In our continuing dialogue and speculation about attitudes of liberals towards the military, Austin Bay asks me to comment on the following story (scroll down to the bottom of his post to find it): [Neo-neocon’s] comments about courage remind me … Continue reading →
I’m not surprised that USA Today seems to be leading the pack in curbing its use of anonymous sources (see this earlier post of mine for a discussion of the history of the anonymous source). After all, its founder, Allen … Continue reading →
Austin Bay delivered this Memorial Day speech in Texas a few days ago, at the request of a group called “Tejanos in Action.” Reading the speech, and speculating on what many of my liberal or leftist friends would think of … Continue reading →
I was driving down the highway yesterday, and I noticed that the car ahead of me had a small American flag decal on its trunk. It got me to thinking about how I’ve never displayed a flag on my car … Continue reading →
Norm Geras loves those polls! This one’s a request from Norm to list your ten favorite movie stars. It’s a bit embarrassing to admit that I’m not much of a moviegoer. Over the years I’ve gone to the movies less … Continue reading →
The following is a portion of a comment I wrote during this discussion over at Roger Simon’s. Roger had posed the question “what is ‘fair and balanced’?” The context of the query was that he and others are engaged in … Continue reading →
I’ve gotten to the point that going to the doctor, any doctor, is something I hate to do. I never liked it, but now I simply detest it. After all, the best that can happen is that things have stayed … Continue reading →
Remember that earthquake and tsunami back in December of 2004 (or have you already forgotten)? Willisms presents some utterly astounding facts about the uniqueness of the quake that spawned the tsunami.
Continue reading →In the May 30th issue of the New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg’s “Comment” piece on the Newsweek incident contains the following phrase that caught my eye: We have to be respectful of Muslim sensibilities and Muslim beliefs… Which brings me to … Continue reading →
One story, four headlines. The story: in 2002-2003 some Guantanamo detainees told FBI investigators that guards had flushed a Koran down the toilet, and desecrated the Koran in other ways. Now, the headlines: Yahoo news: FBI memo reports Guantanamo guards … Continue reading →
Well, it turns out you can blame it on Watergate. The recent prominence of anonymous sources in the Newsweek Koran-flushing story tweaked my curiosity about the history of the practice. To the best of my recollection, the newspapers of my … Continue reading →
The pachyderm visitation turned out to be good for business, after all.
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