Sen. Barbara Boxer (Idiot-Calif.) got into a verbal tit-for-tat with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice yesterday morning. I didn't get the honor of seeing the exchange live, because I don't generally get up before the crack of noon. But seeing the replayed sound bites on TV has me convinced that Boxer is a U.S. senator […]
Steven Vincent, the author of the must-read book on Iraq "In the Red Zone," notices an interesting dichotomy in the media describes people. Once again, the same media phenomenon: take a "nationalist" gunman, put a mask on him and set him in some Spanish speaking country and he becomes a "paramilitary"--or, as Newsweek has it, […]
It's not often that I go out on a limb and give well-intentioned advice to America's minority party. I'm going to do it this time because if what Matt Drudge is reporting is true, then the Dems are not only going to shoot themselves in the proverbial foot with the American people, but also hurt […]
It's always helpful when someone who once had a modicum of respect and prestige does something so outrageous that it allows you to more definitively identify their particular type of ... moonbat. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark -- the man who was once America's top law enforcement officer -- has joined Saddam Hussein's legal […]
USA Today founder Al Neuharth wrote in his Christmas column that the Iraq War is wrong -- unlike World War II. Neuharth is a WWII veteran, but at his advanced age, but it is apparent his memory is going. Despite unhappy holidays, nearly all of us who served in WWII were proud, determined and properly […]
Today is the day that we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. Here are a couple of things that are worth reading before you gorge yourself on eggnog. First, there's this letter from a soldier in Iraq who met Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on his Christmas Eve trip. […]
In a tragic setback, it appears that former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark will not be part of Saddam Hussein's defense team. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said Dec. 19 that he would represent Saddam, but added it was unlikely an international court would let a foreigner who didn’t speak Arabic and wasn’t trained […]
Many of you know that the terrorists in Iraq got off a lucky shot yesterday, killing 22 people in a mess hall. What you won't find in any newspaper is this moving account from an Army chaplain who was there. "Mark" was put on a stretcher and laid along a wall. A small monitor on […]
Two weeks ago there was a huge media brouhaha over a national guardsman's question to Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld about a lack of armored Humvees and how the soldiers were digging through junkyards to come up with spare bits of metal to reinforce their humvees. The entire issue also became a subject of journalism ethics […]
Steven Vincent, author of "In the Red Zone," has an excellent piece on his blog on the "Politics of Grief." Photography—the visual media in general—is ill-suited for conveying the abstract thoughts and concepts that provide context for images. The once-living soldier’s face, the flag-draped coffin, the brave war widow make us feel profound worlds of […]