It used to be that virtually every society on earth had its own moral and social code and believed it was the best on earth—and not just the best for that particular society but the best, period. The only question … Continue reading →
Well, they finally got me to talk about the primaries. Listen up at Blog Talk Radio to tonight’s Sanity Squad podcast with Dr. Sanity, Shrink, Siggy, and me.
Continue reading →Surprisingly, the NY Times has published a lengthy and somewhat favorable review of Lee Harris’s latest book about the threat Islam presents to the West, entitled The Suicide of Reason. Hirsi Ali was the Times’s interesting choice as reviewer. Raised … Continue reading →
The famous 2006 Lancet study indicating there had been more than ten times the previous estimates of Iraqi deaths in the war and postwar period engendered a storm of controversy right from the outset. How could such a huge number … Continue reading →
Blogger Andrew Olmstead has been killed by small arms fire in Iraq. His final message—characteristically touching, thoughtful, and humorous—has been posted here.
Continue reading →I’m a bit under the weather today, having woken up with an aura that then segued seamlessly into a migraine. Fortunately, I don’t get migraines too often, now that I’ve eliminated chocolate from my life. But every now and then … Continue reading →
Look at this Ralph Peters column and Michael Totten’s latest report from Fallujah as companion pieces. They tell the same tale, that of the discrediting and defeat of terrorist forces in Iraq. Peters focuses on the meagerness of US press … Continue reading →
In this, the dawn of the new year of 2008, I do hereby solemnly resolve…to make no New Year’s resolutions. You heard it here first. Ah, where are the resolutions of yesteryear? The ones to diet, or to exercise, or … Continue reading →
…Happy New Year’s Eve!
Continue reading →The book A Better War by Lewis Sorley has just gone on my all-too-lengthy must-read list (to find the book review, scroll down a bit after you click on the link). Yes, more “Vietnam revisionist” history. Dismissed by those who … Continue reading →
…and its environs. Even non-football fans such as myself have heard the news of the Patriots’ spectacular record-setting season. Combined with the Sox winning the World Series for the second time in the last four years, this makes Boston sports … Continue reading →
Which comes first, democracy or security? It’s a trick question, like the one about the chicken and egg. The truth is they must come simultaneously. And ay, there’s (as Hamlet would say) the rub, because in chaotic third-world nations—Pakistan comes … Continue reading →