Month: October 2004

I recently talked about how to read the news. Now I’d like to talk about what’s clearly not the news. David E. Sanger is the White House Correspondent for the New York Times. I hadn’t realized that correspondents wrote op-ed pieces, nor had I realized that op-ed pieces were now called ‘news analyses.’ That’s exactly…

I’m taking advantage of the holiday to take a road trip, so there won’t be anything until possibly later. For now, here’s some Autumn color, a photo I took yesterday of a tree growth: These things are usually symbiotic.

Last night, in an undisclosed but secure location, all three of this blog’s writers assembled and held the first Classical Values summit. (Which is another way of saying that Dennis, Justin and I got together to drink beer and watch DVDs.) After the first DVD, I realized that we wouldn’t make it through another entire…

The votes are being counted now in Afghanistan, and some, smelling defeat, have taken a page out of the Al Gore book: What was supposed to be a historic day in the war-ravaged nation turned sour Saturday when all 15 challengers to interim President Hamid Karzai withdrew in the middle of voting, accusing the government…

The grisly video of the beheading of Ken Bigley can be downloaded here and here. It’s a disgusting thing to wake up on a Sunday morning and watch this, and I’d much rather see reports that the beheaders are finally captured or killed. What bothers me even more is that there are a number of…

My working class father?who enlisted to fight in Vietnam and never nominated himself for anything?was just in Las Vegas spending the money he’s not supposed to have in this supposedly horrendous economy. He was at a table wearing his ‘Veterans For Bush’ shirt when he was confronted by an angry leftist charging ‘THAT SHIRT IS…

I am seeing more and more of a “sign wars” phenomenon, in which competing neighbors put up signs in response to other neighbors. You can tell what’s going on when you see a bunch of Bush/Cheney signs in a row, then a house will spring up with a lot of Kerry/Edwards signs on it as…

The Oil for Food scandal and all its implications should be the headline coming out of the Duelfer report. Instead it’s that Iraq didn’t have WMDs at the time of invasion. So here’s a roundup of things worth reading on the subject: David Brooks @ the NYTimes: The Report That Nails Saddam. Jim Bencivenga @…

Nick Packwood at “Ghost of a Flea” reminds us why we fight. Thank you, Nick!

Here’s Margaret Cho of all people, defending Michelle Malkin: Malkin tries to speak louder in to the microphone to drown out the chants of the protesters. The American flag taped up behind her falls down. This gets a smattering of ironic applause among the confused and scared looking audience. I don’t blame them for being…

At least partially because of the election madness, Classical Values has been neglecting the classical theme a bit too much. Why more readers haven’t complained, I do not know. But Justin Case reminds me that Michael McNeil at Impearls certainly has not been neglecting the ancients. Mr. McNeil (a true scholar whether writing about classical…

I guess it’s time for the big debate round-up … But you won’t find it here (try Instapundit, where Glenn Reynolds blogged along through the night). Quickly, Bush’s brightest moment was something like a sparkler on the Fourth of July. He mentioned the Oil for Food scandal very briefly–in connection with Saddam Hussein’s efforts to…

Via Kevin at Wizbang, I now see that British hostage Ken Bigley has been beheaded. The barbarians who did this are an affront to civilization. They are terrorists. Fascists. But not according to Reuters! The word “terrorist” is politically incorrect, and Reuters has vowed to take action if it is used in connection with their…

If you thought the expression “girlie men” was bad, check this out: In a fit of rage, Fumo (D., Phila.) had lashed out at the top Republicans in the Senate, referring to them as “faggots” several times. “It was a very unfortunate word choice,” Fumo said in a prepared statement yesterday. “I am especially sorry…

Does anyone remember the term “South Park Republicans?” I can still dimly recall it, and it had something to do with unconventional, outside-the-box, free thinking: South Park Republicans are true Republicans, though they do not look or act like Pat Robertson. They believe in liberty, not conformity. They can enjoy watching The Sopranos even if…

I remember many things in my life. In fact, just the other night I remember watching the Cheney Edwards debate, and I being impressed by the fact that Cheney (a guy demonized as a “junkyard dog”) kept his cool, and for the most part seemed to have a better command of the facts. My memory…

I have to leave — in a hurry right now — for most of the day, and I’ll probably return late, but there are a couple of items I can’t ignore, even though they merit more than this quick post. Remember Kerry’s Global Test? According to Bill Whittle, he’s already failed it, because France and…

I see that Michael Moore is offering free underwear and such things as “a clean dorm room, a year’s supply of Tostitos and a package of Ramen noodles” in exchange for a pledge to vote for John Kerry. (Interestingly, pajamas were not part of Michael Moore’s offering.) Because illegal contracts are unenforceable, there’s nothing to…

You heard it … John Edwards said that Kerry is the one candidate who puts people behind crime. MORE: Did you catch Edwards pretending to be confused when Gwen Ifill mistakenly gave him 30 seconds to respond though he’d already had his time? He tried to get away with it for a bit, then flashed…

A convoy (for want of a better term) of ten military helicopters just passed low overhead. It’s times like these when I begin to think seriously again about terror threats and realize if only minutely what our friends elsewhere in the globe are experiencing everyday. I hope all I ever experience is a transport or…