There’s an interesting wave of fatigue running through the blogosphere. A lot of people are writing about it: The Anchoress is taking time off from politics, although not from blogging; Shrinkwrapped offers keen insight; Austin Bay opines, and Belmont Club … Continue reading →
Recently an elderly aunt (oh, I don’t think she’d like that “elderly” bit at all!) who lives in San Francisco asked me the following question during a phone conversation we were having, “So, do you still think it was good … Continue reading →
I just noticed (via this link to the site by Gerard Van der Leun) that I’ve got a place in the blogger collage Blogs With a Face.” I’m especially honored, since I hardly qualify–I’m more like “blogs with a partly-hidden … Continue reading →
Even back when I was a liberal, I don’t think I ever was out of touch with reality about the nature of our enemies. For example, when the ayatollahs came to power in Iran and launched their PR campaign by … Continue reading →
This morning when I went to Yahoo to check my email, I saw a headline about a blast in Nigeria that had killed two hundred people. The original headline (it’s been slightly changed now) didn’t make the accidental nature of … Continue reading →
How best to understand Ahmadinejad’s letter to Bush? I’ve already noted that the letter seems to have worked nicely as propaganda for many people; the evil Bush seen as rejecting the “process” (as in “peace process” or “process of dialogue … Continue reading →
Alexandra of All Things Beautiful’s take on Ahmadinejad’s 18-page letter to Bush emphasizes the fact that it was a good propaganda move for the Iranian President. She writes: Thug-In-Chief Ahmadinejad scored quite a success with his 18-page letter to President … Continue reading →
More evidence of time’s relentless passage.
Continue reading →It was another lovely Sunday, and I basically took the day off from blogging (except, of course, for this post). For now, I’ve turned off anonymous commenting. That was actually my policy early on; I required registration with Blogger in … Continue reading →
I don’t know about you, but this reminds me of a “Saturday Night Live” bit: The videotape released last week by the terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi showed him firing long bursts from a machine gun, his forearms sprouting from … Continue reading →
The jury deliberated, and the verdict for Moussaoui is life without possibility of parole. I think that’s actually the best possible outcome for this extraordinarily strange case. Moussaoui himself is a pernicious person, his rantings devoid of even a drop … Continue reading →
In a way, my post today on Juan Cole and the Left is really about denial. Well, Dr. Sanity’s the expert on that. And if she ever quits her day job, she has a future as a lyricist. Here’s still … Continue reading →