Hate Speech

Guess Who’s Coming to Lunch

Guess Who’s Coming to Lunch

In John Guare’s play Six Degrees of Separation, a young black con man traduces his

Vile Bodies

Trying to Lead a Whore to Culture

Trying to Lead a Whore to Culture

My friend Mark Brennan and I were talking about class warfare. “It’s cyclical,”

PC World

Thought Police on the Tennis Court

Thought Police on the Tennis Court

Here we go again, sports fans! During a recent tennis match between two professionals

Moolah

An Envious Europe Looks West

An Envious Europe Looks West

When the bloated and declawed Las Vegas casino-money recipient Newt Gingrich had some

Middle East

Syria’s False Revolution

Syria’s False Revolution

A couple of weeks ago I wrote in this here mag about Syria. I played it safe. My point

Europe

Charge Them With Corruption!

Charge Them With Corruption!

I was sad to read that the Attikon Cinema on Stadiou Street in central Athens was

Middle East

Why Assad Has Survived

Why Assad Has Survived

As I watched last week’s Western posturing after the Russo-Chinese veto of the UN

Afternoon Delight

Ship of Cowards

Ship of Cowards

It wasn’t Italy’s finest hour. Not even Gabrielle D’Annunzio—poet, patriot,

Media

The World’s Most Dishonest Newspaper

The World’s Most Dishonest Newspaper

When I was last in the Big Bagel (as I call Noo Yawk), a policeman who’d been awarded

High Life

Receiving Oral at Delphi

Receiving Oral at Delphi

I flew to Delphi to consult with the oracle, and the old girl had a lot to say about

Christendom

The Folly of Disbelief

The Folly of Disbelief

A reader has registered surprise that I am not an atheist. I am surprised that he’s

High Life

Once Upon a Time on the Riviera

Once Upon a Time on the Riviera

A recent libel case won by Lady Moore, wife of Sir Roger Moore of James Bond fame,

High Life

The Spectator’s Simple Genius

The Spectator’s Simple Genius

The London Spectator is the oldest weekly magazine of the English-speaking world, a

Beau Monde

Remembrance of Black American Fugitives Past

Remembrance of Black American Fugitives Past

Hearing about the black American fugitive who was caught recently after 40 years on the

Europe

Roundup of Europe’s Meltdown

Roundup of Europe’s Meltdown

OK. Things are heating up in the old continent after a boiling summer. October will be

Beau Monde

Setting the Record Straight on Jackie O

Setting the Record Straight on Jackie O

Jacqueline Kennedy’s oral history is now out, as told to the Kennedy courtier cum

Europe

The Vicious Circle of Greek Politics

The Vicious Circle of Greek Politics

Most people in America don’t realize that Greece is a very new country—its

Cultural Caviar

That Magical September

That Magical September

On September 1, 1957, a pretty French girl by the name of Patricia and an Italo-French

Obit

Freud Slips Into the Void

Freud Slips Into the Void

I’ve had a longstanding instinctive loathing of those who perpetrate gimmick art, a

Scandal

Inappropriate Touching Among the Untouchables

Inappropriate Touching Among the Untouchables

We all know that the rich and powerful are seldom held accountable. Take, for example,

Remembrance

Better a Hero Than a Celebrity

Better a Hero Than a Celebrity

I first met Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor in the summer of 1977 in Corfu. I was onboard

Israel

Pre ‘67 Borders or Bust

Pre ‘67 Borders or Bust

Israel – Palestine – President Obama finally articulated last night what we’ve

Vile Bodies

Liberal Indigestion

Liberal Indigestion

Some thirty years or so ago, my friend P. J. O’Rourke came to dinner at my New York

Afternoon Delight

No Flowers for Charlie Sheen

No Flowers for Charlie Sheen

Gone are the days when I used to wear a tux to go see a Broadway show. These days I

Middle East

The Middle East for Dummies

The Middle East for Dummies

Let’s play the “What If?” game for a minute. What if I had written this column in

Human Rights

Body-Waxing at the United Nations

Body-Waxing at the United Nations

Remember the old cliché about someone who is perpetually vacillating between a necktie

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