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June 18, 2002

My Last Word on Loopholes

Brian Linse follows up his original post on the (still non-existent) “gun show loophole” with a far more detailed post, one in which he essentially concedes that the “problem” with private gun show sales (insofar as such a problem exists — statistical evidence suggests none does, but Brian is arguing potentialities) is one of enforcement: […] personally, I would describe someone who sells regularly at gun shows with the objective

No wonder Bob Horner hated your guts, Teddy Yachtnut

Two glimpses into real-world fallout from years of over-indulging the PC impulse: Daniel Henninger’s “The East Germany of Our Souls” (from Friday’s “Opinion Journal”), and Lee Bockhorn’s “Selective Sanitizing” (from The Weekly Standard). [Related: Magnum Force is a decent flick, sure — but it’s not even in the same league as Don Siegel’s Dirty Harry. And of course, Ted Turner — in addition to being a censor — is a

Jerusalem:  6-18-02

Above: three photos taken of today’s bus bombing in Jerusalem. You can watch the entire slideshow here.

Jerusalem:  6-18-02

Above: three photos taken of today’s bus bombing in Jerusalem. You can watch the entire slideshow here.

“Looking good, Billy Ray…” “Feeling good, Louis…”

Here’s why I find Jay Nordlinger so compelling as a columnist. On the U.S. Open Golf tournament, from his Monday NRO “Impromptus” column: I thought the crowd stank. Absolutely stank. The NBC commentators spent the whole weekend kissing its rear-end — saying how great it all was for the game of golf — but I still think it stank: all that rowdyism, all that rudeness, all the un-golf-like-ness. The commentators

“Looking good, Billy Ray…” “Feeling good, Louis…”

Here’s why I find Jay Nordlinger so compelling as a columnist. On the U.S. Open Golf tournament, from his Monday NRO “Impromptus” column: I thought the crowd stank. Absolutely stank. The NBC commentators spent the whole weekend kissing its rear-end — saying how great it all was for the game of golf — but I still think it stank: all that rowdyism, all that rudeness, all the un-golf-like-ness. The commentators

Sure, Dubya.  Threaten ‘em with the specter of their own state.  That’ll teach ‘em.

…One woman screamed at volunteers collecting remains, “Where is my sister? Where is my sister?” “A Palestinian man detonated nail-studded explosives on a Jerusalem bus crowded with high school students and office workers Tuesday, killing himself and 19 passengers in the city’s deadliest suicide attack in six years. Forty people were wounded,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The blast tore through the bus just before 8 a.m., sending bodies flying

Sure, Dubya.  Threaten ‘em with the specter of their own state.  That’ll teach ‘em.

…One woman screamed at volunteers collecting remains, “Where is my sister? Where is my sister?” “A Palestinian man detonated nail-studded explosives on a Jerusalem bus crowded with high school students and office workers Tuesday, killing himself and 19 passengers in the city’s deadliest suicide attack in six years. Forty people were wounded,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The blast tore through the bus just before 8 a.m., sending bodies flying

Boob Tubin’

More teevee stuff over on the Weisblogg. Marc even found space for an offhanded Jeff Conaway mention — in the course of reviewing the CBS drama, “Hack.” If you don’t know who Conaway is, forget about it. If you do, you’ve already smiled a knowing smile and moved on with your life. Which is exactly as it should be. Oh. And Marc has gathered up all his pilot reviews and

Boob Tubin’

More teevee stuff over on the Weisblogg. Marc even found space for an offhanded Jeff Conaway mention — in the course of reviewing the CBS drama, “Hack.” If you don’t know who Conaway is, forget about it. If you do, you’ve already smiled a knowing smile and moved on with your life. Which is exactly as it should be. Oh. And Marc has gathered up all his pilot reviews and