Well, this should be interesting: Alito, 55, is considered a conservative in the mold of Justice Antonin Scalia. Alito is sometimes given the nickname “Scalito” — a comparison to Scalia, who shares his Italian heritage as well as his reputation … Continue reading →
Dymphna and the Baron, the Anchoress, and Dr. Sanity are among the many bloggers who have discussed Iran’s “World Without Zionism” conference, which featured the following poster: Lovely, isn’t it? I mean that sincerely. One of the more pernicious aspects … Continue reading →
An especially pernicious example of quote-cropping at the NY Times has been noted in the blogosphere, most prominently by Michelle Malkin, here. One can’t help but conclude that the Times‘s omission of the most telling parts of Corporal Starr’s e-mail … Continue reading →
I just may weep; Uma Thurman is the “older woman.” And what does that make Meryl Streep? The old woman?
Continue reading →Back during Vietnam, one of the features of that war was the body count. The US military issued a running estimate of the number of enemy combat deaths, which was considered by some to be bloodthirsty, exaggerated, and a misplaced … Continue reading →
I have to say that this news comes a relief. I was looking forward to the hearings out of curiosity. Honestly, I wanted to see Ms. Miers wow everyone with her vast knowledge of constitutional law and her keen and … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote about the UN being implicated by its own computer. Now it seems that the reprehensible George Galloway may have slipped up in his Senate testimony last May. Pity. And in the future I, for one, will pay … Continue reading →
You gotta love it: a computer error reveals another shabby UN action, this time a coverup of the explosive allegations of a connection between Syrian President Assad’s family and associates, and Hariri’s assassination in Lebanon: The United Nations withheld some … Continue reading →
Somehow I missed the following tidbit from a couple of days ago, so perhaps you did, too. New Hampshire’s Republican Senator Judd Gregg, known as a staunch fiscal conservative and chair of the Senate Budget Committee, has won a not … Continue reading →
I just published a huge post, but it’s not showing up on my computer, although it’s recorded as having been published. So this is a test, to see whether there’s a problem. [ADDENDUM: It worked! Suddenly they both appeared. A … Continue reading →
Because of the Miers case (no, this isn’t about Miers, promise!), the word “cronyism” has been bandied about quite a lot lately. Via Roger Simon, I found this interesting article by Adam Bellow in the National Review on the subject … Continue reading →
People sometimes write to me seeking advice on starting up a new blog. Well, they could do worse than to heed the sage advice of Iowahawk (via LGF). (If I heeded it myself, I’d probably get a lot more traffic.)
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