Watching a tape of Sarkozy walking through a crowd, I noticed that he is not a tall man. This got me thinking as to whether Sarkozy is following a trend I analyzed about two months ago: the rise of the … Continue reading →
I couldn’t be happier about this news. I first wrote about Sarkozy here, during the riots in France. He seemed a fascinating character then, and even more so now, a breath of fresh air in a France that has been … Continue reading →
It’s too busy a day today for me to post much, but I just wanted to comment on the debate last night—the one I didn’t watch. Others did, and from the variety of their responses I’m reminded that beauty—and Presidential … Continue reading →
The Sanity Squad mouths off again. This time it’s about Tenet and the new loose-lipped trend for former intelligence agents, Israel and the investigation into last summer’s war with Lebanon, Bill Maher’s notion of humor, and a miracle pill. Join … Continue reading →
Well, he may be “relentlessly centrist.” But still, David Broder writes for the liberal Washington Post, and he’s out for Harry Reid’s blood (as well as Gonzalez’s). I’m not sure I agree with Broder, though, that “the Democrats deserve better” … Continue reading →
Clean-up time.
Continue reading →This week’s Sanity Squad podcast at PJ deals with the question of how therapists figure out who is likely to be dangerous, and what to do about it. Listen to Dr. Sanity, Shrink, Siggy, and me wrestle with this knotty … Continue reading →
Here’s Naval officer Jason Nichols’s letter to Harry Reid on the subject of Reid’s recent declaration of defeat in Iraq. He makes the excellent point that statements such as Reid’s strike fear into the hearts of any Iraqis who might … Continue reading →
The first round of the elections in France have produced the two candidates for the runoff: Sarkozy and Royal. It turns out after all that most people were not lying to the polls because they were ashamed to say they … Continue reading →
The first round of French elections are coming this Sunday, followed by another (and deciding) one two weeks later. The field is unusual for France. As Jane Kramer points out in the New Yorker, all three leading candidates are relative … Continue reading →
Along with Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom, I’m a guest on this week’s Blog Week in Review. So, if you haven’t had enough of my voice lately on the Sanity Squad, you can listen to more here.
Continue reading →Another scintillating, fascinating, illuminating Sanity Squad podcast is up at Pajamas Media. Listen to Siggy, Dr. Sanity, Shrink, and me discuss the meaning and repercussions of Pelosi’s visit to Syria. Second topic: does it matter what we name the so-called … Continue reading →