Blogwars 5 responds to The screed. *And no, Rall didn’t really respond. ‘t least not here. That we know of that is — lots of pseudonyms in the comments section…]

Tonight. On a Very Special “Blossom”… “Inmate charged with

Sorry all, but posting will be a bit spotty and light today. protein wisdom proper has a faculty/student function to attend this evening, and in order to ready himself for the night’s festivities (pure idiom, that — “the night’s unbearable tedium” would be far more accurate a description), he has to finish grading a stack of student “argument and research” papers. But hey, that’s his job. He asks not for

Blogwars is tired of small arms skirmishes. Time for thermobaric weaponry… [Ken Layne responds: “Well, he’s certainly taken better pictures, that’s for sure. And I’ve been giving him grief about those glasses for months… On the, er, ‘up’ side, though…I hear he’s a real champ when it comes to stamina.” protein wisdom’s rejoinder: We report, you decide…] Previous “Blogwars” ‘toons (*I’ve sent you to a new page to whittle some

Blogwars is tired of small arms skirmishes. Time for thermobaric weaponry… [Ken Layne responds: “Well, he’s certainly taken better pictures, that’s for sure. And I’ve been giving him grief about those glasses for months… On the, er, ‘up’ side, though…I hear he’s a real champ when it comes to stamina.” protein wisdom’s rejoinder: We report, you decide…] Previous “Blogwars” ‘toons (*I’ve sent you to a new page to whittle some

Son of an erstwhile Argentine beekeeper, Glen Kinen — commenting on the U.S.’s heavy tariffs (some upwards of 66%) on Argentine honey exports — asks, “why the hell are we subsidizing food?” Indeed. Or steel. Or family farmers. Or even

Son of an erstwhile Argentine beekeeper, Glen Kinen — commenting on the U.S.’s heavy tariffs (some upwards of 66%) on Argentine honey exports — asks, “why the hell are we subsidizing food?” Indeed. Or steel. Or family farmers. Or even

Today’s WSJ “Opinion Journal” titles Ralph Peters’ essay on military casualties, “In War, Soldiers Die” — followed by this subhead: “American casualties are a good sign. It means the military is doing its job.” Listen, I can appreciate that casualties are expected, necessary — hell, even natural — to most successes in warfare. But “American casualties are a good sign”? C’mon. What an unfortunate choice of words…

Pejman Yousefzadeh is quite a gentlemen. And I hear he’s a fine public speaker, and an exquisite dancer, to boot. Enjoy his site. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have puppies to save, and old people to read to.

English first? recent debate between two Dems running for Texas governor (originally planned as an all Spanish-speaking debate, but altered by one of the candidates to include English translations of his answers), Boulet notes (rather wryly): This Spanish-only debate […] set a poor precedent. Inevitably, there will one day be ‘advocates for the Vietnamese community’ in Houston, themselves fluent English speakers, demanding a candidates’ debate conducted entirely in Vietnamese. And