For those of you who like to follow the sport of troll morphing…
…it turns out that our new friend “Stephen Britton,” a far more polite version of his predecessors Stevie/Yahmir/Suzy/anon, is almost certainly one and the same.
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J’accuse: a case of libel, the blood libel, and the French press
There’s a case about to begin in France that–according to blogger Richard Landes–could rival the Dreyfus case in importance. I’ve written previously about the underpinnings of the present case: the misleading media coverage of the alleged death of 12-year old … Continue reading →
The Dread Pirate Bin Laden
More on the subject of fear: Dean Esmay, a fan of “The Princess Bride,” points out that the Dread Pirate Roberts of that movie was an actual historical figure. Pirates have become almost comical these days, good for a laugh … Continue reading →
Fraidy cats and fear itself: Left and Right
There’s been a longstanding meme on the Left about the Right, one I’ve written about before. It’s a twist on the old schoolyard taunt, “Fraidy, cat, fraidy cat!” The allegation is that the Right is motivated by fear–and unrealistic and … Continue reading →
Bloggers and vacations
The Wall Street Journal is on to the not-so-well-kept secret of bloggers, which is that is that they tend to have some degree of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The ubiquity of the internet, laptops, and the like means that bloggers need never … Continue reading →
More shameless self-promotion: Sanity Squad podcast
The latest Sanity Squad podcast is up at the Politics Central site at Pajamas Media. There are still a few technical kinks–every now and then, Shrinkwrapped’s voice goes all metallic and he gets stuck in a strange time warp. But … Continue reading →
Conversations on conversion
Alexandra is incensed at Bill Maher for making light of forced conversion to Islam. Maher isn’t one of my favorites (surprise, surprise, you say), and I don’t really tend to follow his shows. But in a comedy routine (video here; … Continue reading →
Watch for it
Airing this September 10-11, the five-year anniversary of 9/11, this ABC miniseries sounds awfully good. [ADDENDUM: A caveat about the historical accuracy of a certain scene involving the Clinton administration. Perhaps there’s a bit of Oliver Stonism creeping in?]
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I’m the guest interviewee on this podcast from Shire Network News, found at Blogmatrix. You can download through iTunes, or just download it directly from the Blogmatrix site, here. The interview with me starts about a third of the way … Continue reading →
Traveling without divisions, you don’t get no respect
Iran and Ahmadinejad have once again demonstrated the great and awesome power of the UN and their fear of its sanctions, in Iran’s continued defiance of the UN’s call for limitations on its nuclear program. Although Kofi Annan made a … Continue reading →
Noah’s eyes: still point in the turning world
If you’re having a slow Labor Day, take a look at this (hat tip: Pajamas Media): a young man named Noah takes a photo of himself every day for six years (yes, count ’em–or rather, maybe you’d better just take … Continue reading →
Almost-fall garden interlude
When I moved to my present house I inherited a perennial garden. That wasn’t my main concern. Just having a marginally affordable place to live was the important thing, because I managed to buy my house in a seller’s market … Continue reading →