Irving Kristol, RIP
Irving Kristol died yesterday and I’ve been wrestling with the issue of whether I should write a note on his passing or not. When a political adversary leaves the scene, I’m inclined to follow the...
View ArticleKristol and the Uses of Religion
In my previous posting, I noted that Irving Kristol had a utilitarian attitude towards religion, viewing it as a necessary instrument of social control. For readers who might want more detail, I...
View ArticleA List in Response to a News: Ladies’ Specials? That’s What She Said!!!!
toot toot!!! All aboard!!!!!!!!!!!! In an effort to make travel safer and more pleasant for women, several new commuter trains in India are for women only. Other Places I would Like To Be Only For...
View ArticleDo People Have a Right to Move Across National Borders?
This was the question explored at a recent interdisciplinary conference in Tokyo, jointly sponsored by Sophia University and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where I was lucky...
View ArticleRefugees in Japan
The following is the first of several (slightly modified) excerpts I’d like to share from my book Japan’s Open Future. The Japanese government affirms that “refugee assistance is a bounden duty of a...
View ArticleFrum on Fox
Jeet has twice written thoughtfully herein on David Frum’s recent firing by the American Enterprise Institute (see both here and here), so I’ll limit myself to pointing out a couple of related items....
View ArticleCyrus Habib: Hic Rhodes, Hic Saltus
Below is a fascinating interview of Cyrus Habib by Chesa Boudin; I am reprinting it from The Rhodes Project. I am proud to count Cyrus as a friend, and I have also had the pleasure of meeting Chesa on...
View ArticleLearning to Sympathize with Conrad
Conrad Black, drawn by Charles Checketts, from The New Quarterly #102 (Spring 2007) I did a column for the Globe and Mail a few weeks ago on what Conrad Black learned in prison. You can read the...
View ArticlePhoto Funnies
"Jim Shooter said what...?!?" Photo: Jeet Heer Caption: Gregory Gallant Photo Subject: Bella Elinor Heer Note: Alas, this joke will only make sense to those who have an encylopedic knowledge of the...
View ArticleFist Raising
Bella Elinor Heer adopts a classic hand gesture. Compare to this famous moment in the 1969 Olympics:
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