I don’t expect to win. But if a just few more people would go over here and vote for me, at least I won’t be slinking away in disgrace. [/shameless self-promotion] [ADDENDUM: It seems to be permissible to vote once … Continue reading →
It’s no surprise that a professor has written a piece that goes even further than the NIE in its assessment of the nuclear tameness of Iran. Cinnamon Stillwell reports that Dr. William O. Beeman, chair of anthropology at the University … Continue reading →
The news is out, and it’s only the tip of the major league steroid iceberg. Roger Clemens, former Red Sox star pitcher and turncoat on joining the archenemy Yankees, has been named by the forthcoming Mitchell report as one of … Continue reading →
This Washington Post article gives us a little bit of behind-the-scenes information on the background to the latest NIE report on Iran’s nuclear program. What we find there isn’t especially reassuring. The agencies involved are connecting some mighty distant dots, … Continue reading →
I must say I’ve been remiss in keeping up with Padma Lakshmi’s career now that she and Salman Rushdie are no longer one. Is she lonely? Does she miss these days? If so, she’s bravely bearing up. Apparently she has … Continue reading →
The recent NIE report could be considered a sort of verbal preemptive strike on any military preemptive strike that might have been aimed at Iran’s nuclear weapons program. I’ve already written about the NIE report itself, so I won’t repeat … Continue reading →
I’ve been nominated in the competition for the august title “Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2008″ at Gay Patriot. Whew. A mouthful. I tried to comment on the thread, but somehow the spam filter (or one of the other diva wannabes?) … Continue reading →
The topic is American’s attitude towards guns. Listen live at 8 PM, or listen later.
Continue reading →I don’t set out to write long posts. It just happens. I get an idea and start writing, and often think it will take only a couple of moments to wrap up a few succinct thoughts, and then…and then…it grows. … Continue reading →
If you ever get a chance to see “Au Revoir Parapluie,” I strongly urge you to do so. The work is impossible to describe, although this NY Times review (and this post of mine) try. It’s playing at the Brooklyn … Continue reading →
The best analyses of the new NIE report on the Iranian “now we see it, now we don’t” bomb can be found at Richard Fernandez’s Belmont Club. Please take a look at any and/or all of them: this, this, and … Continue reading →
Here’s some reasonable advice for the Democrats on Iraq. It’s from Michael O’Hanlon, one of their number who first had the temerity to write that the surge was showing some positive effects in Iraq. The gist of it? Take credit … Continue reading →