Matt at What is the War has a nice essay on the differences between the Clinton and Bush doctrines. For my part, I very much wonder how the conservatives (Instapundit, Tacitus.org, and so forth) have managed to seize the Darfur issue. Put another way, how is it that the same people who regularly denounced the foreign […]
Month: August 2004
Rob pointed out some time ago in this forum that when it comes to state-building, we should probably not expect the job to be done competently by those who have no faith whatsoever in the positive pow
There are a lot of bad things about Kausfiles, and sometimes I find it difficult to sort them all out. There’s the irrational Kerry hatred (I’d vote for the Philadelphia phonebook before I
Why does conservative humor suck? I’m prepared to be convinced that I’m wrong, because my case studies are Dennis Miller, Colin Quinn, and Mallard Fillmore, but it seems that conservative-inspired comedy has terrible difficulty in raising even the merest chuckle. The left, and even the moderate left, is ripe for mockery; witness Stephen Colbert hilarious […]
Professer Reynolds, in the midst of one of several apologias for a Michelle Malkin doorstop defending explicitly, undeniably racist internment policies, claims that some photoshop satires of the book
I’m glad that Media Matters has posted the best clip from O’Reilly and Krugman’s joint appearance on the CNBC Russert Show. Being extremely ill, I actually watched the whole thing,
One of the unfortunate misunderstandings about environmental politics is that it’s an issue of interest for the wealthy and the white–those for whom nature is a playgound they want the rest of us to pay to protect for them. There’s more than a kernel of truth to this in the history of American environmentalism over […]
One reason I’ve not been posting lately is that I’ve spent entirely too much time drinking and recovering from drinking over the last few days. At any rate, through the smoky haze last nig
Interesting post from John Quiggan, pointing out that, if successful against Sadr, we’ll be wiping out in a week or so as many people as Hussein killed in a typical year. I’m of two minds
Here, then click on “Safety Secured.” And let’s remember, the $24 billion to create two new divisions wouldn’t really be necessary without the invasion of Iraq, and neither would the $15.5 billion to double existing special forces. And, of course, none of this takes into account the human cost, including 930 dead so far, or […]
Congratulations to the Smartest Pitcher Who Ever Lived.
The Decembrist has some thoughts about John Kerry, inspired by a Tom Oliphant article: As for the potential for greatness in Kerry, I can imagine it. The fact that he seems to understand how he has