Norm Geras loves those polls! This one’s a request from Norm to list your ten favorite movie stars. It’s a bit embarrassing to admit that I’m not much of a moviegoer. Over the years I’ve gone to the movies less … Continue reading →
The following is a portion of a comment I wrote during this discussion over at Roger Simon’s. Roger had posed the question “what is ‘fair and balanced’?” The context of the query was that he and others are engaged in … Continue reading →
I’ve gotten to the point that going to the doctor, any doctor, is something I hate to do. I never liked it, but now I simply detest it. After all, the best that can happen is that things have stayed … Continue reading →
Remember that earthquake and tsunami back in December of 2004 (or have you already forgotten)? Willisms presents some utterly astounding facts about the uniqueness of the quake that spawned the tsunami.
Continue reading →In the May 30th issue of the New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg’s “Comment” piece on the Newsweek incident contains the following phrase that caught my eye: We have to be respectful of Muslim sensibilities and Muslim beliefs… Which brings me to … Continue reading →
One story, four headlines. The story: in 2002-2003 some Guantanamo detainees told FBI investigators that guards had flushed a Koran down the toilet, and desecrated the Koran in other ways. Now, the headlines: Yahoo news: FBI memo reports Guantanamo guards … Continue reading →
Well, it turns out you can blame it on Watergate. The recent prominence of anonymous sources in the Newsweek Koran-flushing story tweaked my curiosity about the history of the practice. To the best of my recollection, the newspapers of my … Continue reading →
The pachyderm visitation turned out to be good for business, after all.
Continue reading →I fear I’m getting boring here, carping on the MSM again ( getting boring? ask my critics. You’ve been boring for a long time now.) But here it is again. Via Michael Totten, I read this recent fisking of a … Continue reading →
It is cold, dark, dank, and rainy. Much of this spring has been like that, and now they say it will continue for the rest of the week for northern coastal New England, with temperatures in the balmy (“balmy” as … Continue reading →
Our old friend Jennifer Loven reports on what was essentially a cooperative meeting between ally Karzai and President Bush, and tries her best to spin it into a quarrel. I know that reporters generally don’t write their own headlines, so … Continue reading →
This is beautiful music to my neocon ears–one of the central reasons I am proud to say I voted for President Bush. Read the whole thing.
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