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), […]
There was this trucker who stopped at a diner somewhere in the Midwest. As he walked in the diner, some of the other truckers and a few locals sniffed the air and looked at him oddly. After he sat down and ordered, a couple of men came up to him and asked: "Are you a […]
Max Boot has an excellent column in today's Los Angeles Times pointing out that the "infamous 16" is all about politics. It has nothing to do with concerns about the quality of our intelligence, the president's honesty or...Watergate. The decision to go to war was not based on 16 words in the State of the […]
The New York Times' twin dimwits, Nicholas Kristof and Paul Krugman are back, and they're nuttier than ever. Let's start first with Krugman, whom I mistakenly suggested last week may have been designated an unlawful combatant and shipped off to Gitmo -- I was apparently incorrect. Krugman's vacation hasn't mellowed him, but after comparing his […]