Beware the giant artichoke
I’ve written about the wondrous cantaloupes we’re having this season, but last night I got burned by some artichokes.
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RIP Tony Snow
Tony Snow has succumbed to colon cancer at 53. His philosophy was to make the most of his remaining time after his diagnosis, and from the looks of it he did. I enjoyed Snow’s tenure as press secretary, especially after … Continue reading →
Nation building and the war on terror: not contradictory
In an Ann Althouse thread about how she was turned off by Obama’s saying “you’re not listening” to critics accusing him of changing his Iraq stand, my attention was caught by a pro-Obama statement in the comments section: And he’ll … Continue reading →
Iran’s missile-rattling
Amidst all the brouhaha involved in our interminable election campaign, Iran not-so-quietly continues on its course to obtain nuclear weapons. It’s also recently fired off a few demo long-range missiles with enough reach to target Israel, and although that’s gotten … Continue reading →
The case of the flying thong buckle: I can relate
A 52-year old woman has sued underwear giant Victoria’s Secret for an eye injury caused when a metal clip securing a rhinestone heart to a thong flew off and injured her cornea. This is another example of just how readily … Continue reading →
On bringing a pen to a gunfight
Ralph Peters knows that in any battle between a mere pen and a ruthless sword, the sword will win, despite the proverb to the contrary: Billions of words have been hurled at Sudan’s government. The misery in Darfur not only … Continue reading →
The continuing joys of cantaloupe
I wrote recently about my inordinate love of cantaloupe, and how wonderfully tasty they’ve been this particular year. I just wanted to say that the joys continue unabated. Every single cantaloupe I’ve eaten since I wrote that piece on June … Continue reading →
Arguing politics
Since I became a blogger I don’t enter into political arguments too often in the real (as opposed to the virtual) world. One reason is that I’ve found such talks only rarely to be fruitful and civil, even though I … Continue reading →
Obama roleplays at commander-in-chief
When I read this news about Obama’s Iraq reversal—and then his reversal of his reversal—one sentence struck me as strange, but I wasn’t exactly sure why (it’s the second one in this quote): I am absolutely committed to ending the … Continue reading →
Therapists to the rich and famous
This reads like an Onion article, or Tom Lehrer patter. But, unless the NY Times has taken on a new identity and become a purposeful parody rather than an unintentional one, the piece is actually a totally serious exploration of … Continue reading →
Why Obama’s flips don’t matter
Obama’s figured something out. Or maybe he figured it out a long time ago. That’s this: if you are so obscure that the public doesn’t know much about you, then changing your mind and then spinning on almost every issue … Continue reading →
Giving McCain a Vietnam history lesson
Joe Conason thinks McCain doesn’t know much about history, in particular the Vietnam War and the lessons he should have learned from it. Conason, as the possessor of a 1975 degree in history from Brandeis where they no doubt taught … Continue reading →