Congress’s approval rating with the American public is currently at a cool 24%. But that’s probably high compared to the contempt with which the Iraqi government and the US Embassy in Iraq seem to hold them. Congress’ latest foray into … Continue reading →
The front page of today’s NY Times features an article entitled “Big Coffers and a Rising Voice Lift a New Conservative Group.” It’s about the rise of Freedom Watch, formed to combat the anti-surge movement and the propaganda clout of … Continue reading →
Here’s a great summary of a recent symposium on Vietnam history. It was written by Cinnamon Stillwell, another “changer”—and, in the interests of full disclosure, a friend of mine. Stillwell writes: The significance of the Vietnam War, both from a … Continue reading →
There’s been a little technical delay in the re-debut of the Sanity Squad. We should be appearing at PJ some time next week.
Continue reading →Today’s a traveling day, so this will be quick. I’m driving down to NY to see my family and especially my elderly mother. Last night I called her at around 8:15 to see how she was doing. She sounded a … Continue reading →
We may not be able to define evil, but most of us think we know it when we see it. Unfortunately, that leads to equations such as Bush=Hitler, or the bumper sticker I saw on a car yesterday that said, … Continue reading →
The Columbia/Bollinger/Ahmadinejad controversy has had several stages. First there was the shock that the university had extended the invitation. Then there was the event itself. And now there’s the reaction. The notion of freedom of speech has come to include … Continue reading →
Michael Totten has written another fine piece on recent developments in Iraq. He interviews Colonel Mike Silverman, whose words echo a fact that other interviewees have emphasized in a recent article of Totten’s (one I discussed in depth here): al … Continue reading →
Yesterday I was watching TV and was transfixed by an ad for Tater Mitts. Yes, I admit it was very late at night, so perhaps my judgment was just a trifle clouded. But here, folks, is another bizarre product you … Continue reading →
From the NY Times comes a reminder that it’s Sputnik’s birthday soon. The article begins begins like this: Fifty years ago, before most people living today were born… Ouch. I, of course, remember (if only vaguely) the news of Sputnik’s … Continue reading →
When I was very young, safe in bed with the usual flu or the occasional chicken pox or other standard childhood disease, I would dread the doctor’s tread on the stairs and the opening of his little black bag, which … Continue reading →
Zebulon Simentov has the dubious honor of being the very last Jew in Afghanistan. He tends the near-empty synagogue in Kabul, and slaughters his own kosher meat, and otherwise is indistinguishable from his neighbors, who seem uniformly friendly to him. … Continue reading →