Why afraid? Well, take a look at the graphic for this week’s podcast. But you needn’t be too frightened; it merely illustrates the artist’s conception of one of Siggy’s many sound bites The topics: Barak Obama’s pumped-up candidacy and the … Continue reading →
[Part I here.] In his introduction to that Cronkite interview featured in Part I, Dick Gordon writes: It was February 1968, and in a three minute editorial essay on the CBS Evening news Cronkite quite simply changed the course of … Continue reading →
[NOTE: That post on Cronkite, Part II, is coming, coming, coming–but due to holiday doings, I’m on a slightly delayed schedule. The post will appear here later today. Meanwhile…] Last night, some combination of keyboarding, exhaustion, coughing from the lingering … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I ran out of time today for Part II of the Cronkite piece. My plan is to have it appear tomorrow. In the meantime…] There are several banned trolls whose comments I ordinarily delete here as a matter of … Continue reading →
Just got this email that somehow evaded my spam folder: In a brief introduction, my name is George Michael. My intention of contacting you is to have a discussion with you regarding an investment that I want to build in … Continue reading →
While Bush formulates a new plan for Iraq, and others say all is lost there no matter what, I’m reminded of a famous “all is lost” moment from that ever-festering sore of history, the Vietnam War: Walter Cronkite’s editorial on … Continue reading →
The ISG report seems to be dead in the water. And that’s a good thing. The idea behind the report was to get us all to come together, and we did. The only problem is we came together in condemning … Continue reading →
Those of you who’ve followed my mother’s journey to a new assisted living facility located in the NY community where she lived for most of her life might be interested in learning there’s good news and bad. First, the bad. … Continue reading →
I hereby join two other bloggers, Michelle Malkin and Tammy Bruce, in officially declaring myself to be a woman of the Left. Of the dominant left hand, that is. I’m not only a lefty, I’m very strongly left-handed, from an … Continue reading →
If you listened to my most recent podcast, you’ve probably noted that I’m neither a Kofi Annan fan nor a UN fan. Whether I’ll be a Secretary-General Ban fan (couldn’t resist the rhyme) remains to be seen, but at least … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading a book by Robert Kagan entitled Dangerous Nation, about the history of America’s international relations. Kagan’s thesis is that, from the start, the US was more involved and interventionist, and less isolationist, than conventional wisdom would indicate. … Continue reading →
Jimmy Carter, peacemaker extraordinaire, has called the wall Israel has built an “imprisonment wall.” A strange notion of imprisonment, indeed. How can a wall designed to keep murderers out of a single small country (Israel), and yet allowing them freedom … Continue reading →