Interesting piece by James Piereson in the Oct 3 Weekly Standard examining the growth of Leftism in the academy (a topic addressed here on many occasions).  From “The Left University”: The left university, according to its self-understanding, is devoted to the exposure of the oppression of the various groups that have been the West’s victims–women, blacks, Hispanics, gays, and others that have been officially designated as oppressed groups–and to those

I’ll be a guest this afternoon on Ace and Karol’s “Hoist the Black Flag”. Show begins at 4:00 EST.  First guest is Andrew McCarthy. You can listen online at Rightalk.  And if you’d like, you can call in and make smarmy remarks: 1-866-884- TALK (8255). Hope to hear from some of you then.

Me: “Where have all the flowers gone?” t-shirt guy: “ROT IN HELL, WARMONGER!”

From CNN: Al Qaeda in Iraq’s No. 2 operative was killed during a raid by coalition and Iraqi forces, a U.S. Defense Department official said Tuesday. Abu Azzam, a “significant” figure in the al Qaeda network in Iraq, was slain early Sunday in Baghdad during a joint operation, a military official spokesman in Iraq said. Azzam had a personal relationship with terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and held senior positions

…sure, people laugh at my mustache now.  But back in the 80s, this bad boy was banging weathergirls and 20/20 interns three at a time.  And I didn’t hear any of these same jealous jackals laughing then, you can bet your ass on that…

From Bloomberg News: Michael Brown, the former head of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, defended the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina before a congressional committee, saying some of the criticism was “not valid.’’ “You can’t always believe everything you read in the newspapers or see on television,’’ Brown told the House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation and Response to Hurricane Katrina. Brown resigned from FEMA on Sept.

Writing in Slate, Christopher Hitchens provides the kind of context for Saturday’s “anti-war” demonstrations that Jennifer Kerr, The New York Times, and myriad other media outlets wouldn’t—and that Reason asst editor Julian Sanchez finds it strange even to expect in news accounts of “anti-war” protests.  From “Anti-War, My Foot…”: Here is how the New York Times (after a front-page and an inside headline, one of them reading “Speaking Up Against

From News Busters: In a televised interview with former CBSer Marvin Kalb, retired CBS anchor Dan Rather stated that his network will not allow him to continue to pursue the story of President Bush’s Air Guard service. “Straight-up, no chaser, no,” the exiled anchor said when asked if he would consider filing a story about it on the “60 Minutes” news magazine since he continues to believe in it. “CBS