Checked in with The Washington Monthly to see if: A) they had finally gotten around to posting Charles Peters' "Tilting at Windmills" column for the March issue, and B) if they might have a link somewhere to the reported new "official" blog by Kevin Drum of Calpundit. Wow. (I should have just checked in at Calpundit first.) Not only is Kevin's "Political Animal" up and running, but it's the centerpiece of a newly redesigned WaMo site. Wake the kids, phone... Read more
The Family Steering Committee of the 9/11 Independent Commission would like to ask President Bush: Your schedule for September 11, 2001 was in the public domain since September 7, 2001. The Emma E. Booker School is only five miles from the Bradenton Airport, so you, and therefore the children in the classroom, might have been a target for the terrorists on 9/11. What was the intention of the Secret Service in allowing you to remain in the Emma E. Booker... Read more
The competition scooped us, so allow me to link to this Delaware State News story by Joe Rogalsky on the effort by state Sen. John C. Still III, R-Dover, to amend Delaware's Constitution to ban both same-sex marriage and civil unions. Senate Minority Leader John C. Still III, R-Dover, said Monday that he would introduce legislation that day to add language to Delaware's constitution defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The amendment would specify that... Read more
An inexplicable pattern seems to be emerging from the spontaneous eruption of municipalities sanctioning same-sex marriages. Consider: Multnomah County, Ore., Nyack, N.Y., Asbury Park, N.J. Where have I heard these names before? Multnomah … Nyack … Asbury … Hmm. These are all schools that belong to the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. (The council is a fine association with a genuine commitment to higher education. It used to be called the "Christian College Coalition," but changed the name because... Read more
The April issue of Harper's offers many delights, including an excerpt from an English translation of Be Gone, Demons, the fourth and most likely final novel by Saddam Hussein. (Yes, it's as bad as you'd expect.) Lewis Lapham's introductory "Notebook" essays can be a bit ponderous, but this time around I enjoyed it. In a piece titled "The fog of self," Lapham offers some uncharitable, but very plausible, reflections on the mind of George W. Bush. Take for instance his... Read more
The Family Steering Committee of the 9/11 Independent Commission would like to ask President Bush: As commander-in-chief from May 1, 2001 until September 11, 2001, did you or any agent of the United States government carry out any negotiations or talks with Osama bin Laden, an agent of Osama bin Laden, or al-Qaida? During that same period, did you or any agent of the United States government carry out any negotiations or talks with any foreign government, its agents, or... Read more
Eddie Mahe Jr., a "veteran G.O.P. strategist," may get kicked out of the Spinmeister's Club for publicly advocating a heresy. Mahe's heterodox notions are quoted in this Los Angeles Times story by Mark Z. Barabak and Janet Hook. The article is all about the Bush campaign — its ads, its strategies, its struggle to find a politically effective message. The assumption underlying the whole piece — and underlying most campaign coverage — is that elections are won or lost on... Read more
The Family Steering Committee of the 9/11 Independent Commission would like to ask President Bush: What defensive measures did you take in response to pre-9/11 warnings from eleven nations about a terrorist attack, many of which cited an attack in the continental United States? Did you prepare any directives in response to these actions? If so, with what results? Read more
Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? — Luke 13:31 One of the advantages of working Saturday nights (and there aren't many) is hearing Alistaire Cooke's "Letter from America" on the BBC while driving home. I often disagree with Cooke, but even so I find him an amiable host. I enjoy... Read more
Atrios pointed out this article in The Globe and Mail by Jeff Sallot describing the unanswered questions that prevented Canada from supporting the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq one year ago: OTTAWA — Canadian officials say they challenged the U.S. to share secret intelligence showing that the Baghdad regime had dangerous weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the Iraq war, but Washington failed to deliver, thus cementing the Chretien government's resolve to stay out of the conflict. Washington's refusal... Read more
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