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The past generation has seen the reunification of a number of fractured states: Vietnam and Yemen (North & South), Germany (East & West) — to be fair: it has seen dissolutions as well, chiefly of the Soviet Union and of Yugoslavia. The former cha... More »
“Ni Hao! … – This is so going to be my year!” More »
The right never grows weary of shouting at the top of its lungs about America’s political correctness problem. And, in case the recent outrage over Esquire’s scandalous decision to put a 17-year-old white male (how revolting) on its Tuesday cover didn’t ... More »
Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz says one shouldn’t compare Adolph Hitler to Donald Trump and he’s right, because it’s unfair to Hitler. Hitler heeded his call to serve in the Austrian army during WWI when he showed up in Salzburg for his physical, whic... More »
Stalinito’s Endgame Somewhere along the border… “I’m in way over my head.” Pinning the Dragon to the House Floor. More »
A cavalry officer who isn’t dead by 30 is a coward. – Napoleonic cavalry general Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle (1775-1809) I. Ney Marshal Ney swears (like a loyal trooper, pardon my French) to serve the British. Napoleon, tending to fat now, is ... More »
Now that my Israeli cable provider has dropped ESPN, where I occasionally used to watch an eight-ball tournament, being a pool player myself, I have been reduced to watching snooker on British Eurosport, including the recently completed Dafabet Masters at Lond... More »
A week before December 10, 2015, when the Salman Hit and Run case was about to be heard in the Mumbai High court, Anand, my best friend Jhanavi’s husband, called me frantically, asking me to come to the Gymkhana grounds in Hyderabad, as soon as possible. I c... More »