Miered no more
I have to say that this news comes a relief. I was looking forward to the hearings out of curiosity. Honestly, I wanted to see Ms. Miers wow everyone with her vast knowledge of constitutional law and her keen and … Continue reading →
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It depends what the meaning of “friend” is
Yesterday I wrote about the UN being implicated by its own computer. Now it seems that the reprehensible George Galloway may have slipped up in his Senate testimony last May. Pity. And in the future I, for one, will pay … Continue reading →
The UN: hoist by its own computers
You gotta love it: a computer error reveals another shabby UN action, this time a coverup of the explosive allegations of a connection between Syrian President Assad’s family and associates, and Hariri’s assassination in Lebanon: The United Nations withheld some … Continue reading →
Even Senators get lucky sometimes
Somehow I missed the following tidbit from a couple of days ago, so perhaps you did, too. New Hampshire’s Republican Senator Judd Gregg, known as a staunch fiscal conservative and chair of the Senate Budget Committee, has won a not … Continue reading →
Testing
I just published a huge post, but it’s not showing up on my computer, although it’s recorded as having been published. So this is a test, to see whether there’s a problem. [ADDENDUM: It worked! Suddenly they both appeared. A … Continue reading →
Nepotism is okay as long as you keep it in the family
Because of the Miers case (no, this isn’t about Miers, promise!), the word “cronyism” has been bandied about quite a lot lately. Via Roger Simon, I found this interesting article by Adam Bellow in the National Review on the subject … Continue reading →
New blogger?
People sometimes write to me seeking advice on starting up a new blog. Well, they could do worse than to heed the sage advice of Iowahawk (via LGF). (If I heeded it myself, I’d probably get a lot more traffic.)
Continue reading →I said no more Miers, but I just couldn’t resist this
Here’s a song to brighten your day. Pretty clever, I think. (And here’s the original for comparison). And, since the author has solicited new stanzas, here are my offerings (the last one is based on the final stanza of the … Continue reading →
I bet you’ll never see this in Reuters
Via Dr. Sanity, here’s a photo of some participants in the Iraqi referendum that you’re unlikely to see in that Axis of Negativity (Reuters, the BBC, the AP): The “ayes” seem to have it. [ADDENDUM: It turns out there’s a … Continue reading →
Reuters gets dizzy over the Iraqi vote
Reuters is spinning so much here, I’m surprised it doesn’t get vertigo. This is the entire text of the article, which originally caught my eye because of its positive headline, “Iraq voters seen approving constitution”: BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi voters … Continue reading →
Well, so, why can’t they?
This little teaser at the NY Times tempted me for a moment to become a subscriber to TimesSelect, their pay-for-view columnist service: Why Righties Can’t Teach By JOHN TIERNEY Published: October 15, 2005 Liberals on campus have become so used … Continue reading →
And now for some real news
I am extremely heartened by the recently-announced compromise on Iraq’s constitution. But rather than comment further myself, I’ll leave that honor to one of the many valiant citizens of Iraq, a man who was among the first to give us … Continue reading →