It used to be that the mainstream media would seek out and publish photos like this one. Now it seems to be up to bloggers such as Michael Yon. Actually, to be fair, the time when the MSM was publishing … Continue reading →
For those of you who just can’t get enough of the Sanity Squad, we were featured this week on Fausta’s podcast at Blog Talk Radio.
Continue reading →Pakistan faces a crisis. President Musharraf has gone a route that appears to be highly tyrannical—declaring a state of emergency, suspending human rights guarantees, and arresting his enemies (including the head of the Supreme Court). For this, he’s been roundly … Continue reading →
I’ve been slowly reading Allan Bloom’s 1987 book The Closing of the American Mind. It’s a fascinating discussion of trends in higher education that have only continued—and accelerated—in the ensuing years, so that even though some details in the book … Continue reading →
The problem that began for Hillary Clinton in the debate a week ago seems to be lingering on. According to Yuval Levin at The Corner and Mickey Kaus at Slate, the issue is not so much her position on the … Continue reading →
Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that Andrew Bolt is right, and that we’ve already won in Iraq. Or if that’s too utterly unbelievable for you, let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that the violence in … Continue reading →
Listen to the Sanity Squad tonight live at 8 PM on Blog Talk Radio, with call-ins possible. The topics are the current crisis in Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton’s campaign and personality. Click here.
Continue reading →I (heart) my iPod. Regular readers of this blog know I’m not the most technologically advanced of people. But although I may be slow on the uptake, I did finally join the trend a few months ago when I became … Continue reading →
This is one of the most encouraging signs of all in Iraq.
Continue reading →This TimesOnline piece points out that things are going relatively well in Iraq today, and yet many people have their own reasons for refusing to acknowledge that fact: The current achievements, and they are achievements, are being treated as almost … Continue reading →
[Part I here.] Marriage is an institution that is virtually universal across all cultures and throughout recorded history, but for most of that time it was an institution far different than it is today. One constant in Western (and many … Continue reading →
I like to think I have a lot of experience on the subject of marriage, including divorce and child custody. I’ve studied it academically, both the legal issues and the psychological ones. I’ve worked in the field, approaching it from … Continue reading →