Kerouac:  “Of course I admire you as a person, baby.  But where is it written that a person I admire can’t finish dusting the shelves, then make me a nice BLT sandwich on white, toasted, with a generous layer of mayo…?”

I had planned to discuss today’s New York Times article detailing how—according to a former defense official and Republican Congressman Curt Wheldon—military intelligence had already identified the core of the Atta Al Qaeda cell (though not Atta himself) by the summer of 2000.  Fortunately, Captain Ed has already done the heavy lifting for me: The reason for the inability to share information with the FBI, information that might have led

From the ever odious Rox Populi: I admit I have a sick mind. But [The Boys From Brazil] was the first thing I thought of when I read this a few minutes ago. While I very much doubt either one of the Stepford’s [SCOTUS nominee John Roberts and his family] would run a stop sign let alone skirt adoption laws, one has to wonder why they would go to so

He’s the freakin’ President of the United States, lady.  And besides, you already met with him once before.  Jesus.  Thank Patton grieving parents and spouses of WWII soldiers killed in battle weren’t subjected to the kind of crass exploitation by anti-war opportunists Cindy Sheehan is being exposed to; the thought of some seersucker-suited aide wheeling Roosevelt door-to-door across America, hat in hand, so that he could answer to the wives

Well, at least they didn’t cast Val Kilmer or George Clooney in the starring role…* (h/t Allah)

Crawford:  “Mmmmmm, you like that, don’t you, you dirty little tramp.  Say, ‘thank you, Mommie Dearest, thank you, Mommie Dearest!’ C’mon, just once.  For me.  Please…?*

The Volokh Conspiracy’s Todd Zywicki raises all the appropriate questions with regard to Columbia University’s odious $15 Million Diversity Initiative, which, in typical academic “tolerance”-speak fashion, lauds itself for promoting a type of strident and homogenized “diversity” that is, in fact, antithetical to diversity in anything but the most meaningless, cosmetic sense of the word—while in effect codifying a particular ideological stance.  Because as anyone who’s ever worked in a

From the Washington Post: The U.S. military has devised its first-ever war plans for guarding against and responding to terrorist attacks in the United States, envisioning 15 potential crisis scenarios and anticipating several simultaneous strikes around the country, according to officers who drafted the plans. The classified plans, developed here at Northern Command headquarters, outline a variety of possible roles for quick-reaction forces estimated at as many as 3,000 ground