Susan Estrich has written a lovely tribute to Tony Snow. Yes, Susan Estrich, she of the grating voice (with an abrasive timbre almost identical to that of Carol Channing) and the liberal viewpoint. But that didn’t stop her from liking … Continue reading →
At the end of January of 2007, shortly after Bush proposed the surge, Barack Obama countered with a Senate bill featuring a plan for withdrawal from Iraq by March 31, 2008, which would have been fourteen months later. Fortunately for … Continue reading →
I’ve written about the wondrous cantaloupes we’re having this season, but last night I got burned by some artichokes.
Continue reading →Tony Snow has succumbed to colon cancer at 53. His philosophy was to make the most of his remaining time after his diagnosis, and from the looks of it he did. I enjoyed Snow’s tenure as press secretary, especially after … Continue reading →
In an Ann Althouse thread about how she was turned off by Obama’s saying “you’re not listening” to critics accusing him of changing his Iraq stand, my attention was caught by a pro-Obama statement in the comments section: And he’ll … Continue reading →
Amidst all the brouhaha involved in our interminable election campaign, Iran not-so-quietly continues on its course to obtain nuclear weapons. It’s also recently fired off a few demo long-range missiles with enough reach to target Israel, and although that’s gotten … Continue reading →
A 52-year old woman has sued underwear giant Victoria’s Secret for an eye injury caused when a metal clip securing a rhinestone heart to a thong flew off and injured her cornea. This is another example of just how readily … Continue reading →
Ralph Peters knows that in any battle between a mere pen and a ruthless sword, the sword will win, despite the proverb to the contrary: Billions of words have been hurled at Sudan’s government. The misery in Darfur not only … Continue reading →
I wrote recently about my inordinate love of cantaloupe, and how wonderfully tasty they’ve been this particular year. I just wanted to say that the joys continue unabated. Every single cantaloupe I’ve eaten since I wrote that piece on June … Continue reading →
Since I became a blogger I don’t enter into political arguments too often in the real (as opposed to the virtual) world. One reason is that I’ve found such talks only rarely to be fruitful and civil, even though I … Continue reading →
When I read this news about Obama’s Iraq reversal—and then his reversal of his reversal—one sentence struck me as strange, but I wasn’t exactly sure why (it’s the second one in this quote): I am absolutely committed to ending the … Continue reading →
This reads like an Onion article, or Tom Lehrer patter. But, unless the NY Times has taken on a new identity and become a purposeful parody rather than an unintentional one, the piece is actually a totally serious exploration of … Continue reading →