William F. Buckley is dead at 82. I had just hung up the conference call with Seoul when I saw the scrolling words across the bottom of my web browser. It took me aback. I had not thought of him lately, though it was his intellect that formed the basis of the Republican Revolution, the […]

The Thrilla in Manila happened in Cleveland last night, the golden challenger dancing and weaving against the wily pro. All he had to do was snug into the ropes, cover up, and not make a fatal mistake. Or maybe it was the fight in Zaire. I forget. I don’t know if you were as disoriented […]

The Thrilla in Manila happened in Cleveland last night, the golden challenger dancing and weaving against the wily pro. All he had to do was snug into the ropes, cover up, and not make a fatal mistake. Or maybe it was the fight in Zaire. I forget. I don’t know if you were as disoriented […]

The Hermit Crab Kingdom of North Korea opened up the airport to accept four hundred-odd Americans yesterday. The New York Philharmonic had been invited to town, part of the bizarre diplomatic game that we play with the leaders in the North. I can tell you precisely what they saw, since there are only so many […]

The Hermit Crab Kingdom of North Korea opened up the airport to accept four hundred-odd Americans yesterday. The New York Philharmonic had been invited to town, part of the bizarre diplomatic game that we play with the leaders in the North. I can tell you precisely what they saw, since there are only so many […]

I had been prepared to let the rest of the election go without comment, but you know me better than that. This is too cool, and too spread across the globe. Everyone has an opinion, and everything matters. I don’t know when the caucus in Kenya is going to happen, anymore than I understand how […]

Jack in 1948 The days are getting longer, and the world beneath our feet is responding to the added measure of photons, regardless of the dreary chill. There was an early meeting on Saturday over in close-in Maryland to focus some volunteer labor on a worthy cause. I rode with Jake, since Big Pink is […]

OK, I’ll admit it. I am bored. I have no idea how I am going to fill up the endless hours until November. Oh, the Chinese irritation about the successful satellite shoot-down is entertaining, but that is really a matter for the next President to deal with. The cause of my malaise is the fact […]

The ground is cold this morning, waiting. Well below freezing, bone cold, and thus the rain is turning immediately to ice. I am hoping for a snow day today, though that comes with peril. People will be stuck at home, with nothing to do except e-mail one another. One of our earnest entrepreneurs made an […]

SM-3 Leaving its Verticle Launch Tube The Notice to Airmen and Mariners- the NOTAM- is the key to this thing. Of course the decision-making that went into the operation has been going on for months. The issuance of the warning area is the last bit that provided us the operational location, the target and the […]