If you haven't seen it, it's worth a read. Michigan Democrat Rep. John Dingell posted a letter on his House Web site to UC Regent Ward Connerly attacking him for pushing for the abolition of racial preferences in Michigan. The letter itself is surprisingly juvenile and inane. Connerly's response, however, is priceless.
CNN highlights this AP story about Americans who are leaving for Canada because America "is growing too conservative and believe Canada offers a more inclusive, less selfish society." This is news because the AP found less than a dozen people who want to leave and there are millions who'd like to come. Anyway, it sounds […]
The New York Times had a front page story earlier this week on a change at the White House. No longer can you simply send a message to: [email protected] -- now you've got to go through as many as 9 different screens to send your message through. Pain in the butt? Yeah. Evidence that the […]
My sister and brother-in-law gave me one of those plastic gift cards to Borders for my birthday. I used the funds to purchase "Weird Al" Yankovic's latest album "Poodle Hat." The album has some great parodies, including new versions of Eminem and Avril Lavigne songs. But, the album also contains an original (not a parody) […]
The inestimable Victor Davis Hanson, over at National Review Online, lays out the case that Bush's foreign policy is not a radical new imperialism, but a return to equilibrium resulting from more than two decades of disuse. Rather than enacting a sudden and dangerous departure from American moderation, instead we are in effect correcting the […]
Just got finished watching the Major League Lacrosse All-Star game. It was pretty one-sided, but I was impressed by the players' skills. The most impressive was David Evans who one the speed shot competion held at halftime with a mark of 109 mph. Ow! A lacrosse ball isn't like a tennis ball -- getting hit […]
Okay, so I finally get a mention in The Washington Post's media column written by Howard Kurtz (scroll down about 4/5 of the way) with regard to my New York Times is one-sided comment. But while Kurtz quotes Tapped's entire post, he makes no mention of my rebuttal. Kurtz also lets stand Tapped's claim that […]
You can find the text of his remarks here. A few choice quotes: There never has been a time when the power of America was so necessary or so misunderstood, or when, except in the most general sense, a study of history provides so little instruction for our present day. ... The spread of freedom […]
I didn't watch the entire program, but ESPN showed "Pete Rose on Trial," a mock court to determine whether or not baseball's all-time hit leader, who gambled on baseball, should be eligible to be inducted into the Hall. The final jury vote was 8-4 for making him eligible. (Of course, if he's eligible, he's in. […]
As was noted by James Taranto on yesterday's "Best of the Web," Willam Sjostrom has some information about Kristof's Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. VIPS does not seem to have a website, but its email is [email protected], and their open letter appears to have been published at CounterPunch (run by Alexander Cockburn, the Nation columnist), […]