Fortunately, Micah Holmquist is picking up the slack in the Instapundit/Andrew Sullivan I-beg-your-pardon department.

The requirement that an object have utility is a necessary component of the labor theory of value, if it is to avoid certain objections. Suppose a person works on something absolutely useless that no one wants. For example, he spends his hours efficiently making a big...

Why does NYT's Thomas Friedman keep calling Iraq a car? Can you really drive without a steering wheel? Has Hertz or Avis ever gotten back a spotless rental? These and other questions answered by Matt Taibbi, who concludes: There is only one reason why muddle-headed...

To say I am not optimistic about the future of Central Asia is an understatement of oceanic proportions. The entire region is unstable, with ethnic disputes and conflicts over borders, water, oil, and pipelines disrupting every political discussion. It is debatable...

Move over, Ben Shapiro, here come the kids of Mt. Lake, MN, to explain how the Big Guy (God, not Ashcroft) was gonna take our freedom away if we didn't invade Iraq. As K-Lo noted over at the Corner, these kids think about war's big picture. Gosh, if war gave us the...

Wow, I really have to congratulate The American Spectator for its amazing overhaul. What with the non-stop Jed Babbin, it really looks like ... well, National Review. Here, Mark Goldblatt does his best Rich Lowry impersonation: What if there were a moment at which the...

Sam's post on Turkmenistan made me think of this amusing article from the New York Times Magazine earlier this year. As Sam mentioned, we send this guy--who renamed the days of the week and months of the year after himself and his relatives-- millions for democracy...

US "Democracy" in Iraq: Within the past month, I have seen more and more stories that mention Iraqis being arrested for making anti-US or pro-Saddam statements. Most of these news items have been buried in other stories or appear as captions on news photos. Today's UK...

Regarding Jacob Hornberger's excellent "U.S. Senators Are the Real Cowards" on Antiwar.com's front page today, here are the Senate and House votes on the October 2002 war resolution, lest anyone forget President Bush's bipartisan enablers. Pay special attention to...

Turkmenistan’s president, Saparmurat Niyazov, former party chairman under the Soviets – the same party continues to dominate Turkmenistan’s politics today – has changed his name to Akbar Turkmenbashy, which means “Great Father of all Turkmen.” And his megalomania is...