From insurgency to civil war
Wretchard at Belmont Club has another exceptional post that’s a must-read, in my opinion. So, just do it. Please.
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More notes from the spam folder
This from Mister Ophelia Cummings, who not only undoubtedly shares a bit of life experience with “A Boy Named Sue,” but has a parsimonious yet expressive way with words: down-down your weight. That’s the entire message, except for the link … Continue reading →
Recommended reading: Oliver Kamm
I think I know my way around the blogosphere, but I keep making new discoveries–new, that is, to me. The latest is Oliver Kamm, a self-described leftist who blogs here. Kamm–whom I found via Austin Bay’s link to this Guardian … Continue reading →
Dueling: defending one’s honor
While I was researching something or other a while back (I think it may have been this post about the causes of war), I came across a brief reference to dueling. It struck me that dueling seems related to the … Continue reading →
We will bury you
Callimachus writes here about Oriana Fallaci’s new book, which deals in part with the question of whether a certain segment of the Arab/Moslem world is trying to overwhelm the West, both demographically and otherwise. He offers some quotes to that … Continue reading →
My surrender to crass commercialism: PJ ads
A couple of days ago I glanced at my sitemeter and noticed a dribble of hits coming from Instapundit. If this was an Instanlanche, it was the smallest one on the face of the earth, which seemed impossible–any mention by … Continue reading →
Ah, but Bush lied! Lied, I tell you!
Appearing in the upcoming May/June 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs will be this article, entitled “Saddam’s Delusions: The View from the Inside.” It presents excerpts from the recently declassified book-length report of the USJFCOM Iraqi Perspectives Project. Author Kevin Woods … Continue reading →
When light pierced the darkness: Moslem rescuers during the Holocaust
Sigmund Carl & Alfred has written a post that tells a story I’d not heard before, of “The Mosque that Sheltered Jews.” The rescue occurred in France during the German occupation of WWII. Here are some details: The mosque-based resistance … Continue reading →
Beware the Ides of March
No, I’m not Caesar. But I should have listened anyway. This was going to be a 2-post day. Actually, it is a 2-post day, since I’m writing this one. But it was going to be a different 2-post day. I … Continue reading →
The civil civil war on the left
I was reading Marc Cooper’s post entitled “Slobbering Over Slobo,” in which Cooper expresses sympathy neither with Milosevic nor with those who apologize for him. Cooper, who is what Norm Geras might refer to as a “principled leftist,” also takes … Continue reading →
Another changed mind: Dr. Wafa Sultan
Many–if not most–of you have probably heard of Dr. Wafa Sultan by now. She’s the talk of the blogosphere (try doing a Techorati search and see how many links turn up), a woman of immense courage who’s risked speaking out … Continue reading →
Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe: and now it’s time for a little art history
No, I’m not becoming a Dean Esmay stalker, or tailgater, or whatever the expression might be, although today’s post was sparked by one of Dean’s, once again. The subject? Female nudity in popular magazines: to wit, the following cover of … Continue reading →