Richard Landes sets the stage for today’s France2/Karsenty trial in Paris. Wish I could be there. [NOTE: See right sidebar here under “Paris and the France2 trial” for my previous posts on related subjects.]
Continue reading →I’ve got a travel day today, returning from a visit with relatives in Chicago over the long weekend, reacquainting myself with a city I once lived in but haven’t seen for almost four decades. I’d heard there were various changes … Continue reading →
Yes, indeed, I am that old—old enough to remember when Veterans Day was called Armistice Day. The change in names occurred in 1954, when I was very small, in order to accommodate World War II and its veterans. Since then, … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →A succinct summing up of the disconnect between the Democrats and the current situation in Iraq.
Continue reading →This is the fruit of seeing “Lawrence of Arabia” on TV one day recently, and “Doctor Zhivago” on another: And I’m not the only one who sees a resemblance (see first question here). Unfortunately, I couldn’t find an early photo … Continue reading →
It used to be that the mainstream media would seek out and publish photos like this one. Now it seems to be up to bloggers such as Michael Yon. Actually, to be fair, the time when the MSM was publishing … Continue reading →
For those of you who just can’t get enough of the Sanity Squad, we were featured this week on Fausta’s podcast at Blog Talk Radio.
Continue reading →Pakistan faces a crisis. President Musharraf has gone a route that appears to be highly tyrannical—declaring a state of emergency, suspending human rights guarantees, and arresting his enemies (including the head of the Supreme Court). For this, he’s been roundly … Continue reading →
I’ve been slowly reading Allan Bloom’s 1987 book The Closing of the American Mind. It’s a fascinating discussion of trends in higher education that have only continued—and accelerated—in the ensuing years, so that even though some details in the book … Continue reading →
The problem that began for Hillary Clinton in the debate a week ago seems to be lingering on. According to Yuval Levin at The Corner and Mickey Kaus at Slate, the issue is not so much her position on the … Continue reading →
Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that Andrew Bolt is right, and that we’ve already won in Iraq. Or if that’s too utterly unbelievable for you, let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that the violence in … Continue reading →