…US triumph in the country to a total disaster.” That’s not me saying it, it is one JRK, a reader over at Austin Bay, picked up here by Glenn Reynolds, here: I’m on my way back to Kabul, as I typically do every summer, but my family is completely opposed to my travel and work this year in Afghanistan even though I’ve safely transited there, in and out of State and UN/NGO service for nearly 20 years. The word I... Read more
Ed Morrissey is steaming about the same thing that really got me going yesterday (you’d have to go allllll the way down to near the bottom of my running thread to find it) that the standards for Newsweek seem to be “prove the negative.” Since the Pentagon didn’ officially DENY this, then it must be true, hey, let’s roll with this story. If you remember, this was PRECISELY the same way Dan Rather shot himself in the foot. He gave... Read more
Got this in my email this morning, from a Sgt in Saudi Arabia. It speaks for itself. Newsweek cannot simply get by with a half-assed apology, not when they are putting our troops in additional danger, making their jobs more difficult and possibly extending the warfront. As one of many thousands of soldiers out here, I just have to shake my head at each new “revelation” drug out by the mainstream media. I have lost friends and family to this... Read more
In Rumer Godden’s exquisite little gem of a book, In This House of Brede, a Benedictine Abbot and Abbess are conversing about the changing times. The abbot complains that some of his monks want to shorten the hours of the Divine Office (the liturgical prayer that is the “work” of the monastic) in order to work on their farm or their printery. The abbess confesses that some of her nuns want the same. The abbot, in frustration, says, “contemplatives want... Read more
FINAL: The editors at Lucianne.com add this sobering thought: More people were tortured and killed in the Newsweek riots than at Gitmo Hmmm. Abu Ghraib, too. Midnight. I’ll let Baldilocks close this running post with one wry remark and a fine observation: The wry remark: Nice shooting, clowns. And the observation: Note to those who are blowing the intentions of the “religious right” out of proportion: if Christians were to riot the next time some so-called artist puts a crucifix... Read more
John Podhoretz had an interesting column in Tuesday’s New York Post, remarking on the “mass-media meltdown” that is more apparent every day. He writes: He wrote, But it can’t be a coincidence that the five major pillars of the American media movies, television, radio, recorded music and newspapers are all suffering at the same time. And it isn’t. Something major has changed over the past year, as the availability of alternative sources of information and entertainment has finally reached critical... Read more
Before you read this little tantrum, let me translate it for you: Please, please PLEASE say that everything the church has said for 2000 years is WRONG??? Please??? Awww…We’ll be your friend! Please? Aw, why won’t you? It’s just gonna dimantle your church, a little, well, maybe more than a little but…but at least you’ll be, you know… Cool. Don’t you want to be cool? Aw, you suck. PLANNED PARENTHOOD LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST POPE BENEDICT XVI Planned Parenthood has launched... Read more
From the National Catholic Register. Very well-worth reading. The new name fit John Paul’s larger-than-life presence. He was, in one iconic description, the “spark that flew forth from Poland to set fire to the whole world.” He rallied huge crowds of people as a bishop in Poland, and as Pope. In the images we remember, he is often driving through a sea of people in his popemobile, or standing in front of an ocean of faces with his arms raised.... Read more
I just love the James Lileks’ wry voice and the way he can lay someone out quite nicely without ever baring the teeth. Wish I could do it. Today he muses on people who slap bumperstickers all over their cars as a sort of 24/7 angry finger thrust in the face of whoever might be behind them. (H/T: Birds Eye View) I have no bumperstickers, for the same reason I do not paste editorials with which I agree on the... Read more
I love that. The doc’s office calls and says “your bloodwork is off, can’t discuss it on the phone; the doctor would like to see you, would you like an appointment? We have nothing open until Tuesday!” You can just imagine the way I am muttering through my teeth right now. They’ll call me if they get a cancellation tomorrow. Grrrrrr. I’m in a bad mood today and have decided to just stew over this for a while. Then I’ll... Read more
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