While History Never Repeats Itself,

History Is Replete With Examples Of Empires Mounting Impressive Military Campaigns On The Cusp Of Their Impending Economic Collapse.

For The Past Eight Years, The Right Has Been Better At Working The Refs. Now The Left Is Learning How To Play The Game.

Bringing Democratic Control To The Conduct Of Foreign Policy Requires A Struggle Merely To Force The Issue Onto The Public Agenda.

To Own The Dominant, Or Only, Newspaper In A Mid-sized American City Was, For Many Decades, A Kind Of License To Print Money. In The Internet Age, However, No One Has Figured Out How To Rescue The Newspaper In The United States Or Abroad.

Apple Is A Wonderful Company For Its Customers And Investors. So, Too, Pixar. (next, Not So Much...) But Apple Is Also An Engine Of Misery For Its Subcontracted Chinese Workers.