I’m still trying to get a bead on what’s happening in France. This post by Clive Davis seems to be an attempt to do the same. It contains this interesting quote: As of this evening, AFP is quoting police commanders … Continue reading →
Yesterday I was trying to be witty in the comments section, and I was looking for the way to say (and spell) “excuse me” in French. Since I don’t speak French, that meant Googling “handy French phrases translated”, which brought … Continue reading →
More information has been coming in on the French riots, and it’s sobering. Take a look at this post by Shrinkwrapped on the culture wars and power struggles involved. It’s based on this column from today’s New York Post, written … Continue reading →
Via Don Surber: It seems that Michael Moore owns 2,000 shares of Halliburton. Here’s a summary of the source, a book entitled “Do As I Say, (Not As I Do)” by Peter Schweizer. And Moore is by no means the … Continue reading →
A while back I was complaining (me, complaining?) about the weather and the lousy fall we’ve had this year. Well, it’s still fall, although just the tail end of it. Most of the leaves are gone, and the rest have … Continue reading →
It sometimes seems as though all we hear from France these days is anti-Americanism. But according to a correspondent of Roger Simon’s, there is a certain closet pro-Americanism in evidence there. His letter to Roger features stories of people coming … Continue reading →
The current riots in France are another indication that Europe is having difficulty dealing with a long-neglected problem: its huge and largely unassimilated Moslem immigrant population (originally of immigrants but now including their European-born children), bulging in its belly like … Continue reading →
Oh, how I wish I had taken my relatively new and unused camera with me on a walk I took late yesterday afternoon, right before sunset on Halloween. One of these days I will even learn how to reliably transfer … Continue reading →
In an article in the Christian Science Monitor about the charges against Libby, Paul Rothstein, a law professor at Georgetown University, is quoted as stating that: …the Libby case raises questions about the fairness of appointing a special counsel to … Continue reading →
Well, this should be interesting: Alito, 55, is considered a conservative in the mold of Justice Antonin Scalia. Alito is sometimes given the nickname “Scalito” — a comparison to Scalia, who shares his Italian heritage as well as his reputation … Continue reading →
Dymphna and the Baron, the Anchoress, and Dr. Sanity are among the many bloggers who have discussed Iran’s “World Without Zionism” conference, which featured the following poster: Lovely, isn’t it? I mean that sincerely. One of the more pernicious aspects … Continue reading →
Here’s an update on the post “Calling all lawyers”: The call has been answered. I consider the following e-mail response from a trusted legal source to be definitive: There’s no question that perjury can be prosecuted if the defendant lied … Continue reading →