The story du jour—and for probably quite a few more jours—is the Wikileaks dump of classified information on the war in Afghanistan. Revealing previously classified information about ongoing wars has become a sort of cottage industry, with the word “classified” … Continue reading →
One thing you can say about the Shirley Sherrold flap is that it sure has gotten Andrew Breitbart some attention. Actually, he’s gotten quite a bit of it ever since Obama took office. Breitbart is one of the few on … Continue reading →
…my position so far is pretty much what Jonah Goldberg said. Disclaimer: I haven’t actually watched the longer video in question, just the edited one. But when I see a host of respected writers on the right claiming that Breitbart … Continue reading →
The big ruckus in the blogosphere today is that Journolist reporters conspired to downplay the Reverend Wright/Obama story during the campaign, and to attack and impugn anyone who didn’t play the same game. It is shocking, but unsurprising to those … Continue reading →
…that the MSM considers itself a wing of the Democratic Party—although Zuckerman hasn’t been all that happy lately with Obama. And speaking of not so happy with Obama…
Continue reading →If you take a look at the last paragraph of the piece in which WaPo ombudsman Andy Alexander tackles the Weigel imbroglio, it’s hard to escape the notion seems that he places most of the blame for the entire episode … Continue reading →
If this is true, then McChrystal should have lost his job for an excess of misplaced and shockingly naive trust, if nothing else: A U.S. military spokesman in Kabul, Air Force Lt. Col. Edward T. Sholtis, acknowledged that Hastings, like … Continue reading →
I haven’t covered this story so far, but for those who have been following it, the news is that Weigel has resigned from his WaPo post. Ace offers a great deal of background. Here’s more. There’s an awful lot of … Continue reading →
…on the subject of the press, he’d have just said “no” when reporter Hastings came to call: I hate newspapermen…I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. Not to mention this: If I had my choice I would … Continue reading →
Well, I’ve read the article that may be the undoing of General McChrystal’s military career, and perhaps even the Afghan war itself [I wrote that sentence before I saw the breaking news that McChrystal is gone and Petraeus has been … Continue reading →
…explains what led up to it, and what it’s like living in a post-“oooh” world.
Continue reading →Mort Zuckerman, former Obama supporter, answers the question and says “fool.” I beg to differ (I believe the answer is that he is both). But it’s still interesting to see Zuckerman come this far in his condemnation. He doesn’t quite … Continue reading →