Merry Christmas: for Jews
Some thoughtful thoughts on a Jewish response to the greeting “Merry Christmas!”
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More on Wallace and Jennings: a war reporter is not a nature reporter
I’m pressed for time, so I’m writing this quickly and might have more to say later on the subject, but I urge you to read the comments section of yesterday’s thread. One of the many interesting comments there was by … Continue reading →
It wouldn’t hurt…
…to go over to Gay Patriot and vote for me. Once a day, like flossing. There, is that diva-esque enough? [ADDENDUM: You’re released from this Sisyphean task. The contest is over and congrats to the winner, Sondra K.]
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We now know a bit more about the charges against Iraqi AP photographer Bilal Hussein. It seems that he was tipped off to a planned IED attack against US forces, and that: …he was standing next to the I.E.D. triggerman … Continue reading →
The perils of being a frontrunner
Ah yes, the election. It seems I can’t ignore it after all. The news is all about the decline of the old frontrunners (Clinton, Giuliani) and the rise of the new challengers to frontrunner status (Obama, Huckabee), the candidates de … Continue reading →
Listen to the Squad, live
Click here at 8 PM this evening to listen to the Sanity Squad live. Or click later and listen to the recorded version. But if you listen live, you can call in with a question—and maybe even get an answer. … Continue reading →
Doing my non-Christmas shopping
I’m still unpacking in my new apartment, but even though I carefully numbered each packing box, and kept a list of what’s where, I apparently wasn’t specific enough. So now, in all those boxes labeled “kitchen” and sub-labeled things like … Continue reading →
Hanson and the myths of Iraq
History will assess Iraq when it ends, writes military historian Victor Davis Hanson. By the way, the “it” in that previous sentence refers to the war itself, not Iraq itself (hopefully), nor history itself (pace Fukuyama). In his piece, Hanson … Continue reading →
“Diva, moi?” Apparently “non.”
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 →
Demonizing: never should be heard a discouraging word
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 →
Say it isn’t so, Roger: steroids and baseball
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 →
Behind the scenes at the NIE
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 →