According to Reuters (and who am I to doubt them?): The United States lags dangerously behind al Qaeda and other enemies in getting out information in the digital media age and must update its old-fashioned methods, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld … Continue reading →
Right from the start–its very title–this NY Times article is a good example of what’s wrong with the paper. Are there any incorrect facts in the piece? I doubt it. My guess is that, strictly speaking, it contains not a … Continue reading →
The WMD tapes story that aired last night contained no smoking gun. In fact, as presented on Nightline, it was almost a nonevent. Sandwiched between Dick Cheney’s hunting accident and another feature, the story was given short shrift. So, how … Continue reading →
The Chairman at Maggie’s Farm has a complaint about Bush that I think deserves–practically begs for–a hearing. Check out the photo, too. “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” have got nothing on this one.
Continue reading →A while back, I speculated on how many Palestinians who voted for Hamas in the recent elections were playing a voting game. An article from the Telegraph had quoted a young Palestinian voter as experiencing post-election regret: Like many others, … Continue reading →
I don’t often recommend watching Nightline, but this should be–interesting. Prediction: if in fact this is what it purports to be, it will be countered with the following arguments from the left: (1) who are you going to believe, me … Continue reading →
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 →