RECLAIMED BY WAYBACK MACHINE. Links gone. In anticipation of Bernard Goldberg’s new book, John at Right Wing News asked more than 200 Right-of-center bloggers who made their top 20 list of the same. I must have a short attention span or something – I could only come up with 13, and in many cases, my choices didn’t come anywhere near the choices of my fellow bloggers. I disagree with some of them, too. Al Gore? I don’t want to take... Read more
Dick Meyer has an excellent piece up at the CBS website, one of those, “finally-someone-put-into-words-what-I-have-been-thinking” sort of pieces that fling you back into your chair with a satisfied sigh and reassure you that you haven’t been merely imagining things. Every weekend I meander through the New York Times like a mildly ADHD-afflicted canine in Central Park, one who moves excitedly from plant to tree to park bench because there is just so much to sniff. And every weekend I finally... Read more
I mean, really – if you want to talk about blaring double standards, here you’ve got it! Leaks? Public skirmishes? None of this tends to happen in Hillaryland, as Mrs. Clinton’s advisers call the inner circle, mostly because the people who have gained entry into this exclusive club have shown strict devotion to her through the years, including her darkest days in public life. In fact, political strategists say they are struck by the similarities between Mrs. Clinton’s inner circle... Read more
I am not sure where, in my meanderings, I picked this up over the last day or so, but it’s really good. In 1998, on the 30th anniversary of the issuance of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical letter Humanae Vitae Archbishop Chaput (pronounced Shap-pew) wrote a pastoral letter that truly teaches and clarifies. In an age where people are being routinely euthanized in Holland, where an “ethicist” like Pete Singer can advocate infanticide, and when embryos are in danger of exploitation,... Read more
Note: This post has been amended for the sake of clarity. This is staggering disrespect from the press. Disrespect for the White House, its representatives and the military. The press, finally, has gone too far. They’ve crossed a line and revealed – completely and fully revealed – their utter contempt for the military, and their hatred for the president. My journalist friend calls it simple “arrogance.” No, it’s not “arrogance.” It is hate. It is juvenile. It is mindless. It... Read more
Tracey at Worship Naked has a post that almost made my head explode. She started out, last week, with an English quiz that was pretty simple, but now she’s moved on to something about Zie Zim Zir/Zirs Zimself – new words and forms meant to protect the delicate sensibilities of the neo-victorian prudes who have a case of the vapors if they hear a rude masculine form. But I will let Tracey explain: “Every person is entitled to their own... Read more
Here’s a big surprise! I’m gonna have a heart attack and die from this big surprise! Senate Democrats Fault U.S. in Iraq Oil Scandal The United States did not do enough to curb corruption by American companies involved in the United Nations’ oil-for-food program in Iraq, say Democrats on a Senate committee investigating abuses in the program. A report by the Democrats released late Monday said the State Department and the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control had... Read more
I’m very glad to read that Newsweek has retracted its report of American troops at Gitmo desecrating the Muslim holy book. Sadly, it’s way too little, way too late, and while they are retracting they are still insisting that they have been practicing exemplary journalism throughout. But I like what a commenter at Captain Ed’s has to say: Contrast this with the media’s refusal to show pictures of our fellow citizens jumping out the the world trade center. We were... Read more
I have a friend, a very good friend, who is a well-respected member of a network news team. He’s got the awards and accolades. More importantly, he has the high regard of all who know him. I have known him for years and can personally attest to the fact that while he is a bit left-of-center in some cases, and can sometimes get as caught up in things as the rest of us, he is quite one of the fairest... Read more
Jimmie at Sundries Shack reviewed all this Newsweek nonsense and decided we all needed to exhale and chortle a little. He’s come up with a pretty bright idea: Other Stories to be Published in Newsweek In light of Newsweek’s statement that they were baffled by the Pentagon’s refusal to deny the “flushed Koran” story, I’d like to mention some other stories I expect to see in the magazine in the very near future. I have it on very good authority... Read more
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