NYT: Coalition forces enjoying successes in Iraq, immediate withdrawal imperative. UPDATE: Allahpundit

As I wrote to Jeff last night, yesterday’s game against the Rockies was a sad, pathetic microcosm of the entire Phillies season.  Either the starter blows up and they’re already behind, or he has a good outing, but you know he has to turn it over to the bullpen eventually. It’s like Chinese water torture.  Plus they have the burden of Charlie Manuel.  Last night, the Rockies have lefty-righty-lefty in

A Kim Deal song that I contend is one of the great rock anthems. Thoughts?

Regarding the coverage of supposed atrocities from anonymous sources versus Michael Yon. I don’t think Bob will be upset if I reproduce his response letter in full: Mr. Colford, Let’s be blunt about what you mean when you claim, “Iraqi police officers often will speak to reporters only if they are guaranteed anonymity, for security reasons.” The fact of the matter is that because so many Iraqi police officers were

in leftist rhetoric? Hmmmm. Over at Newshogger, Libby takes issue with my earlier post on the strange piety of Bilal Abdulla. It’s not surprising that one of the Glasgow doctors who was arrested for the basically failed bombing attempt is a Sunni who is upset by the Iraq occupation. It’s also no surprise that Protein Wisdom’s resident genius fails to make the connection between the unnecessary invasion and toppling of

when you reinstated the Latin Mass.” [Dan Collins] As St. Francis of Assissi said once, “I did not vote for him, but he is Il Papa.” And those of us who are not even Roman Catholic watched in happy anticipation as the white smoke went up from the Conclave of Cardinals, even though we knew that the fix was in. When you made your intemperate comments about the Byzantine Emperor

Scandalized by David Brooks’s appearance on the Jim Lehrer Newshour, in which Brooks opined that it demonstrated fundamental dishonesty that the same people screaming for heads to roll over the revelation of Valerie Plame’s CIA employment didn’t care that it was Armitage, Larry strikes back. Larry has now revealed that David Brooks lives in an expensive house, but his mailbox is an eyesore. What a disingenuous bastard! If Joe Wilson

Captain Ed notes a NYT article (in the Style section) that ponders whether Americans are ready for a trophy wife as First Lady, with respect to Fred! Ed’s pissed off at the implication that he married her only for her looks, and she married him only for power and prestige. I, on the other hand, am amused at the wording of the article, which is entitled “Will Her Face Determine

author of Nanny State, has a new blog up. Nothing to see there, yet, but I’m confident we’ll be visiting soon and often.

Haven’t any time this morning, as Mary’s desperate to get us out of the house so she can get some work done, but the article in today’s WaPo gives us a clearer picture of the motives of this “jihadi wannabe.” Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into the Glasgow Airport terminal on Saturday, is a deeply religious Iraqi who was angry that