Maybe they should have named him Methusaleh instead of Cheetah
That’s one rugged chimp. And artistic, too: (Via Stephen Green, Vodkapundit).
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Move along; no terror connection here
This article by Stephen F. Hayes in the Weekly Standard discusses the links between Saddam Hussein’s regime and worldwide Islamicist terrorism revealed in some of the recently declassified Iraqi documents: The Saddam Fedayeen also took part in the regime’s domestic … Continue reading →
Election in Italy: another close one
I see a trend here, although it’s not one I claim to understand: the Italian election is another cliff-hanger, too close to form a clear majority and give a clear mandate: Final results showed Prodi’s alliance taking control of the … Continue reading →
Wafa Sultan, Jacksonian, vs. the Boston Phoenix: feeding that ravenous crocodile
[CORRECTION: It’s been pointed out by several commenters that the linked article appears to be by one Amit Ghate, not Wafa Sultan, although it appeared on the latter’s blog. The link was originally sent to me and identified as being … Continue reading →
The return of word verification
Sorry to inconvenience everyone, but the spambots came back–rather, that is, one spambot came back. But one was enough for me; like mice or ants or other pests, where there’s one, more ordinarily follow. I’m actually surprised it took this … Continue reading →
Next “change”post
I find it’s about that time again: another “A mind is a difficult thing to change” post is in the works–at least in my head. I’ve found in the past that it’s best if I make a public announcement of … Continue reading →
Spring: moving right along
What a difference a week makes.
Continue reading →Richard Landes reports from France, the paralyzed ostrich
Richard Landes, of the blog Augean Stables and the website Second Draft, has recently returned from a trip to France and filed this eminently readable report on which way the wind is blowing in France today (and you don’t need … Continue reading →
Conflict of laws: the Abdul Rahman case
[NOTE: I wrote the bulk of this post late last night, and am now happy to report that the charges against Rahman have been dropped. I’ve added to the post to reflect that updated information, but the issues involved are … Continue reading →
Miscellaneous Saturday thoughts
Very light blogging today. I’m busy having fun–a novel idea, I know! So, see you tomorrow. But I just wanted to mention a couple of things, and I’ll be uncharacteristically brief. The first is that after yesterday’s discussion of kitcsh, … Continue reading →
Word verification for comments temporarily turned off
I’ve temprorarily turned off the word verification feature for the comments because it’s malfunctioning. It’s not allowing a number of people to post a comment, including myself! The whole word verification thing was only enabled in the first place to … Continue reading →
First day of spring! [belated]
[I tried to post this yesterday, but I couldn’t get Blogger to upload the photo for some unknown reason.] Right outside my house, quite a bit ahead of schedule (you may need to look closely): a crocus starting to bloom.
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