My article on Gene Wolfe, from the April issue of First Things, is now available online.

Why I like John S. Wilkins. Go here (in the comments section) and watch him handle both Pete and Repeat Larry and PZ with one hand tied behind his back.

One of the screen’s greatest living actors (still going strong after more than 55 years in the profession), Christopher Lee, turned 85 today. And I don’t mind saying, it’s been an honor to have written for him on more than one occasion.

Peggy Noonan in today’s WSJ: Mr. Moore was back from Cuba, where he made a documentary on the superiority of Castro’s health care system. Mr. Thompson suggested Mr. Moore is just another lefty who loves dictators. Mr. Moore challenged Mr. Thompson to a health-care debate and accused him of smoking embargoed cigars. Within hours Mr.… Continue reading

Forty years ago…on the eve of the Six Day War: We also forget that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was entirely unsought. Israel begged Jordan’s King Hussein to stay out of the conflict. Engaged in fierce combat with a numerically superior Egypt, Israel had no desire to open a new front just yards from… Continue reading