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Today is the 20th anniversary of this blog [BUMPED UP: scroll down for new posts]
That’s mind-boggling to me. I started very tentatively, at my son’s suggestion. When he said I should start a blog I immediately said, “No, no way.” But he went to Blogger.com, showed me a few blog templates and told me … Continue reading →
Some thoughts on the recent turns that the war in the Middle East has taken
With the killing of Nasrallah announced earlier today, and all the events of the last year in that region of the world, here are some musings. Of course, Israelis detested Nasrallah. But I wonder how many Arabs felt the same … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/28/2024
The IDF confirms it: Nasrallah was killed in Friday’s airstrike
Here’s the story: The underground command center was embedded beneath a residential building, the IDF noted in their report on Saturday, where Nasrallah and his top commanders were coordinating terrorist activities against Israel at the time of the attack. During … Continue reading →
Trump and Zelensky, together again
Lots of the back-and-forth can be found here. As far as I can tell, it seemed quite cordial. Remember that they have a history and know each other. Of course, we don’t know what they said behind closed doors. But … Continue reading →
Kamala Harris as courtroom prosecutor
Joel B. Pollack asks a question: “Say, Has Kamala Ever Led a Prosecution?”: Former Trump administration Department of Justice official Jeff Clark said Wednesday that he cannot find evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris ever personally led the prosecution of … Continue reading →
Hezbollah, Lebanon, Iran, and Israel
First, here’s Caroline Glick: Today’s news is that Israel has struck an area said to be Hezbollah’s and leader Nasrallah’s headquarters. The former seems to be true, although the truth of the latter – and any resultant damage to Nasrallah … Continue reading →
I hope everyone in the path of the storm …
… remains okay. Helene seems to be living up to its hype, unfortunately.
Continue reading →Open thread 9/27/2024
Kamala gave an interview to a friendly MSNBC reporter …
… and it was still awful. You can see many articles about it: for example this from Legal Insurrection, this at RedState, and this from Ace. Ace quotes a NY Times: article: Here are three takeaways from Ms. Harris’s interview. … Continue reading →
I got rid of the useless “preview” tab
I kept the plugin for “preview” activated because I kept hoping it would kick in and function properly some day as the version of WordPress got updated. But time after time, updates had no effect. So I’ve de-activated preview – … Continue reading →