Eric Martin in response to this post at TAPPED: First things first: Payne and Farley are right to note that not finding WMD had a tangible upside. Not only did it relieve anxiety over Saddam’s destructive arsenal – and its potential use on our soldiers, or elsewhere – but it also, as Payne argued, offered […]
Month: November 2006
J. goes ballistic on suburban Virginians: “But Allen was apparently successful in convincing voters that their taxes would go up if Webb was elected to the Senate. Almost two-thirds of voters qu
Aside from Christmas, I can’t think of a holiday more needlessly optimistic than World Hello Day, which will be observed in its proper obscurity tomorrow, as it has been every November 21 for th
Confederate Yankee has been eating paste again. Let our soldiers use their massive advantages in firepower, training, and communications to take the fight to the enemy. Quit trying to fight a “nice” war. Such weakness does not result in a victory; to win a war the other side must realize that they cannot hope to […]
Mitt Romney goes to the next step in his program against an out-of-control state judiciary that had the un-American arrogance to scrutinize legislative enactments for their consistency with the state
Roxanne: Dear Judith Regan: I’m leaning towards believing your explanation for why you would publish that murderer’s confession. Please consider putting your money where your mouth is and
Franklin Roosevelt beats Ronald Reagan 430-108. Oddly enough, I suspect Reagan might approve. Via the Ethical Werewolf.
Atlas Shrugs. Fretting over President Bush’s visit to Indonesia, Pam Oshry runs the following preface to a stream of gory photos, which she publishes for no discernible reason other than to whip
Neil links to very detailed public opinion about abortion. In light of the previous discussion of John McCain, I was particularly interested in this: “Do you think the question of whether aborti
Josh Muravchik is a real prize, but at least he helps me hold out hope that, if I fail to get tenure, I could drop 40 or so IQ points in the ensuing binge and still get a job at the American Enterprise Institute. Josh: In short, Tehran can build influence on a mix of […]
I thought that the tale of the grunting weightlifter kicked out of the gym was a mildly amusing human interest story without political import. Others disagree, and Erik’s on the case. …zuz
Casino Royale did not disappoint. It’s easily the best Bond since On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and is competitive with top Connery films. The reasons for the improvement are clear; Cra