Mo Dowd tries to manage Million Dollar Baby

February 6, 2005 By

I was pleasantly surprised to find myself agreeing, for a few short moments, with part of Mo Dowd’s Sunday column which concerns the film Million Dollar Baby, and the conservative reaction to the subject matter of the movie: euthanasia or (in the new, acceptable parlance of those who have a euphemism for everything) “assisted death.” [...]

Filed Under: The Fourth Estate

To the point on Nipplegate

February 6, 2005 By

Frank Rich is a prejudiced boob of staggering proportions. Mickey Kaus, while no boob, doesn’t quite have his finger on it, either, although the objections his “non-evangelical, non-moralistic dads who were uniformly horrified” by the goings on at last years Super Bowl Halftime Show…are quite legitimate, and have the added benefit of being politically correct. [...]

Filed Under: Parenting, The Fourth Estate

Auntie gave me the cash, ask her! Whoops! Auntie down the elevator shaft!

February 6, 2005 By

Sadly, it seems to be business as usual where the UN and $$ are concerned. Writes Mark Steyn: At tough times in my life, with the landlord tossing my clothes and record collection out on to the street, I could have used an aunt like Benon Sevan’s. Asked to account for the appearance in his [...]

Filed Under: Misc.

When they tell you not to wear your flag…

February 6, 2005 By

that is the moment when everyone should begin to fly their flags. It’s that simple. You either roll over and lose your country and your culture, or you fight. That doesn’t mean you destroy the others. You simply make them understand that you’re not changing who you are to please them. Cals College in IJsselstein [...]

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Watchers Council points out the good stuff

February 6, 2005 By

Adorable and smart Jimmie at Sundries Shack has this week’s Watchers of Weasels Winners, and they’re really worth checking out. Full disclosure: I was once lucky enough to get an honorary mention by this gang and they’re pretty discriminating. Council Member winner: Dr. Sanity’s piece on the explosion of the Challenger. Awfully good and moving. [...]

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Iraqi Troops: The Art of the Possible

February 6, 2005 By

Our guys are training them. And they seem to be working very hard. Running quietly down a pitch-dark dirt road outside Baghdad, Iraqi and U.S. commandos flowed from one house to the next, the red laser aiming devices of their rifles skittering over bushes, walls, and doorways. At each junction, they softly called out a [...]

Filed Under: US Military, War on Terror

A letter from Tehran

February 6, 2005 By

Roger L. Simon provides us with this moving, apparently open, letter to President Bush that has been making the rounds. Dear Mr President;I heard your wonderful world loving speech ; it brought tears to my eyes ; you couldn’t imagine how you made me feel!!!Your policy is right about Iran ; please don’t let anyone [...]

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