The far left fever swamp that is the DailyKos is featuring an interesting post by someone who identifies himself as Kestrel9000 and posits a conspiracy theory: Army ranger and former NFL star Pat Tillman was assassinated because he planned to meet with anti-war activist/author Noam Chomsky. Seriously. We have confirmed that Tillman had arranged to […]
The New Republic is now investigating the veracity of the claims made by the pseudonymous "Scott Thomas" that I outlined last week. This is probably something they should've done before they printed it, but The New Republic has a history there. I encourage you to visit The Weekly Standard's blog and just start scrolling for […]
On yesterday's "Fox News Sunday," National Public Radio's Juan Williams -- a left-winger -- proclaimed that the ultraliberal web site "Daily Kos" was mainstream. Daily Kos' view on the war in Iraq is where a majority of the American public is. And then they did this: At least we can quit with that fiction that […]
The New Republic, the liberal magazine that was made infamous because it printed dozens of articles made from whole cloth by Stephen Glass, may have been suckered again by a pseudonymous "reporter" by the name of "Scott Thomas." In an article entitled "Shock Troops" in the latest issue of the magazine, "Thomas" -- purportedly a […]
The past two days have returned a couple of conflicting takes on what happened Nov. 19, 2005, in the Iraqi village of Haditha. Lt. Col. Paul Ware, in a report released Tuesday, urged that charges of murder against Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt be dropped. In a written report, Lt. Col. Paul Ware said the evidence […]
A new report reveals that the Iranians tried to capture some Aussie sailors back in 2004 -- and the Aussies were having none of it. The BBC reported earlier today that Iranian naval forces tried to capture the boarding team, but were repelled in the face of machine guns and "highly colourful language". Quoting a […]
Journalists get math wrong -- a lot. I used to joke a lot that I was probably the only journalist in the world who had taken multi-variable calculus. Then I found out that OpinionJournal.com's James Taranto had too. (For the record: It's been nearly 16 years since I took the course. I passed, with a […]
Maj. Douglas Zembiec, the subject of this moving and inspiring Los Angeles Times Magazine feature in 2004 was killed last week in Iraq. He is survived by his wife, Pam, and 1-year-old daughter, Fallyn. Pray for Maj. Zembiec's family and honor his memory by reading the profile. "From day one, I've told [my troops] that […]
Last week, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid said the war is lost. It's taken me a while to cool down from wanting to kick a certain senior senator from the state of Nevada where the sun don't shine. While Reid's white-flag-of-surrender moment wasn't altogether unsurprising, what that statement prompted him to do a few days […]
Great Britain is no longer a great power -- and it's not because of a lack of military might. A recent poll commissioned by the Daily Telegraph (U.K.) reveals that British public opinion is pretty cool with the capture of their sailors and Royal Marines by the Iranians. 7% favour preparing for miltiary action at […]