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 →
Do you think this public apology thing may have gotten just a wee bit out of hand as redress for every possible error, including those not made by the one asked to do the apologizing? I do. But Senate Democratic … Continue reading →
An especially pernicious example of quote-cropping at the NY Times has been noted in the blogosphere, most prominently by Michelle Malkin, here. One can’t help but conclude that the Times‘s omission of the most telling parts of Corporal Starr’s e-mail … Continue reading →
I think he should have been a blogger. Oh, I don’t mean he shouldn’t have written his novels. I’m referring only to the last year or two of his life, when he became very politically active as a result of … Continue reading →
It’s about perjury. “Perjury” is a term that’s being used in connection with the Libby indictment. It’s often loosely defined as “lying under oath.” But it turns out that lying under oath is a necessary, but not sufficient, element of … Continue reading →
I’ve referred to the swirl of criticism around the Miers nomination as a “feeding frenzy” a number of times (for example, here). Like many other metaphors, it’s become less colorful through overuse: “feeding frenzy” has come to be a sort … Continue reading →
I just may weep; Uma Thurman is the “older woman.” And what does that make Meryl Streep? The old woman?
Continue reading →Back during Vietnam, one of the features of that war was the body count. The US military issued a running estimate of the number of enemy combat deaths, which was considered by some to be bloodthirsty, exaggerated, and a misplaced … Continue reading →
I have to say that this news comes a relief. I was looking forward to the hearings out of curiosity. Honestly, I wanted to see Ms. Miers wow everyone with her vast knowledge of constitutional law and her keen and … Continue reading →
Remember those nuclear bumper busters from the Kerry-Bush debates of ’04? They reminded me a bit of Quemoy and Matsu in the Nixon-Kennedy debates of 1960: a big fuss made at the time, but then virtually forgotten. Well, it’s a … Continue reading →
I recently made the acquaintance of yargb, yet another really great blog. That is, Yet Another Really Great Blog. It’s a group blog (which makes me a bit envious, since it means each blogger can take it easy sometimes) composed … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote about the UN being implicated by its own computer. Now it seems that the reprehensible George Galloway may have slipped up in his Senate testimony last May. Pity. And in the future I, for one, will pay … Continue reading →