant. I completely agree.

What if I told you that a prominent global political figure in recent months has proposed: abrogating key features of his government’s contracts with energy companies; unilaterally renegotiating his country’s international economic treaties; dramatically raising marginal tax rates on the “rich” to [...]

Time Magazine has some advice for Obama (who is planning a little trip):
Still, there are a few ways Obama can reach out to ordinary Iraqis and make his trip more meaningful.
First, he should invite a group of Baghdad journalists — mostly Iraqis, but also a few Westerners who’ve been in Iraq for several years — [...]

This morning I came across an article by Michael Hirsh whining about “America’s decline.” An Unnatural Disaster compresses the history of our great nation and draws simplistic conclusions.
In many articles and in book after book American “declinists” nowadays tend to portray America’s reduced stature as a largely natural phenomenon. Never mind that on the eve [...]