Sanity Squad update
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.
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And the difference between prison and assisted living is…
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 →
“Understanding” evil
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 dictator at the tea-party: if you invite, must you be polite?
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 →
More Totten, more “getting to know you” in Iraq
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 →
All I want for Christmas is some tater mitts
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 →
Happy Birthday, Sputnik
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 →
They make house calls—for a price
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 →
And then there was one: the last Jew in Afghanistan
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 →
The prodigals return: the Sanity Squad
Now that fall is here, I’ve had some inquiries about whether the Sanity Squad is planning to return. I’m pleased to report that yes, the plan is that next week we’ll appear once again courtesy of Pajamas Media.
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Mary Mapes is back. Remember her? She had her fifteen minutes of fame—in her case, unwanted notoriety—as one of the 60 Minutes producers who worked on the program featuring the obviously forged Killian memos. In this extraordinary document, Mapes is … Continue reading →
The France 2 trials: the wheels of French justice grind slow…
..and they don’t grind all that fine, either. But grind they do. Regular readers of this blog may remember that about a year ago I had the exciting opportunity of traveling to Paris to cover one of the France2 defamation … Continue reading →