In response to his sending me Frank Rich’s latest attempt at suggesting that systemic intelligence failures are brought about by self-serving Bush administration policies, I brought this Chris Caldwell Weekly Standard piece to the attention of one of my hardcore lib buddies, and he about flew out of his sandals and blew bean sprouts out of his nose. “Low Profile”: George W. Bush waited until he was safely in Europe

In response to his sending me Frank Rich’s latest attempt at suggesting that systemic intelligence failures are brought about by self-serving Bush administration policies, I brought this Chris Caldwell Weekly Standard piece to the attention of one of my hardcore lib buddies, and he about flew out of his sandals and blew bean sprouts out of his nose. “Low Profile”: George W. Bush waited until he was safely in Europe

Writing for The National Review, National Center for Policy Analysis senior fellow Bruce Bartlett takes a look at the “comparable worth” of men and women in the work force, and finds some not-so-surprising (to my way of thinking) trends: As time has gone by, young women entering the labor force for the first time have found a profoundly different environment than their mothers faced. According to an article in the

From the Department of Know Thine Enemy…. Above: Angry-haired Harvard Professor of Latin and Greek, Richard Thomas, shown here in his earlier days, posing as a brooding radical leftist while slumming it on his parents’ dime. Black and white really brings out his angst, wouldn’t you agree? His concern looks almost “authentic.” Liminal, even. Today, Dr. Thomas — Chair of the Harvard standing committee on commencement parts — is a