The WaPo takes on the rumor that Palin was insufficiently vetted, and appears to demolish it. My perception is that McCain was impressed from the first by Palin and was especially taken with her maverick, reformer quality, which he sensed … Continue reading →
Found in the comments section of Michele Catalano’s PJ article on the Palin baby brouhaha (links don’t seem to work, but the time stamp is 1:06 PM and it was written by “4Heavenssake”): The first baby was probably a C-section … Continue reading →
I’ve thought about this question myself: does Palin’s VP candidacy change Hillary’s calculus for 2012? I think it does. As Ms. Althouse says, it presents her with a conundrum: whose election would be best for Hillary? The way this campain … Continue reading →
Bill Ayers has been getting a lot of press lately for his connection to Obama and his status as “unrepentant terrorist” from the 60s. But forget about that for a while, and take a good look instead at the “rehabilitated” … Continue reading →
…is that affords an opportunity for the opposition to make ads like this one in the general: Everybody knows that, in a primary, candidates say nasty things about rivals in their own party. What’s to stop the other party’s nominee … Continue reading →
As usual, Michael Totten is well worth reading. Here’s his take on the Georgian situation.
Continue reading →It’s official: neo-neocon is taking a vacation! A short one; I plan to return to blogging either this Sunday or Monday. But I’m going away today, and get this: I will not be taking my computer with me! I intend … Continue reading →
The violence in Georgia has most pundits stating that Russia is using heavy-handed tactics to keep Georgia and any other possible breakaway former territories firmly in its field of orbit and out of NATO (see this and this). In this … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →I’ve been having massive connectivity problems, getting knocked offline regularly. I’m giving up for now and plan to post later today.
Continue reading →Noblesse oblige from the King. Now that it probably no longer matters. Typical.
Continue reading →Aleksander Solzhenitsyn has died. Solzhenitsyn was an unusually strong-minded and uncompromising man who looked like an Old Testament prophet or Captain Ahab, and acted somewhat like both. Rest in peace.
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