It is interesting to me that people who doubt AGW are often referred to as skeptics—and that’s one of the nicer things they’re called. What is the definition of a skeptic? Let’s see: 1. One who instinctively or habitually doubts, … Continue reading →
This Guardian editorial will be published in 56 newpapers around the world. It issues a clarion call to Copenhagen; did you realize we have only fourteen days to save the world? And Climategate? Never heard of it. Today 56 newspapers … Continue reading →
Today is the sixty-eighth anniversary of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. The generation that reacted to it by mobilizing and fighting World War II is on its last legs. But they were the ones we still call “the … Continue reading →
Read his cri de coeur here: I find it rings flat with me to have to face people asking where the scientists were when we were overcoming so many many obstacles to get a rare fair hearing. The scientists have … Continue reading →
I agree with Andrew McCarthy’s dire assessment of Obama’s cynical Afghanistan policy, except for one thing: I don’t think it’s fooling either side, right or left. Come to think of it, maybe that’s two things.
Continue reading →[McChrystal’s] chance came at an Oct. 8 meeting of Obama’s principal advisers, presided over by Jones — the “dress rehearsal” for a full-scale National Security Council gathering the president would hold the next day. Speaking by video link from Kabul, … Continue reading →
This is Paloma Faith, an English actress and singer. I’d never heard of her before, but the following outfit was probably designed to remedy that condition. If so, it succeeded admirably: And here’s a closeup, which I sought because I … Continue reading →
Joe Lieberman really does seem to warrant the description “independent.” Well worth reading.
Continue reading →Yes, I’m back to critiquing Peggy Noonan’s columns. But please forgive me; there’s a personal reason this time. As vanderleun has pointed out, she seems to have stolen my meme: After the president announced his plan he seemed to slip … Continue reading →
The blog Wattsupwiththat makes an excellent point (hat tip: commeter “huxley”)—one that the press might have pointed out as well, had its members been the least bit interested in doing their jobs: if the raw data was actually destroyed back … Continue reading →
I don’t know about you, but I think this is an utter outrage. Why mess with an icon that has stood the test of time? Oh, I know she’s been spruced up periodically in the past, but she’s always remained … Continue reading →
The blogs are all over the fact that, when pressed about Obama’s birth certificate, Sarah Palin said that it’s a fair question. You know what? It is. But to the Palin-haters (and their numbers are legion), this is just another … Continue reading →