Wait till next year….
Well, it’s over. Condolences accepted. But as I said, it doesn’t bother me all that much, compared to other years. Now I start rooting for the White Sox to win the whole thing.
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Miers: mired?
Until now, I’ve kept out of the Miers Supreme Court nomination brouhaha. But I do have a few observations, mostly about the reaction to her nomination, and about Supreme Court nominations in general. It seems to me that, ever since … Continue reading →
The poor, poor military
Via Dr. Sanity, I found this data, which show that military recruits in recent years do not in fact appear to be drawn disproportionately from among the poor, thus negating a favorite liberal/left talking point. Not that this will stop … Continue reading →
Terrorists: nihilists and/or mass murderers?
Christopher Hitchens, in a fine article in Slate entitled “Why Ask Why?”, tries once again to tell the left that it’s futile to imagine that terrorists such as the Bali bombers are rational actors responding to policies of the West: … Continue reading →
Why do all the psychobloggers seem to be on the right?
Roger Simon paid a nice tribute to Shrinkwrapped and some of us other psychobloggers (no, not “psycho bloggers”), even though it turned out to be based on somewhat of a case of mistaken identity re Shrinkwrapped’s semi-outing. I’m very happy … Continue reading →
Time marches on: Lenin who?
The first time I ever saw a photo of Lenin’s embalmed corpse on display in its mausoleum in Moscow, the sight gave me the creeps. There was something dreadful about making a body into an icon–a sort of zombie-esque quality … Continue reading →
Recap: elections round the world
Let’s see now, we’ve got the Freedom Trifecta of Howard, Bush, and Blair (in chronological order), all somehow re-elected and returned to power despite the incessant carping of the left. Then of course there’s Afghanistan, in its second largely peaceful … Continue reading →
Believe your enemy
A while back, commenter Richard Aubrey wrote here: The neat thing about our current situation is that we don’t have to make stuff up about what our enemies want. They tell us. The problem is in believing them. But you … Continue reading →
Definitely not a bicycle built for two
Oh-oh. Danger, and from an unexpected source. Men, you may want to leave the room now, especially if you are the sensitive sort. Today’s NY Times has an article on the hazards of bike-riding–yes, you heard me, bike riding, specifically … Continue reading →
Yeah, and Goebbels was the “spiritual leader” of the Nazis
I am truly sick and tired of this business of calling terrorist cheerleaders “spiritual leaders.” In some ways it’s worse than the “militant” thing; at least terrorists are militant. But how are people such as Abu Bakar Bashir, a cleric … Continue reading →
The varieties of pacifism (Part IIA): the conflicted Quaker history
[This is the second segment of my multi-part series on pacifism. The first, which dealt with Gandhi, can be found here. This second part discusses the Quaker approach. It also will be divided into two smaller sections, of which this … Continue reading →
The Gandhi nobody knows
In response to my post about Gandhi’s pacifism, a number of people (Ed Driscoll publicly, others in private e-mails) have called my attention to Richard Grenier’s essay on Gandhi that appeared in a 1983 issue of Commentary. Driscoll calls it … Continue reading →