Buckley’s Mix

Blago: Why we should regret the impeachment.

1. His impeachment is a provocation to Serbo-Americans everywhere! (I think you know what this means, you Kosovar-Americans…)
2. He brought politicians and politics into disrepute.
3. He reminded me of Elvis.
4. He will be replaced by someone more corrupt.
5. We deserved him.

Beyond Satire

Don’t you hate it when someone tells you that things are so crazy that they’re beyond satire?
That sounds like a challenge. So how to satirize the bailout? Well, the idea behind satire is to take a bit of popular wisdom and extend it to the point of nuttiness. In the case of the bailout, then, [...]

On What Is Owed Caroline Kennedy

America has failed to live up to its promise, having failed Caroline Kennedy. We took her father away from her, it is said, and it was churlish indeed to deny her a seat in the Senate.
But doesn’t this ignore Aristotle Onassis?
Henry Kissinger was once asked, “what would have happened had it been Nikita Khrushchev who [...]

Wus Nation

One hundred and ten years ago, Theodore Roosevelt gave his “Strenuous Life” speech in Chicago. Here’s how he began. “I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, [...]

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