Some of you who’ve read this blog for a while may recall that I like poetry, and that as a child my school assignments included memorizing a lot of poetry. And so it is that often when I’m thinking about … Continue reading →
I think I’m making progress. A year or two ago, when I would go to a party and the inevitable comments would come up, apropos of nothing–Bush is evil, Michael Moore’s movie is the repository of Speaking Truth to Power, … Continue reading →
Because of the Miers case (no, this isn’t about Miers, promise!), the word “cronyism” has been bandied about quite a lot lately. Via Roger Simon, I found this interesting article by Adam Bellow in the National Review on the subject … Continue reading →
People sometimes write to me seeking advice on starting up a new blog. Well, they could do worse than to heed the sage advice of Iowahawk (via LGF). (If I heeded it myself, I’d probably get a lot more traffic.)
Continue reading →Lately, there’s been a lot of rage going around at RINOs. (For those who aren’t familiar with the appellation, it stands for “Republicans in Name Only”–or what used to be known as “Rockefeller Republicans” in a somewhat less acronym-mad era). … Continue reading →
In my last post, about Saddam as press hero, I wrote about transmuting the very human desire for personal revenge into the desire for a different sort of justice, the justice of a trial. No sooner said than done, apparently. … Continue reading →
I’ve been looking forward to the sight, and here it is: Saddam on trial. I watched a bit of coverage, enough to assure me that Saddam was playing his outraged defiant role, as expected, and that the judges are among … Continue reading →
Even though Vietnam and Iraq are far from the same, there are certainly similarities–although they’re not necessarily the ones the “quagmire” crowd would cite. We are now engaged in a very intense part of the “Iraqization” phase of the current … Continue reading →
Here’s a song to brighten your day. Pretty clever, I think. (And here’s the original for comparison). And, since the author has solicited new stanzas, here are my offerings (the last one is based on the final stanza of the … Continue reading →
Via Dr. Sanity, here’s a photo of some participants in the Iraqi referendum that you’re unlikely to see in that Axis of Negativity (Reuters, the BBC, the AP): The “ayes” seem to have it. [ADDENDUM: It turns out there’s a … Continue reading →
Today I had a heavy session on the couch with Sigmund (Freud), Carl (Jung), and Alfred (Adler). Funny, but none of these three great luminaries of analytic thought were interested in my sex life or my toilet training. All they … Continue reading →
Reuters is spinning so much here, I’m surprised it doesn’t get vertigo. This is the entire text of the article, which originally caught my eye because of its positive headline, “Iraq voters seen approving constitution”: BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi voters … Continue reading →