Amazingly, there was one columnist who predicted the World Trade Center attack, a prescient bit of punditry that, if I were the FBI, would immediately cause me to call him in for at least a few questions. It was in the weeks leading up to New Year's Day, 2000 –...

"We're going to go about our daily lives and carry on: this will show that terrorism is not going to stop American democracy." These were the brave words of New York City major Rudolph Giuliani at a news conference held hours after the World Trade Center...

The World Trade Center – monument of the New York business community, towering over downtown Manhattan like twin silver phalli pointed at heaven – is but a pile of smoldering rubble. Crashing down along with this symbol of capitalism, modernity, and...

I wrote a column subtitled, "How do we know what's going on in Macedonia?," which concluded that I would have to go there myself to find out. But that is really far too general a question for just one short visit, so I'll have to narrow it a bit, and get down to the...

Saturday is "National Day" in Macedonia, the tenth anniversary of its founding – just in time to mark the dissolution of that beleaguered nation. NATO's latest conquest is putting up as much resistance as it can muster, but, at this late date, that doesn't seem...

Author's note: This is a transcript of a talk I gave at the recent Rockford Institute conference on "The American Midwest." It is relevant, here, as a lesson in how modern progressives (who have lost their ideological bearings to such an extent that they are now...

The death of Ian Collins, a British soldier killed in Macedonia by some kids flinging rocks, has mobilized the British media behind a campaign of anti-Macedonian vitriol: "Macedonian mob kills British soldier" said the lead story in the Telegraph. "Boy gang incited to...

A recent report by the Macedonian Information Agency, filed August 24, gives us the flavor of what life is like in NATO's latest target: "Relatively calm Thursday night in Tetovo, without armed provocations by the Albanian terrorists. Yet the atmosphere was tensed, as...

I go to a great gym, right here in Pacific Heights, San Francisco, and, because I'm such a regular, I'm pals with a lot of the guys who go there: they know what I do for a living, and often ask: "So, what're you writing about today?" For the past couple of weeks, the...

Mission to Macedonia So, you're the ruthless ruler of a worldwide empire, and you want to take over a poor, hapless, unsuspecting nation – whaddaya do? Step number one: fund a guerrilla insurgency. STEP ONE: ADD ONE INSURGENCY There's always some disgruntled...