I was surprised at the amount of misunderstanding that seems to have been sparked by my article yesterday speculating on the possibility that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a psychopath. I thought certain things about psychopathy were evident from the article, but … Continue reading →
[UPDATE: I seem to have figured out a way to comment at PJ. Although it won’t let me do so as “neoneocon,” it seems that I can under “neoneo.”] I’ve got a new article up at PJ today. The takeoff … Continue reading →
…condemned as a “brutal act of terrorism” the killing of five Ukrainians, three Chinese, and one Russian who were tourists in the mountains of northern Pakistan, as well as a Pakistani guide. But in reporting the story the AP just … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a re-post of an piece I wrote in 2008. I found it yesterday while doing a search for some information I wanted for a comment, and I thought that, in light of recent news in Syria and … Continue reading →
So far what I’ve heard at the NSA hearing today is pretty straightforward and pretty interesting. The testimony makes the programs sound reasonable. Nor is this information new, although some of the detail is. But we’ve known the general outlines … Continue reading →
Mark Steyn; read it. Along the way he points out that he wrote back in November of 2001: The bigger you make the government, the more you entrust to it, the more powers you give it to nose around the … Continue reading →
Richard Fernandez always has something interesting to say, and this post of his is no exception: For much of history our ability to harm ourselves was fortunately limited by the crude nature of our means. But by the dawn of … Continue reading →
…does not think Snowden’s any kind of hero, and believes the brouhaha over the NSA program is overblown. I don’t find his arguments all that compelling, although I’m not part of the unequivocal “Snowden’s a hero” bandwagon, either. I see … Continue reading →
Kimberly Strassel on the IRS timeline. She’s been doing great work lately. And here’s another good one by Mark Steyn on how political correctness hampers the fight against terrorists.
Continue reading →I’m continually impressed by how often the Obama White House has done not only what he spoke against while Bush was president, but what the left fantasized/feared the Bush White House was doing. The latest example is obtaining the Verizon … Continue reading →
…it has set on Britain as well: If you’re thinking of getting steamed over [the Woolrich machete murder], don’t. Simon Jenkins, the former editor of the Times of London, cautioned against “mass hysteria” over “mundane acts of violence.” That’s easy … Continue reading →
It’s hard to find words to describe yesterday’s murder of a soldier by machete-wielding Islamic terrorists in Woolwich (a part of greater London) who hacked him to death, so I’ll just let this article do the talking: Witnesses told how … Continue reading →