Month: May 2013

Refined Tastes

Europe doesn’t export its best wine to America. They keep it for themselves. There are a lot of things you can’t experience unless you have the resources to access them. And if you are lucky enough to experience...

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Moral Ambiguity Should Be Our Lodestar

Perhaps we need a psychologist to take a look at Rep. Peter King’s reaction to President Obama’s counterterrorism speech. Rep. King says he was offended by the tone of the speech and that the president should stop...

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He Dislikes You Right Back

Sometimes, I wonder why I so frequently see disparaging remarks in the press about the president’s disposition or mien. He’s aloof, arrogant, detached, above-it-all, distant, dismissive. The thing is, he...

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