I haven't written anything on the war going on between Israel and the terrorist group Hezbollah for the past week or so because there's not much that can be said that hasn't been said by someone at some point. On Monday, former CIA director James Woolsey appeared on the Fox News Channel and advocated the […]
The Supreme Court's decision in the Hamdan case (which gave terrorists who don't follow the rules of war the protection of those who do follow the rules of war) should've signalled to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere that unless you've captured a very important terrorist leader, that summary executions -- allowed by the […]
One of the editors at the Union-Tribune once mentioned that his daughter worked as an "activist." He paid to send her to UC Berkeley, so it shouldn't come as a big surprise. I would've made some crack about him spending all that money to give the kid a college education only to have it wasted […]
If you haven't gotten a chance to read Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinnerjacket's letter to President Bush, take a gander. [PDF document] When it's not unintentionally funny, it's downright scary. One of my favorite parts was Ahmadinnerjacket's concern for the poor souls in Guantanamo Bay. There are prisoners in Guantanamo Bay that have not been tried, […]
I had read this piece by Christopher Hitchens the other day but failed to link to it due to illness and overwork. (I've come down with a nasty cold and worked a minimum of 10.5 hours each of the last three days. At this point I was kinda hoping that I had contracted the Black […]
The Unctuous Juan Cole has apparently demanded a correction from The Wall Street Journal's John Fund over a quote in a column published last week. Frankly, I'm not so sure that the "clarification" is one to improve the perception of Cole among non-BDS/non-anti-Semite readers. Clarification Prof. Juan Cole says that the statement in last week's […]
If this report is accurate, it's funny/sad. If it's inaccurate it's just funny. When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got an anonymous text message suggesting he didn't wash enough, he did not take it lying down. He fired the president of the phone company, had four people arrested, took other legal action and accused those involve […]
Here are a few things I encourage you to check out as you do your Web-surfing today: John Hinderaker over at Powerline notes there are dueling versions of the testimony given by FISA Court judges with regard to the NSA surveillance program. I'll be curious to find out which one is accurate, because the stories […]
Afghani Christian Abdul Rahman has had the case against him dropped due to "lack of evidence" -- which I suppose is better than decreeing him insane. However, it doesn't hold a lot of promise for religious freedom in that country. In fact, if all you read is the headline, you'll probably miss the fact that […]
I often read the letters to the New York Times editorial page not necessarily for what they say, but too see how disparate the ideological balance is on the page. I'd love to know if the Times overwhelmingly receives letters from the left/liberal end of the spectrum or if the mix is a little more […]