Click here at 8 PM this evening to listen to the Sanity Squad live. Or click later and listen to the recorded version. But if you listen live, you can call in with a question—and maybe even get an answer. … Continue reading →
I don’t expect to win. But if a just few more people would go over here and vote for me, at least I won’t be slinking away in disgrace. [/shameless self-promotion] [ADDENDUM: It seems to be permissible to vote once … Continue reading →
The topic is American’s attitude towards guns. Listen live at 8 PM, or listen later.
Continue reading →Here’s some reasonable advice for the Democrats on Iraq. It’s from Michael O’Hanlon, one of their number who first had the temerity to write that the surge was showing some positive effects in Iraq. The gist of it? Take credit … Continue reading →
o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley… Any opportunity to quote and link to one of my favorite poems, “Of Mice and Men” by Robert Burns, can’t be all bad (I’m in a hurry and couldn’t find an annotated version … Continue reading →
Join Siggy, Dr. Sanity, Shrink, and me at Blog Talk Radio as the Sanity Squad analyzes Sunday’s election results from Venezuela and Russia.
Continue reading →What a surprise.
Continue reading →Late last night the Sanity Squad interviewed the articulate and controversial Fatima Bhutto, younthful and US-educated niece (and harsh critic) of Benazir Bhutto and many others on the Pakistani political scene. Tune in and give a listen as Dr. Sanity, … Continue reading →
I’m with my family, playing out the Thanksgiving weekend and relaxing—in the countryside this time, not the city. Today we’re finally ratcheting down the eating; all the leftovers are gone, which helps. Winter seems to have made a sudden appearance … Continue reading →
…this: …House Democrats passed an Iraq spending bill that would have required Gen. Petraeus to abort his successful strategy, limit operations to counterterrorism and training, and withdraw all troops by the end of next year. Democratic leaders acted as if … Continue reading →
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. But it also was November 22 and the forty-fourth anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Here’s a piece on the subject, summarizing some of the reasons it’s become clearer and clearer over the years that—despite the … Continue reading →
I wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving. Here’s some corny American pictorial propaganda in honor of the occasion, one of my favorite holidays: This painting was not originally done for the holiday. It was part of Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” … Continue reading →