Tag: daily witness
Can Machines Be Manly?
Since I grew up in the jagged concrete and steel environs of the Bronx, the prospect of camping seemed not only alien but downright uncomfortable.
Even worse, my youthful experience…
Is Obama A Lame Duck?
I think we’re all agreed the president is fading—failing to lead, to break through, to show he’s not at the mercy of events but, to some degree at least, in…Strauss Vs Nietzsche: The Problem of Christianity Within Modernity
There has been a tradition of scholarship on Leo Strauss that has emphasized his philosophical kinship with Nietzsche. some have used this comparison as means to criticize Strauss’ project as…
Will China’s Prosperity Make It Peaceful?
Any reassurance the world may have derived from Beijing’s repeated emphasis on China’s “peaceful rise” has long since been swept away by increasingly threatening rhetoric, most notably towards Japan over…Benghazi Mastermind Roams Free
The U.S. has identified the mastermind of the Benghazi attack, sources tell Fox News, though the individual apparently is walking free in Libya. The confirmation from multiple sources comes more…President Cruz?
If Republican primary voters were huddled in a laboratory underground creating their ideal presidential candidate for the 2016 political climate, it’s easy to imagine this candidate’s resume. He would have…Is Obama Irrelevant?
A president is in trouble when he’s forced to defend his relevancy, as Bill Clinton did 18 years ago, or to quote Mark Twain, as Barack Obama did Tuesday. “Rumors…How Modern Is Marriage?
Every discussion of gay marriage should begin with a recognition of its historical radicalness, its exceptionality. Heterosexual marriage has been the fundamental unit of human sociability for thousands of years,…
Did Obama Admin Threaten Benghazi Whistle-Blowers?
The Obama administration found itself in the cross hairs of mounting Republican frustration Tuesday over national security policy, with particular focus on unanswered questions surrounding the Boston Marathon bombings last…Is Obama’s Red Line A Punch Line?
Let me see if I’ve got this straight: U.S. intelligence agencies are reported by the Los Angeles Times to be in agreement “that Syrians have been exposed to deadly sarin…
