I’m having some fairly severe technical problems with the blog. The previous post was published even though Blogger said it wasn’t. It has some errors (typos, and a couple of sentences I wanted to change and qualify). I cannot seem … Continue reading →
Belmont Club’s Richard Fernandez has written this thought-provoking post on the enlistment of Batman–yes, you heard me right, Batman–in the fight against Al Qaeda. Batman, of course, is not real–I assume that at least we can all agree on that. … Continue reading →
An article appeared in this Sunday’s NY Times advising us that our relations with our neighbors may need to change if the much-feared bird flu pandemic ever arrives. This is what will be necessary if we want to protect ourselves … Continue reading →
So, which road? Robert Frost posed the question–and as usual, Yogi’s got the answer: When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Continue reading →Today has been one of those days when the weather intervenes and dictates things: snow and more snow, all up and down New England. It’s one of the largest accumulations of this year, a season in which snowfall has been … Continue reading →
David Irving, historian/Holocaust denier (although if anything should be an oxymoron, that would be it), is facing trial in Austria soon for violating a law against Holocaust denial (or, to be technical for “minimizing the crimes of the Third Reich“). … Continue reading →
First of all, a confession is in order: I’m not much of a moviegoer, especially recently. I think most of the movies I’ve seen in last ten years or so are just plain inferior to the older ones. So now–if … Continue reading →
Come on, sing along with neo-neocon: Just around the corner, There’s a rainbow in the sky, So let’s have another cup of coffee, And let’s have another piece of pie. Trouble’s like a bubble, And the clouds will soon roll … Continue reading →
It seems to be a hot topic today, so I thought I’d do a few links: At Dean Esmay’s, Mary Madigan points out that humor about Mohammed was not always verbotan in the Moslem world. Dr. Sanity has an excellent … Continue reading →
This post is based on one of those comments of mine that grew and grew until I realized I’d written what almost amounted to an article. So, why not make it one? Well, one reason is that arguments about Israel … Continue reading →
A question posed by the folks at Augean Stables: Michael Portillo, Conservative Member of Parliament for Kensington and Chelsea (UK) hopes that Hamas will change. He makes the following analogy in an Op-Ed piece in the London Times: Terrorist organisations … Continue reading →
I am very happy to announce that Nelson Ascher is back and blogging at his old address, Europundits. If you’re unfamiliar with Ascher, it’s probably because he’s been away from blogging for quite some time. After several years of fairly … Continue reading →