I’ve got a case of the lookarounds: Richard Cohen, who a few months ago was also on the right track about abortion debate says Dubya is right about Dubai. He keeps this up he’s going to get drummed outta the club. He even gives the president the benefit of a doubt and suggests that Dubya “naturally recoils from prejudice. Is there prejudice? Possibly. And possibly understandable. Hey, Al Qaeda DID fund those Indonesian attacks! Brian Maloney ticked off the folks... Read more
Again, it just seems to me UAE is a better friend than many understand. Dubai Ports World uses Zim connection in US deal. Read more
CBS’s latest poll shows President Bush’s approval rating at an all-time low, which is really not surprising given the enormous hype of Cheney-gate followed immediately by the “what is he nuts” story of the UAE buying control of some of our ports from the English. (Full Disclosure: I was one of the critics until Buster set me thinking…). Kathryn Jean Lopez at NRO was quick to notice the weighting issue that she suggested made the poll a “dirty” one. Note... Read more
My Elder Son emailed this to me. He’s the creative sort who is always interested in seeing what other people come up with to help themselves along. Sometimes I think he is just fascinated with chutzpah, too. This College Student is seeking corporate sponsorship of his college education. I started thinking; if a grilled-cheese sandwich on eBay can generate boatloads of water cooler conversation – heck it was mentioned on last week’s episode of CSI – imagine the buzz surrounding... Read more
In the post below, I had a little fun at the expense of Upper West Side Feminism and its conceits. The piece was just a toss-off but apparently between Maxed Out Mama and myself, Sigmund Carl and Alfred got inspired to write about a genuine, real-deal feminist who freed an unjustly imprisoned Mary Todd Lincoln. As usual w/ Siggy, this is an outstanding essay – a must read – about a woman who deserves to be remembered. Unlike the current... Read more
And likes him so much, they give him a job! Here he is interviewed for the paper, and here is the first of his guest blogs – he’ll be guest blogging all week at the WaPo! Cheers and wolf whistles! Way to go, Bob! Nice to see a blogger doing well! :-) Read more
UPDATE: Maxed Out Mama has coined a new term: Vaginahabi Jihad. I am so jealous. Maxed Out Mama can always be counted on to find the post you would be sorry to miss and this time she found it at Pedro the Quietist who reveals that the new affront to some leftists are….babies – or, as they are referred to, a parasitic blastocyst – an opportunistic, parasitic infection! Appearance – It is tough, if not impossible, for a woman’s body... Read more
I love this story: Buzzing over this northern Iraqi city in her Kiowa scout helicopter, a .50-caliber machine gun and rockets at the ready, Capt. Sarah Piro has proved so skillful in combat missions to support U.S. ground troops that she’s earned the nickname “Saint.” In recent months of fighting in Tall Afar, Piro, 26, of El Dorado Hills, Calif., has quietly sleuthed out targets, laid down suppressive fire for GIs in battle and chased insurgents through the narrow alleys... Read more
Heh. Dragonslayer Music! The solo voices are exquisitely lovely and the whole group of nuns together in chant are very soothing. This is, as St. Benedict laid out, “nothing harsh or burdensome,” nothing overpowering. And exactly what I needed today! Yeah, I know it’s a Christmas Chant – but you know I have a fascination with the Incarnation – and all of that is outside of time, anyway! :-) Read more
Back in October, I wrote The Art of the Painless Coup: These elites are not simply milling about waiting for “the next chapter of trouble.” I think in too many cases, they – like troubled eldest siblings, the “First Children” who have never quite gotten over the subsequent additions to the family – have been actively fomenting chapter after chapter of trouble, for some 40 years. They are complacently building little fortresses, but they are doing so for a reason.... Read more
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