I’ve ignored the idiotic brouhaha over actor Michael Richards’ bigoted outbursts, but this story I just couldn’t ignore. It turns out that Richards’s publicist said that Richards isn’t anti-Semitic after all–he’s Jewish! Leaving aside the question of whether one can … Continue reading →
I’ve written about economist Milton Friedman’s life, here, but I wanted to add a link to a lovely reminiscence by Friedman’s good friend Mark Skousen, complete with Mutt-and-Jeff photo of Friedman next to John Kenneth Galbraith (and the equally tall … Continue reading →
Varifrank has written about our modern way of warfare and our attempt to wage it with greater respect for human life. Please take a look. Respect for human life is a good thing, right? I would be the first to … Continue reading →
Listening to part of President Bush’s press conference in Estonia (see the middle section of the linked article for a small discussion), two things struck me. The first was the support Bush still gets from a country such as Estonia, … Continue reading →
This is quite unofficial, but I got an email about the verdict in the Luré§at trial. It was in French, so I used Babelfish to decipher it; therefore the following information is extremely preliminary and rather suspect. However, from what … Continue reading →
[Part I here] Whatever your opinion of President Nixon’s politics and policies, I think most of us can agree he was a strange and duplicitous man. I was not a fan, to say the least. I watched many of his … Continue reading →
Robert Kagan and William Kristol have something to say in the Weekly Standard about the new yen for realpolitik: So let’s add up the “realist” proposals: We must retreat from Iraq, and thus abandon all those Iraqis–Shiite, Sunni, Kurd, and … Continue reading →
Fox News has been doing some interesting and rather gutsy things of late, not by blogosphere standards but by network standards. First, there was the Glenn Beck airing of “Exposed,” and now a recent showing of a broadcast featuring the … Continue reading →
When I first started my blog one of the main attractions was to click on my sitemeter. It was astounding for me to see that anyone was reading here at all, and to watch the numbers climb was satisfying. There … Continue reading →
For some it’s Black Friday–biggest shopping day of the year. For me, though, it’s the day of the leftovers. I’m taking the day off from blogging and just having fun with family, friends, and food. Not a bad combination. See … Continue reading →
I hope everyone is now safely ensconced with the relatives and friends of your choice, with the turkey about to be eaten, or roasting away merrily in the oven, right on schedule. In my family (I’m here in NY, by … Continue reading →
[The follow-up second part of yesterday’s post on Vietnamization and Iraqization is coming soon. It was postponed for this one.] Assassinations are a dime a dozen in the Middle East. Lebanon, in particular, has seen quite a spate of them … Continue reading →