Yesterday morning I was awakened by a phone call from my mother’s caretaker, the sort of phone call no one likes to get. She said my mother was having tingling and numbness in her left arm and left leg, which … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer’s column “Turning up Jewish” is both funny and serious. Funny because his thesis–that, scratch a politician these days, and you get a Jewish ancestor–though hyperbolic, is based on the odd but true fact that it’s now a campaign … Continue reading →
I’m back from DC and naturally have a backlog of things to do, the way it always is when one goes away. So I wasn’t online much today, and the troll commentary has managed to pile up on the previous … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting discussion of the reaction to the partially leaked report of the NIA, widely quoted in the media as saying the Iraqi War has fueled the creation of more terrorists. It seemsto me to be a tautology that, … Continue reading →
I’m going to be posting lightly today, for two reasons. The first is some connectivity problems (I’m still in DC at a friend’s place, and the signal goes in and out with total unpredictability). The second is that it’s a … Continue reading →
I’ve been in DC since yesterday and busy, busy, busy, although one of the things I’ve not been busy with is writing and blogging. I should be returning to my regularly scheduled program of blogging shortly, but for now I’ll … Continue reading →
Forgive me for being so slow on the draw to post a link to the latest Sanity Squad podcast, but yesterday I spent the day flying to Washington, DC and then doing the Pajamas Media thing. The Squad talks about … Continue reading →
Take a look at a new blog (new to me, at least)–and an interesting one–by someone who claims to be a former US military intelligence officer. I like the title: In From the Cold, paraprasing the John Le Carre novel … Continue reading →
The Pope hosted Moslem leaders in a conference today, giving a five-minute speech that sounded conciliatory, at least from the short excerpts published (I can’t find a full transcript). Although he didn’t offer an apology for his previous remarks, the … Continue reading →
Yes, it’s official: now you can bring your beyond-the-checkpoint-purchased beverages on board the plane. What’s more, you can bring little bottles of hair gel and face cream and all that good stuff, as long as they’re small enough to fit … Continue reading →
Today is the first day of fall. I never quite get that date right, because it drifts around in confusing fashion (here’s a guidepost for those of you who care about such things). This year it also happens to be … Continue reading →
It costs a bit, but it might be just the thing to spruce up the old blog. Then again, maybe not.
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