It’s Ed Morrissey’s headline not mine, but I stole it because Ed’s so right. Noting that Justice Alito’s first move from the bench was hardly a goose-stepping one, Ed writes: It’s worth noting the Justice’s independence of thought and consideration of the law. This should embarrass every Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as well as everyone who took part in anti-Alito smears. It didn’t take long for Alito not only to prove them wrong but to expose them for... Read more
Cruci-fixin’s? Britney Spears will guest star on an episode of “Will & Grace,” NBC announced Tuesday. The pop star will appear as a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes’ character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show, on the April 13 episode, the network said. Jack’s fictional network, Out TV, is bought by a Christian TV network, leading to Spears contributing a cooking segment called “Cruci-fixin’s.” Supposedly, although I have not yet seen anything confirming it, this episode is going... Read more
This poster, by Allan Bruce Zee, is one of my favorites – I happened to be looking at it as I was ordering flowers for delivery to the wake this afternoon, and I was struck by the light, the empty chairs. At the funeral parlour we will, of course, be in airless, windowless rooms. I expect the wake – tonight and tomorrow – will be huge and crowded, because Jane was a tireless and ever-present worker at church, either in... Read more
France has decided to join the Danes in standing up for free speech by printing the cartoons which have upset much of the Muslim world Under the headline “We have the right to caricature God,” a struggling French tabloid today reprinted all 11 of the cartoons first printed by Jyllands-Posten, a right-of-centre Danish broadsheet last September. The coverage ran across pages four and five of this morning’s edition with an editorial that defended the freedom of the press. “The publication... Read more
At Ace of Spades. I admit…I’ve got nothing. When Harpo Marx makes that face, I usually enjoy it, though. Be warned: Caption contests over at Ace’s place are not for the faint of heart. I have a pretty tough constitution and I even tremble and look away, sometimes. Speaking of photos, The Nose on your face knows what Hillary was laughing about during Bush’s speech. Read more
Everyone else in the whole world is commenting on content, and Pajamas Media has a terrific round-up, so let me comment on superficials. Was it just me or did anyone else think the pool camera was trained primarily on the GOP side of the room? I was stuck by the unusual angle which often obliterated the left, and wondered if the Dems preferred it, so America would not get a good sense of their hand-sitting and sneers? I can’t imagine... Read more
But it must be Bush’s fault, all the same: A ranking Louisiana health official turned down federal offers to help move or evacuate patients as Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, a newly released document shows. But the state’s top medical officer said Louisiana coordinated with the federal Health and Human Services Department in evacuating hospitals and nursing homes after Katrina hit. Two days before the Aug. 29 storm, HHS was told by the state’s health emergency preparedness director... Read more
A good read for today, Joseph Bottum takes a serious and interesting look at the decline in the political influence of the Catholic Church, even as Catholic “thinking” ascends. “…Somewhere in the last 50 years, however, the mainline Protestant churches went into catastrophic decline. The reasons are complex, but the result is clear. By the 1970s, a hole had opened at the center of American public life, and into that vacuum were pulled two groups that had always before stood... Read more
James Lileks takes on the ever-thankless task of reminding us that words mean things; words are important; use them well. I call it a “thankless task,” but actually, I’m thankful that he’s doing it. Read more
A few people have written, wondering why I have not commented on this story. I haven’t commented because the whole thing seems pretty lame to me, and obvious. It’s all about – eventually – taking down the Catholic Church – and perhaps even about who sits as SecGen at the UN. The Catholic church has existed for 2000 years by the grace of the Holy Spirit – it has not been perfect (nothing is perfect where human beings are in... Read more
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