“Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an occasion for ludicrous artistic posturing - and now to something very close to parody.” YearsLastsMemoriesGriefHorrorNineOccasionsArtisticZeroSiteRemindersParodyNine YearsGround Zero Author:John Podhoretz
“Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents the true maturation of the superhero movie - and provides the key to understanding the bottomless craving moviegoers have for these films, 34 years after the Christopher Reeve Superman gave birth to the genre.” YearsFilmActorsUnderstandingDarkKeysBirthThirdsGenreFeaturesMovieSuperheroCravingKnightsNolan Author:John Podhoretz
“I look at 'The New York Review of Books.' It's what it has been for 35 or 40 years, which is a highly sophisticated vehicle for anti-American self-hatred.” YearsLooksHas BeensBookSelfNew YorkHatredReviewsVehicleSophisticatedSelf HatredAnti-american Author:John Podhoretz
“Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are moving far more quickly than most Republicans anticipated.” YearsLittlesMovingPoliticalNationsRepublicanYears AgoMarginsCoalitionsDemographics Author:John Podhoretz
“The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality. In the first 20 years of Israel's existence, every Arab country was in an active state of war with the Jewish state.” WorldYearsFirstsIdeasWarCountryStatesRealityExistenceConflictBasesIsraelActiveIsraeliHostageArab Israeli Conflict Author:John Podhoretz
“Why, listening to Obama talk about his economic triumphs over the last three years might make you want to move to the country he was describing. Too bad that country exists primarily in his own head.” WantYearsCountryMightLastsMovingThreeEconomicListeningTriumphThree YearsDescribing Author:John Podhoretz
“Imagine his delight after it 'leaked' that he will propose raising taxes on the wealthy by $320 billion over the next 10 years, including increases to the capital gains and inheritance taxes.” YearsNextImagineTaxesGainsIncreaseIncludingDelightBillionsWealthyInheritanceProposeNotableRaising TaxesCapital GainsInheritance Tax Author:John Podhoretz
