This from Mister Ophelia Cummings, who not only undoubtedly shares a bit of life experience with “A Boy Named Sue,” but has a parsimonious yet expressive way with words: down-down your weight. That’s the entire message, except for the link … Continue reading →
I think I know my way around the blogosphere, but I keep making new discoveries–new, that is, to me. The latest is Oliver Kamm, a self-described leftist who blogs here. Kamm–whom I found via Austin Bay’s link to this Guardian … Continue reading →
A couple of days ago I glanced at my sitemeter and noticed a dribble of hits coming from Instapundit. If this was an Instanlanche, it was the smallest one on the face of the earth, which seemed impossible–any mention by … Continue reading →
Appearing in the upcoming May/June 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs will be this article, entitled “Saddam’s Delusions: The View from the Inside.” It presents excerpts from the recently declassified book-length report of the USJFCOM Iraqi Perspectives Project. Author Kevin Woods … Continue reading →
No, I’m not Caesar. But I should have listened anyway. This was going to be a 2-post day. Actually, it is a 2-post day, since I’m writing this one. But it was going to be a different 2-post day. I … Continue reading →
Many–if not most–of you have probably heard of Dr. Wafa Sultan by now. She’s the talk of the blogosphere (try doing a Techorati search and see how many links turn up), a woman of immense courage who’s risked speaking out … Continue reading →
Whatever could be good about spam? No, not that kind, this kind. The kind I remember not all that fondly from my youth, when every home (including mine) sported a few cans in the cupboard. In my house, they were … Continue reading →
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 →