1) protein wisdom, bless his soul, gets a long overdue Norm Geras profile; and already his mother has emailed him to berate him for not wearing a tie and for calling “chips” french fries. Take your pills, dear.  And stop putting on airs. 2) The folks behind Institutionalized have started Blood and Treasure, where you can download and read the first chapter of their book.  Interesting graphics, but sadly, no

In a recent, highly publicized speech, Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton has accused the the Bush administration of being unconscionably multilateral in allowing Europeans to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program.  A waste of valuable time, says the Junior Senator from New York, who would have preferred that the US strap on some chaps, cowboy up, and start whippin’ some turbaned ass. Meanwhile, in a related story, and upon hearing

Via Reuters: France said on Thursday it would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state that carried out a terrorist attack against it, reaffirming the need for its nuclear deterrent. Deflecting criticism of France’s costly nuclear arms program, President Jacques Chirac said security came at a price and France must be able to hit back hard at a hostile state’s centers of power and its “capacity to act.”

Excellent and timely piece by Cathy Young on the left’s opportunistic use of religiosity—which seems to surface at certain strategic times and in certain predictable venues: As we all know by now, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has apologized for his Martin Luther King Day remarks in which he said that Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment to America for “being in Iraq under false pretenses” (among other things), and that

NZ Bear (Jesus—use a freakin’ name if you want to be taken seriously, will you?) has set up the House GOP Leadership page:  Candidate and Questions Page, which will ultimately feature audio links and transcripts to the discussions between those vying for GOP House leadership, and bloggers, blog readers, think href=”http://tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com/” title=”tank wonks”>tank wonks, and syndicated radio hosts and columnist like Hugh Hewitt. This project is an off-shoot of the

From the AP: Al Jazeera aired an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden on Thursday, saying al Qaeda is making preparations for attacks in the U.S. but offering a truce to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. The voice on the tape said heightened security measures in the U.S. aren’t the reason there have been no attacks there since the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackings. Instead, the reason is “because there are

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From Reuters: Ben Nelson of Nebraska on Tuesday became the first Senate Democrat to announce his support of conservative Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, who is expected to be confirmed later this month by the full Republican-led Senate. “I have decided to vote in favor of Judge Samuel Alito,” Nelson, a moderate, said in a statement issued by his office. “I came to this decision after careful consideration of his

ABC News: ABC News has learned that al Qaeda’s master bomb maker and chemical weapons expert was one of the men killed in last week’s U.S. missile attack in eastern Pakistan. Midhat Mursi, 52, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, was identified by Pakistani authorities as one of three known al Qaeda leaders present at an apparent terror summit conference in the village of Damadola. The United States had posted