The first review I've seen of the new Star Trek movie, and the reviewer likes the film very much. I am old enough to have seen the original series during it's first run but, like so many others, I really became a fan when the series was repeated (and repeated...and repeated) in syndication in the early to mid 1970s, which helped create the fan support for the making of a reunion movie, and then the many sequels, and then the new series based in the original universe. If this new movie is as good as this first reviewer says it is, then we can expect the revival of the franchise, and many more movies to come.

John Bolton believes the President got one right by deciding to boycott a UN conference about racism (which, like it's previous incarnation, was likely to turn into an anti-Israel hatefest).

Ralph Peters says the President didn't do much good at a recent meeting with Latin American leaders.

Never heard of Moldova? Here is a piece about what is happening there, and why it should be of interest to us.

Christopher Hitchens believes Turkey should be denied membership in the European Union.