The President and the Cabinet
Even as President Jean Armageddon rushed down the hallway to the Cabinet room, s/he was besieged by aides. “Mizza President, the Governor of Hawaii would like a personal hologram with you.” “Mizza...
View ArticleBoy on the Cliff
“Alright, you guys, let’s go. Time to get up,” shouted Newman, beating his walking stick against the tents as he rounded the circle surrounding the campfire. There was very little response from inside....
View ArticleHuang Chien and the Traveling Wave
Huang Chien had never really thought of becoming a nuclear engineer. In secondary school, his interests had been more toward music. He had started playing the electric keyboard very young and by the...
View ArticleCan the Press Rescue Obama?
Frankly, I thought Mitt Romney won the debate in the first 30 seconds when President Obama opened with the usual maudlin reference to his wife and their wedding anniversary. (I’ve been invited to this...
View ArticleFederer in Hawaii
The special Air Force jet circled Pearl Harbor twice before landing at the Naval airstrip further inland. Sitting in the front seat, Federer could see what that had brought him here — the supercruiser,...
View ArticleWith Obama It’s Top and Bottom Against the Middle
All the talk about the “1 percent” and the “47 percent” have created the impression that this Presidential election will be a matter of rich versus poor, people who pay taxes versus people who collect...
View ArticleChen-li Chu Aboard the Beijing
Chen-li Chu was standing on the bridge waiting to go into the meeting with the military command when he saw the American plane circling overhead. “That’s the Ambassador, the one we’re to meet in a few...
View ArticleSusan in Boulder
For as long as she had lived, Susan never forgot the time she looked at herself in the mirror when she was four years old and was startled to see a stranger with narrow eyes, broad cheeks, and straight...
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Open Season on Bill Gates
On May 18, the Department of Justice filed an anti-trust suit against Microsoft Corporation, charging it with anti-trust violations in promoting its Internet Explorer over rival Internet browser...
View ArticleNewman on Duty
The solemn silhouette of the Food Stamp Emporium loomed overhead as they piled out of Newman’s truck and into the parking lot. “Food Is a Human Right” proclaimed the huge red lettering across the...
View ArticleLet’s Not Panic Over Romney’s Defeat
I know most people would like to forget about the election, but as someone who supported Mitt Romney throughout the primary campaign — taking a lot of flak from Spectator readers in the process — I...
View ArticleThe Mood on the Potomac
The Washington, D.C. that encountered the nation’s Second Pearl Harbor would have been unrecognizable to anyone who had known it fifty years before. The White House, the Capitol, the Washington Mall...
View ArticleSave the Country! Tax the Rich!
There’s one tax benefit for the rich that I can’t see why anyone would possibly want to defend. That’s the deduction of state and local taxes on your federal income tax. This is a racket perpetrated by...
View ArticleTime for Some Ju-Jitsu
Do you know anything about Ju-Jitsu? It’s the martial art developed by Japanese Samurai to aid a lone warrior without his weapon confronting an armed opponent. When such direct combat seems suicidal,...
View ArticleBrandon in the Basement
Brandon had always felt somewhat envious of his sister. This was strange because he was the natural child and she was adopted. And she was a girl while he was a boy. It seemed as if he should have a...
View ArticleWant to Stop Violence? Start in Hollywood
Paul Lieberman is a feature writer who spent 24 years covering a variety of beats at the Los Angeles Times. He has won a fistful of awards plus a Nieman Fellowship and was on two reporting teams that...
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America’s Oil Revival
Last week Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski unveiled the Republicans’ new plan for energy development. She called for a partial opening of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, the development of offshore...
View ArticleIs Kleiner Perkins Sorry It Ever Met Al Gore?
The story in the New York Times says Kleiner Perkins has been “humbled” by the past decade’s performance. That seems appropriate. The nation’s most famous venture capital firm had a stunning 35.7...
View ArticleStory Ideas for a Press Turning Against Obama
Last week the Associated Press ran an astonishing story about how America’s windmills have been killing thousands of rare birds, including golden eagles, while getting a free pass from the Obama...
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