The Onion: Nigeria Chosen To Host 2008 Genocides. Finally, the U.N. is embracing the only thing it seems to be good at – coddling corrupt and kleptocratic regimes and taking swipes at the U.S. and Israel. Let it never be…
In the wake of the [un]armored HMMWV flap, recriminations and blame have been flying about at a rapid pace, with many who opposed even funding the troops in the first place and have whined incessantly about each follow-on request for…
I know I’m a bit late in posting this, but I finally got around to watching Evan Coyne Maloney’s documentary Brainwashing 101. I can’t speak highly enough about it. It’s a very sobering look at some of the evils of…
Now that Encyclopedia is on the Case of the Misbegotten Memos. Brilliant.
It’s 50 degrees out and raining today, so you’ll have to forgive me for forgetting (at least until I was reminded by NPR this morning) that today marks the 63rd anniversary of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s surprise assault on Pearl…
Maureen Dowd, with nary a bit of irony, spake thusly this past week: There are moments – when my brothers are sharing some snarky thing Rush Limbaugh said about me, or the latest bon mot from Pat Buchanan, with whom…
It’s your economic suicide. Note to US/Aussie gov’ts: good on ya. Keep telling the rest of the world where they can stick it.
Scrappleface: Chirac Calls Peterson ‘Man of Courage and Conviction’. A simultaneous indictment of the French, Arafat and a convicted murderer of women and children (but then, I repeat myself). Ouch.
I usually go out of my way to avoid reveling/relishing anyone’s suffering, particularly when it comes to death, although I made an exception for Uday and Qusay. I’m afraid that I have to invoke that exception again in the case…
When Law and Order: Criminal Intent debuted, I watched each episode with a good deal of fervor. I enjoyed the different take on the L&O universe and the performances put in by the cast, in particular Vincent D’Onofrio. However, as…
