Month: September 2004

Andrew Sullivan discusses the question of whether or not these documents (allegedly typed in the early 1970s by one of Bush’s officers in the National Guard) are forgeries. Like Andrew Sullivan, I am not an expert on fonts, but I was 19 years old in 1973, and I can state that I never saw any…

Not long ago, veteran newsman and professor of journalism Edward Wasserman spoke of how difficult it was to get the story straight when journalists were censored by Saddam Hussein: For the news audience, a moreenduring question concerns the unacknowledged compromises that journalists make, routinely and invisibly — with sources, publicists, apparatchiks, whose connivance is indispensable…

Will this country finally have a Department of Wellness? (Via InstaPundit.) When I read that Kerry was proposing such a government bureaucracy, I thought there must be some kind of joke. Come on, guys! I wasn’t born yesterday…. So I went to the story itself, and now I’m a believer: The other head-scratcher uttered by…

My blogfather has an excellent post about the expiration of the ridiculous “Assault Weapons” ban. Jeff quotes from a couple of typical hysteria pieces which scare people into thinking that the ban had something to do with fully automatic weapons, and predicts: I expect the morning and nightly news programs will be pounding the drums…

I too am guilty of what I condemn, and I have resorted to personal attacks. What I’d like to see is a consensus emerge that such attacks be acknowledged to be a sign of failure rather than of victory as they so often are. I’d like to see them be the exception rather than the…

(Well it is, and I don’t mean just outside.) Civility is not definitely not raining reigning in the blogosphere. Check out the comments to the food fight started by Jeff Goldstein (in response to what can only be called sexed up allegations of acrimony between Glenn Reynolds and Jeff Jarvis.) I have to agree with…

Pete Holiday has done a great job with the 103rd Carnival of the Vanities. My entry — Life in the Subjunctive Lane — was a tad late and he still managed to sneak it in, so I am grateful. Here are some highlights: La Shawn Barber is angry that the world slumbered while Islamofascist vermin…

from the AP. John Kerry is STILL. FIGHTING. BACK. Elevating the polemic and throwing off the gloves, he revealed his latest slogan late last night: “Your Momma!” George Wrong Bush avoided serving … us with a comment. After leading the crowd in a chant of “W means wrong!,” Kerry finally shouted, “Georgie porgie poo poo…

Glenn Reynolds links to a very thoughtful post by Navy SEAL Matthew Heidt, which raises a compellingly important issue: Do we want to completely evolve our nations law enforcement tactical teams into de facto military units? I don’t see what else we can do. For one, these agencies need to be trained with and released…

When I first saw this report in the Washington Times, I was a bit taken aback: The United States and Russia clashed yesterday over a way to end the conflict in the breakaway republic of Chechnya, with Washington calling for a political solution and Moscow vowing to crush the separatist movement. Days after a school…

Years ago I read about an experiment in infant psychology. Take a curved line and three small geometric shapes. Arrange them randomly in many different patterns, and show them to a baby. Then slip a joker in the deck. Using the same four elements, arrange a stereotypical smiley face. The random patterns don’t get no…

Atrios is willing to allow certain Republicans to redeem themselves — provided they oppose the Bush administration and provided their repentance is deemed sincere. However, no liberal tent is large enough for Andrew Sullivan! He will never be welcome. Look, there are moderates and open minded Republicans whose opinions we can respect and whose opposition…

Much to my annoyance, I just read about an upcoming religious convention in celebration of the September 11, 2001 attacks! The convention is titled The Choice is in Your Hands: Either You’re with the Muslims or with the Infidels, and is being headed by Bakri Mohammad — the same guy who (as noted previously) supports…

Everyone, be sure to check out Alphecca’s (my blogfather’s) Weekly Check on the Bias. Take a good look at that picture of Kerry holding the shotgun (purportedly to show he’s on the side of the Second Amendment). It has just been reported over at Drudge that Kerry sponsored legislation which would have banned the automatic…

(Or how about a convention booth?) Was the United States Secret Service protecting Michael Moore last week, or were they just engaged in crowd control? The left seems to think they were playing politics, but I’m not sure precisely how…. Anyway, here’s the transcript of the bizarre incident that’s making the rounds: NPR Reporter Andrea…

Some days ago, I wrote a rather dyspeptic post detailing my first encounter with the ideas of Leon Kass, and my continuing disgust with same. This led to a civil and pleasant exchange of views with blogger D.F. Moore, a Kass fan. Re-runs are available in chronological order here, here, here, and here. My main…

Earlier this afternoon, I saw an exasperated man riding his bike in dangerous traffic. His face wore an angry look of the type I associate with Critical Mass activists. Then I noticed that he had reason to be angry: He was towing a bicycle trailer like this, in which rode a small infant (less than…

Senior Kerry advisor Tad Devine, seen in this file photo, assures us that this drop in the polls has been in their plans all along. On one of the network shows recently Devine spun the downward spiral as some kind of wily strategy (perhaps akin to Kerry’s secret plan?). The NYT has him saying much…

Via Michael Demmons, here’s a report of a double standard in action: Judicial Watch is a non-partisan group that was formed to expose the corruption of government officials. It’s interesting to note that: They sued Vice President Cheney to get the records of his Energy Task Force – something the Left had howeled about for…

This undocumented piece of psychotic drivel was forwarded to me with the subject line, ‘Breaking News..Has America really faced the fact that we have an alcoholic as our president?’ The scribbler behind this bitter rant, Susan Estrich, considers herself an intellectual and a feminist, yet writes books with titles like Making the Case for Yourself:…