Apparently, there isn’t a market for a fourth reactionary newspaper in a city that can be expected to vote Obama about 85-15 during a brutal time for the newspaper industry. Who could have possibly predicted it? (And, yes, the Sun does have very good arts and sports coverage. It’s also not surprising that this wasn’t […]
Month: September 2008
Family visitation and work commitments meant that I didn’t see any speeches at the GOP convention last night; I can’t say I was terribly disappointed. Nonetheless, I did look at some trans
Russia Navy Blog has a translation of a Russian article investigating the effectiveness of the Army in Georgia. Reaction speed: Good. Communications: Bad, especially with the Air Force. Recon and nigh
I just submitted my tenure file to the proper authorities. I am now going to get impossibly drunk. And dance a little bit. Before waking up in a cold sweat every night from now until April.
It turns out that the decisive victory of Arminius over three Roman Legions at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest may still be yielding benefits: The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe could help e
Ash: You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? A perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert: You admire it. Ash: I admire its
I don’t know how many times this bears repeating, but Sarah Palin is an abject liar. Not only did she repeat the howling falsehood that she opposed The Bridge to Nowhere, but she also claimed that her administration brought about “the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history.” Which it didn’t. What it did […]
Paul’s excellent piece on the President of Alaska hits on a few things that are worth keeping in mind, regardless of Palin’s affiliation or non-affiliation with the AIP. Culturally- and id
I really don’t want to watch Sarah Palin’s speech tonight for all kinds of reasons, including but not limited to the skeeve-inducing thought of what Victor Davis Hanson will be doing at th
This ad seems like a good start, although it says something about the way pundits see abortion that cutting an ad supporting a Supreme Court decision supported by 2-to-1 majorities can be seen as a “counterintuitive” move. The next step: include in an ad the fact that both John McCain and the Republican platform support […]
It’s tough trying to keep up with LGM’s new All Palin, All the Time format… Shorter VD Hanson: Speaking for all Americans, I can happily assert that resentiment is a joyful thing. I
My Sarah Palin theory is here. I don’t like to harp on the “imagine if Obama or Hillary” meme, but this situation really cries out for comparisons. Imagine if Hillary had done what P