The latest issue of Newsweek warns that al-Qaeda is building toward a "spectacular" attack. Intelligence sources tell Newsweek that "the neocons in the Pentagon have been undermining that relationship by accusing (without much proof) the Syrians of encouraging...

A long time ago, pants were mended, not replaced. Books were borrowed, not bought. And people realized that cash was king and crap was crap. Try talking to your grandparents; get a sense of their Depression-era expectations. … Our expectations have become so inflated,...

FOB (friend of blog) Gary Oppewall, replying to my Fukuyama quote, writes: "The pirates are still among us. They may not wave skull and crossbones flags and have parrots on their shoulders, but the deeds are the same. The only difference is that they have the support...

Host or attend a house party to screen the new documentary Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War. (Watch the trailer here.) The plan is to arrange a nationwide screening on Dec. 7, and participating looks quite easy. Here's a plug for the party I found in my...

FDR foresaw the fall of Conrad Black. Please e-mail Justin's article for today to every neo you know. A choice bit: What's funny is that Lord Black, author of the recently published Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Champion of Freedom, recently took libertarian Jim Powell...

People from all over the political spectrum hate Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man, with its naïve progressivist-historicism, its post–Cold War /pre–Sept. 11 triumphalism, etc., so imagine my surprise when I started reading it and enjoying it (while of...

FOB (friend of blog) Joanne McNeil points to this article from New Scientist, with the following snippet: People with implicit racial prejudices are left mentally exhausted after interacting with someone from a different race, perhaps because they are trying to quell...

Iraqi blogger Riverbend shares her thoughts on the Pentagon's new hearts and minds strategy: They've been bombing houses in Tikrit and other areas! Unbelievable… I'm so angry it makes me want to break something!!!! What the hell is going on?! What do the Americans...

Question for Andrew Sullivan: If George Soros is himself a raging anti-Semite (I especially like this Joe Farah article--is the "pig" angle some kind of kosher double-entendre?), then why is it anti-Semitic to criticize him?

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