An article entitled “”Arrow can now fully protect against Iran” describes how Israel seems to have developed a promising anti-missile defense system. Sounds good to me—if in fact it’s true. It may just be psych-ops bluster, of course, a way … Continue reading →
[HINT: please note the date!] If you’re a regular reader here, you probably already know that Winston Churchill is my idol—well, one of my idols, anyway, along with all the contestants on “American Idol,” Billy Idol, and idle chatter. One … Continue reading →
Via Horsefeathers, a reprint of an important interview with Marek Edelman, who fought in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Please read it.
Continue reading →Some of you have written to say that our podcasts can’t be downloaded through iTunes anymore. My apologies. It’s apparently some sort of technical problem that Pajamas is working on fixing, rather than a new policy. So it should be … Continue reading →
Now the Iranians are saying the British sailors might be tried: If Britain continued its current approach to the standoff, Larijani told Iranian state radio, “this case may face a legal path. British leaders have miscalculated this issue.” I think … Continue reading →
Here‘s the Sanity Squad’s latest podcast. Join Siggy, Dr. Sanity, Shrink, and me as we tackle the topic of Iran’s most recent game of high-stakes poker with Britain, the West, the UN, and the lives of fifteen British sailors and … Continue reading →
The news that a sculpture entitled “My Sweet Lord” (after the Beatles song, no doubt, crossed with Tom Waits)—due to debut at a New York Hotel and consisting of a six-foot tall anatomically correct chocolate Jesus—has been canceled, conjures up … Continue reading →
Many years ago I took a course to be certified as a volunteer divorce mediator in the state in which I lived. The profession was then in its infancy, and it sounded like such a good idea: the adversarial nature … Continue reading →
No surprise, really; those British hostages are being shown on Iranian TV apologizing for straying into Iranian waters. There’s nothing like the propaganda value of a few show confessions in an effort (vain, I hope) to shore up sagging support … Continue reading →
Yes indeed, it is. Yesterday I flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Despite the fact that it was a very windy day, the ride was smooth, and took less than an hour in the air. I’ve done that LA-SF … Continue reading →
I’m still in LA, and the weather’s been utterly spectacular. Today is a travel day to northern California, so I’ll make this very brief. The friends with whom I’m staying get the LA Times. It’s been a while since I’ve … Continue reading →
In taking fifteen British sailors prisoner, the Iranian government is merely following its tradition of win-win hostage-taking. When in trouble (and there is some evidence the mullahs are in a certain amount of internal political difficulty in Iran), the best … Continue reading →