Yeah, I know.  But I can’t find him anywhere.  And even if I could (and I have a pretty good idea where he’s heading), it’s so hot in Denver right now that I’d probably just stick the little bastard in the freezer for a half hour, then—when his shell got good and cold—tuck him into my boxers with the hope that his icy smoothness might beat back the crotch rot

Robin Givhan: “Uh, no offense?  But this manger tableau bit has been done to death, don’t you think?  And the whole ‘wrapped in a natural cotton blanket’-thing?  Christ—could we be any more bourgeois…?”* **** (h/t Michelle Malkin; see also Wuzzadem, Captain Ed, The Anchoress, Betsy’s Page, QandO, and Mary Katharine Ham) **** update:  Robin her own self—looking for all the world like a half-eaten chocolate cupcake from a Mary Kay

I’m not a “Star Trek” fan—never watched the show, and only caught one or two of the movies (I suspect I’m not the only one still having frightfully vivid dreams of a glistening, bare-chested Ricardo Montalban)—but I know enough about the series and its cultural impact to appreciate this wonderfully wry and loving tribute to James “Scotty” Doohan, who passed away earlier this week. Rest in peace, James.  **** update: 

…From the Rocky Mountain New’s Mike Rosen: Investor’s Business Daily and the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, two conservative venues, have been heralding the good news on the sharp decline in the federal deficit. Liberal newspapers have largely buried the story. Now, this isn’t an arcane, technical report of little public interest. These same newspapers were screaming bloody murder when the deficit was growing in recent years. If

Olivier Roy, professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the author of “Globalized Islam,” is one of a growing number of scholars advancing the thesis that the most dangerous breeding grounds for radicalized Islamism are Western—not, as conventional wisdom suggests, the madrassas of Pakistan or the streets of Gaza.  From “Why Do They Hate Us?  Not Because of Iraq,” the New York Times: […] if

Victor Davis Hanson’s tumbler of Clynelish single malt scotch (T) Richard the Lionheart / Terry Eastland (T) Mel Gibson / Jesus The Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits CD Season 3 of “Touched by an Angel” A grilled T-bone, two large spoonfuls of potato salad, and a six pack of Miller High Life The Ghost of Joseph McCarthy “The Drudge Report,” Wednesday, June 4, 2003 Wal-Mart **** related; see also.

For two days now, Alan Colmes has been pushing the angle that because Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is a “partisan,” he should be excluded from the High Court. Because he’s a partisan. Meaning, because he’s a Republican.  Meaning that, for Colmes, at least, a Republican President—if he wishes to proffer a viable nominee—need find someone who has either no political leanings (do such creatures exist?), or else nominate someone