"The anti-Americanism of Jackie Chan."

"He is passionately political, a staunch defender of the Chinese Communist Party and harsh critic of anyone he sees as opposing Beijing...

"If everybody could love Alfred Hitchcock, I think it would be a better world."

Odd intro, by Cat Stevens (in 1976), to "Peace Train." Yesterday, we were talking about Sun Myung Moon's idea for peace: marr...

"WikiLeaks Fallout: Should Hillary Clinton Resign?"

Asks David Corn. Clinton... signed orders instructing U.S. foreign service officers to spy on the diplomats of other nations.... Diplomats a...

New Wikileakage — "a secret chronicle of the United States’ relations with the world in an age of war and terrorism."

The NYT passes along the "brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats." ¶ Gam...

"I'd also like to know whether Paul really believes in a conspiracy among the U.S., Canadian and Mexican governments..."

"... to turn North America into a 'borderless, mass continent' bisected by a 10-lane superhighway. Because that's what he s...

Should John Brennan be the new Director of National Intelligence?

Dennis Blair has resigned, and Obama says he has "more confidence" in Brennan. Michael Anton looks at some things Brennan has said...

"Obama's use of Meds Yeghern 'is an elegant dodge to avoid using the 'g-word'..."

"... but the substance of what he states about what happened gives no comfort to those who cling to the Turkish official version... ...

The leaked Gates memo: We have no plan for dealing with nuclear Iran.

If diplomacy fails... Why was this leaked now? The memo was written in January but only today are “government officials” finally whispering ...

"We're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him."

"Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right." When is the press going t...

Tom Brokaw's bizarre idea of what fairness required.

Steve Schmidt and David Axelrod were on "Meet the Press" this morning, and they spewed talking points and evaded the questions as...

Sarah Palin's most famous quote and the problem of a quote becoming famous in a misremembered form.

What do you think is Sarah Palin's most famous quote? My attempt to answer gets me to a quote that I know is not the real quote: "I...

Andrew Sullivan reflects on whether he's "delusional" to say that Obama "had an 'objectively miraculous' fortnight."

Fortnight . That's already funny. Imagine if a candidate said "fortnight." He'd lose. Anyway, "objectively miraculous...

McCain refers to "the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border."

Is that a horribly embarrassingly revelation of ignorance or what the language experts recognize as "the common type of speech error t...

Bush knows you know who he's talking about.

" Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals , as if some ingenious argument will persuade them the...

Does the U.N. have a duty to undertake a military intervention in Burma?

Matthew Lee explains the "responsibility to protect." Military intervention is the most extreme option, but there is a policy, ad...

"The idea here, which McCain can’t say, but I can, is to essentially kill the U.N."

Said Charles Krauthammer.

Gorgeous scarves and shabby suits.

Naturally, Robin Givhan must do an essay on what Nancy Pelosi wore in Syria and what the Iranians made the British sailors wear, and just a...

Today's Mideast fashion news.

I'm looking at the front page of the NYT and glad to see the British hostages have been released, but can we talk about the clothes ? Th...

Freeing the hostages.

"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will pardon and set free 15 British sailors and marines being held in Iranian custody....

Nancy Pelosi covers her head and visits the head of John the Baptist.

So Nancy Pelosi is visiting Syria , and President Bush is calling it "unhelpful." There's plenty of political theater here. Th...