Michael Barone: Today’s 21-year-old was 3 when the Berlin Wall came down; his or her parents were born well after World War II. Unlike people who lived through the experience of 1914-1918 or 1939-1945, they have no reason to draw the conclusion that everything can-and sometimes does-go terribly wrong. It is tempting to turn your… Continue reading

You know…six years is not a long time to someone in their 30s or 40s. You remember holding the little girl, giving her a bottle, changing her pampers. Next thing you know, she’s doing stuff like this:

It’s only round two, but I sense already that Christopher Hitchens (to my surprise and disappointment) doesn’t have the belly for it.

Rod Dreher: Lucas, my three-year-old, at prayer the other night: “Dear God, please help the peoples in Iraq … and California … and, and … at Home Depot.” I can go one better: my three-year-old daughter during her bedtime prayers: “God Bless mommy, God bless daddy…(followed by a long list of cousins) and God bless… Continue reading

Anne Applebaum on the legacy of Jacques Chirac: Ponder closely, for example, what Chirac has had to say about Africa, where his country has enormous influence, in many places far outweighing ours. During a visit to the Ivory Coast, Chirac once called “multi-partyism” a “kind of luxury,” which his host, president-for-life Félix Houphouet-Boigny, could clearly… Continue reading