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 →
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 →