The current crisis in North Korea shines a harsh light on all the usual solutions and finds them wanting. Sanctions? As the world-weary and resigned Allahpundit writes: Symbolic sanctions are a perfect non-solution to an unsolvable problem. Yes, the UN … Continue reading →
Dean Esmay has publicly called me out. And when Dean calls me out, that means I need to step up to the plate. And take a swing. And stop making stupid puns, and instead predict who’s going to win the … Continue reading →
North Korea is somewhat of an informational black hole. But apparently even black holes may give off a few emissions now and then. Yesterday was one of those times for North Korea, which claims to have successfully accomplished an underground … Continue reading →
Another week, another podcast. This time the Sanity Squad takes on Congress, in particular the Foley scandal, and the Squad doth not its punches pull. (And if I sound a bit disconnected on this podcast, let me just drop the … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer’s column “Turning up Jewish” is both funny and serious. Funny because his thesis–that, scratch a politician these days, and you get a Jewish ancestor–though hyperbolic, is based on the odd but true fact that it’s now a campaign … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting discussion of the reaction to the partially leaked report of the NIA, widely quoted in the media as saying the Iraqi War has fueled the creation of more terrorists. It seemsto me to be a tautology that, … Continue reading →
I’m going to be posting lightly today, for two reasons. The first is some connectivity problems (I’m still in DC at a friend’s place, and the signal goes in and out with total unpredictability). The second is that it’s a … Continue reading →
Forgive me for being so slow on the draw to post a link to the latest Sanity Squad podcast, but yesterday I spent the day flying to Washington, DC and then doing the Pajamas Media thing. The Squad talks about … Continue reading →
Take a look at a new blog (new to me, at least)–and an interesting one–by someone who claims to be a former US military intelligence officer. I like the title: In From the Cold, paraprasing the John Le Carre novel … Continue reading →
It costs a bit, but it might be just the thing to spruce up the old blog. Then again, maybe not.
Continue reading →As luck would have it, Presidents Bush and Musharraf conferred today, right after the news story broke that Musharraf alleged that right before the Afghan invasion the US had threatened to “bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age” if he … Continue reading →
As you know, this blog is all about change. So, if you glance to the upper right of this page, you’ll see that there’s a new neo-neocon. Or, you might say, a neo-neo-neocon (neo cubed?)
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