Columns & EssaysPolitics & Current AffairsIt's Still the Demography, StupidTwenty years ago this month - January 2006 - The Wall Street Journal and The New Criterion published the first draft of what would become the thesis of my bestselling book, America Alone... Steyn's Song of the WeekMy One and Only LoveA great Ukrainian song... Mark at the MoviesHigh SocietyMark sits in for our regular movie column... Shaidle at the CinemaPather PanchaliUpon the centenary of Satyajit Ray, we present our late friend Kathy Shaidle's take on his 1955 classic Pather Panchali... Steyn on CultureFrom Pussyhats to PeninasMark on the abolition of the sexes... The War on Free SpeechMann's $9M Jury LieDoctor Fraudpants flops out again... Ave atque valeHands-On MinistrySteyn remembers the late Jesse Jackson The Bachman BeatOn the Art of Translation: A Personal IntroductionProgramming Note: Mark will be hosting Live Around the Planet tomorrow (Wednesday, July 8), so get your questions ready. The whole team at Steyn HQ is grateful to Tal and Laura for hosting these past few weeks. Tal remains on standby as Mark continues to recover and in the meantime, today, Tal launches his new series on the art of translation. A few positive SteynOnline comments on my last article was all the encouragement I needed to start up a new series on the art of translation. As I thought about where to start, I remembered one little moment in particular. My petite, high-energy Japanese wife - Koko, the Atomic Chipmunk - and I were traveling by taxi one balmy afternoon outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Spanish being my second ... Laura's LinksA Heart That ListensLaura Rosen Cohen rounds up the internet... Rick's FlicksLost Causes: Daniel Day-Lewis as LincolnWhen Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865 the Civil War was nearly over. After recalling the circumstances of his first inaugural address, given precisely four years earlier and just before the nation fell into civil war, he told the crowd with characteristic understatement that "the progress of our arms...is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all." After the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation two years previous and the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment outlawing slavery by the House of Representatives just two months earlier, he observed to the crowd outside the East Portico of the Capitol Building that neither side fighting ... |
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