More on the Euro/U.S. ideological divide on the issue of international terrorist threats, this time from Amity Shlaes, writing in The Financial Times: The White House was disconcerted by European incomprehension over its concerns about Iraq. As Mr Bush noted, Iraq is a country that has gassed its own people. Europe may believe that the US is exaggerating the risks, universalising its problems out of an apocalyptic sense of its

More on the Euro/U.S. ideological divide on the issue of international terrorist threats, this time from Amity Shlaes, writing in The Financial Times: The White House was disconcerted by European incomprehension over its concerns about Iraq. As Mr Bush noted, Iraq is a country that has gassed its own people. Europe may believe that the US is exaggerating the risks, universalising its problems out of an apocalyptic sense of its

In his The Washington Post

In Sunday’s Times of London, Andrew Sullivan takes a look at the 2000 Census data and likes what he sees. Which means that Andrew Sullivan likes Clintonism (well, with qualifications, of course): […] the Census statistics show that the boom of the 1990s helped women more than men, and saw poverty among single, poor women, the elderly and children decline. Yes, inequality grew. But that’s simply because those at the

In Sunday’s Times of London, Andrew Sullivan takes a look at the 2000 Census data and likes what he sees. Which means that Andrew Sullivan likes Clintonism (well, with qualifications, of course): […] the Census statistics show that the boom of the 1990s helped women more than men, and saw poverty among single, poor women, the elderly and children decline. Yes, inequality grew. But that’s simply because those at the

JunkyardBlog’s Bryan Preston has a guest commentary column for NRO, “The Case for a Coup,” in which he analyzes potential Bush administration responses to the Iraqi threat. Yeah, whatever. What’s really interesting about the column is that it turns out (according to the little author blurb at the foot of the column) that Brian lives in Towson, Maryland — the very place yours truly lived for 10 years of his

John Gotti died today. The Teflon Don is no more. Related: Jack Dunphy, NRO: “John Gotti Meets His Maker”

John Gotti died today. The Teflon Don is no more. Related: Jack Dunphy, NRO: “John Gotti Meets His Maker”

One more before I go, though. From Instapundit: Tapped is joining Lou Dobbs in declaring the war one against fanatical Islamists, not simply ‘terror.’ So now Bush is not only to the left of Richard Cohen on guns in the cockpit, now he’s to the left of The American Prospect on the war! Is this because of Karen Hughes’ departure? Nothing beats a snarky professor. Nothing. And before you bother

One more before I go, though. From Instapundit: Tapped is joining Lou Dobbs in declaring the war one against fanatical Islamists, not simply ‘terror.’ So now Bush is not only to the left of Richard Cohen on guns in the cockpit, now he’s to the left of The American Prospect on the war! Is this because of Karen Hughes’ departure? Nothing beats a snarky professor. Nothing. And before you bother