Dr. Sanity has posted another of her wonderful takeoffs. Usually she specializes in song lyrics, but today she has outdone herself and channeled an old favorite, T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Enjoy.
Continue reading →Michael Totten, posting from Kurdish Suleimaniya in Iraq, reminds us of a few things some may have forgotten.
Continue reading →I’ve got a busy day today–further posting is planned some time this evening. [ADDENDUM 10:30 PM: Well, everything took much longer than I thought it would–not an unusual situation for me. So, posting will resume tomorrow.]
Continue reading →A companion piece to the previous essay: Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome.” [ADDENDUM: Another companion piece, this one by blogger Ed Driscoll in TCS daily, describes some of the newest technology in recording and communicating, and how they might affect the blogosphere … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m not sure why this post has so much blank space in it. It has something to do with the text I copied to display the results. I can’t seem to fix it, so just scroll down a bit.] … Continue reading →
I don’t have time to write a post about this now, but I plan to later: David Irving has pleaded guilty to Holocaust denial, and has been sentenced to three years in prison, which he will appeal. See this, and … Continue reading →
…this article, entitled: “Hamas leader faults Israel sanction plan.” It’s not that the Times has become a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda. Not exactly. Not precisely. But it certainly comes uncomfortably close. Here are the first three paragraphs of the article … Continue reading →
According to Reuters (and who am I to doubt them?): The United States lags dangerously behind al Qaeda and other enemies in getting out information in the digital media age and must update its old-fashioned methods, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld … Continue reading →
The WMD tapes story that aired last night contained no smoking gun. In fact, as presented on Nightline, it was almost a nonevent. Sandwiched between Dick Cheney’s hunting accident and another feature, the story was given short shrift. So, how … Continue reading →
The Chairman at Maggie’s Farm has a complaint about Bush that I think deserves–practically begs for–a hearing. Check out the photo, too. “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” have got nothing on this one.
Continue reading →I don’t often recommend watching Nightline, but this should be–interesting. Prediction: if in fact this is what it purports to be, it will be countered with the following arguments from the left: (1) who are you going to believe, me … Continue reading →
I’m having some fairly severe technical problems with the blog. The previous post was published even though Blogger said it wasn’t. It has some errors (typos, and a couple of sentences I wanted to change and qualify). I cannot seem … Continue reading →