The man leaned forward in his seat, scooping warm con queso dip onto a lime-tinged tortilla chip, which he shoveled rapidly into his mouth. “Mmm,” he said, nudging his wife with an elbow. “This is really good dip.” “I know,” she said. “Isn’t it awesome?”
October 2, 2005
October 2, 2005
Root Causes
Terry Hastings emails: Since we all “know” that terrorism is driven by 1-) US policy in Israel 2-) US presence in Arabia How does Bali tie into this? Is Bali secretly sending troops and supplies to Iraq? Is Bali suppressing the peace loving Palestinians? Is the US actively involved in Bali governmental affairs? Or, is it much simpler than that? Perhaps the terrorist element within Bali could not gain control
October 2, 2005
Ends, means, the “progressive” left, and language (updated)
From Jonah Goldberg, writing in the Corner: Please read this post by Garance Franke-Ruta over at Tapped on what “movement-building” demands of liberal bloggers. It certainly reads to me like she’s upset that liberal bloggers are being too intellectually honest. The upshot of Franke-Ruta’s position seems to be that deliberately distorting Bill Bennett’s intent and meaning is a small price to pay to villify him unfairly and for the added
October 2, 2005
The “The trouble with Oktoberfest” post
The trouble with Oktoberfest, if you happen to be of a certain disposition, is that you may very well find yourself at evening’s end drunk on St Pauli Girl, sitting in the bathroom with a pair of professional-grade hair clippers and no idea how properly to use them. Which means that when you wake up in the morning to urinate, you could very well frighten yourself half to death simply