We now know a bit more about the charges against Iraqi AP photographer Bilal Hussein. It seems that he was tipped off to a planned IED attack against US forces, and that: …he was standing next to the I.E.D. triggerman … Continue reading →
Ah yes, the election. It seems I can’t ignore it after all. The news is all about the decline of the old frontrunners (Clinton, Giuliani) and the rise of the new challengers to frontrunner status (Obama, Huckabee), the candidates de … Continue reading →
Click here at 8 PM this evening to listen to the Sanity Squad live. Or click later and listen to the recorded version. But if you listen live, you can call in with a question—and maybe even get an answer. … Continue reading →
I’m still unpacking in my new apartment, but even though I carefully numbered each packing box, and kept a list of what’s where, I apparently wasn’t specific enough. So now, in all those boxes labeled “kitchen” and sub-labeled things like … Continue reading →
History will assess Iraq when it ends, writes military historian Victor Davis Hanson. By the way, the “it” in that previous sentence refers to the war itself, not Iraq itself (hopefully), nor history itself (pace Fukuyama). In his piece, Hanson … Continue reading →
I don’t expect to win. But if a just few more people would go over here and vote for me, at least I won’t be slinking away in disgrace. [/shameless self-promotion] [ADDENDUM: It seems to be permissible to vote once … Continue reading →
It’s no surprise that a professor has written a piece that goes even further than the NIE in its assessment of the nuclear tameness of Iran. Cinnamon Stillwell reports that Dr. William O. Beeman, chair of anthropology at the University … Continue reading →
The news is out, and it’s only the tip of the major league steroid iceberg. Roger Clemens, former Red Sox star pitcher and turncoat on joining the archenemy Yankees, has been named by the forthcoming Mitchell report as one of … Continue reading →
This Washington Post article gives us a little bit of behind-the-scenes information on the background to the latest NIE report on Iran’s nuclear program. What we find there isn’t especially reassuring. The agencies involved are connecting some mighty distant dots, … Continue reading →
I must say I’ve been remiss in keeping up with Padma Lakshmi’s career now that she and Salman Rushdie are no longer one. Is she lonely? Does she miss these days? If so, she’s bravely bearing up. Apparently she has … Continue reading →
The recent NIE report could be considered a sort of verbal preemptive strike on any military preemptive strike that might have been aimed at Iran’s nuclear weapons program. I’ve already written about the NIE report itself, so I won’t repeat … Continue reading →
I’ve been nominated in the competition for the august title “Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2008″ at Gay Patriot. Whew. A mouthful. I tried to comment on the thread, but somehow the spam filter (or one of the other diva wannabes?) … Continue reading →