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
March 5, 2002
March 5, 2002
Blogwars 4: Attacking the Coastal Hip
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
March 5, 2002
Blogwars 4: Attacking the Coastal Hip
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
March 5, 2002
“You gotta’ have tariffs, son. How else you gonna compete with the damn foreigners?”
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
March 5, 2002
“You gotta’ have tariffs, son. How else you gonna compete with the damn foreigners?”
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
March 5, 2002
Opinion Journal Gaffe
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…