Roger Cohen describes the current state of affairs quite accurately, although I’m surprised to see his piece in the NY Times. However, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, because Cohen has been somewhat of a hawk post-9/11, and a columnist … Continue reading →
…the rash of MSM editorials and pundits and even politicians on the liberalish side saying that Obama has no effective foreign policy, and counseling him to man up? Where were they years ago? Praising him to the skies. And it’s … Continue reading →
A new video has been released purporting to show the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff. In the James Foley video ISIS had claimed he would be next. Although its authenticity has yet to be established, I would guess that it … Continue reading →
And we shouldn’t call them that. I had started a draft for a post on this very subject, but Michael Walsh has covered the ground so well that there’s no need for me to do a full court press on … Continue reading →
I noticed that commenter “Severely Ltd.” recommended this article about press coverage of Israel. It’s long, and I’ve only had a chance to skim it. But I thought I’d highlight it here for discussion, because it looks good. I’ve seen … Continue reading →
…why speculate on an audio that hasn’t even been confirmed yet as authentic? Of course, that didn’t stop CNN from airing it. The cable news coverage of Michael Brown’s killing has exceeded in scale even the treatment of the Zimmerman … Continue reading →
Or something like that. Yesterday the WaPo featured a wordy piece devoted to Darren Wilson’s dysfunctional family of origin, and the racial and other problems in the police force he used to work for, difficulties that seem to have had … Continue reading →
ISIS has released a video purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Wright Foley, who had been missing for almost two years. The video, which also threatens to do the same to a man identified as American journalist … Continue reading →
…is condemning the persecu—I mean the prosecution—of Governor Rick Perry. As a commenter at Althouse wrote: If you’ve lost Jonathan Chait… In case you’ve forgotten who Jonathan Chait is, he’s a self-confessed Bush-hater par excellence: I hate President George W. … Continue reading →
Take a look at this excerpt from a piece by Beutler in TNR about the racial situation in Ferguson, Missouri [emphasis mine]: You’ve probably seen the statistics by now. Ferguson is about two-thirds black. It’s police force is nearly 100 … Continue reading →
Remember the 80s game show “Chain Reaction”? I do. I liked it because you had to be a bit clever to play, and it was about words. In case you don’t remember, this might refresh your memory: Maureen Dowd must … Continue reading →
In June The New Republic published an article about famous lefty journalist Chris Hedges’, whose egregious plagiarism had been discovered by Harper’s in 2010 when he submitted an article with obvious unattributed borrowings from other sources: …[T]his discovery shocked the … Continue reading →