[update:  See new post here] Details at the Post Blog. Having met Ben last month, I can report that I found him to be a very bright, very articulate, very glib young man.  He is also a very gifted writer.  On the charges of plagiarism, I’ll accept Ben’s explanation—whatever it is—because I also found him to be quite a forthright gentleman, which means that I expect he will admit to

One of the leftwing blogosphere’s favorite attacks on me is that I see anti-semitism everywhere, from my bowl of borscht to my hat cornedbeef sandwich.  This isn’t true, I don’t think—I call anti-semitism only when I see it, and I always provide the author’s own words when I make the claim, which probably hasn’t happened more than a dozen times on this site—but it’s yet another rhetorical ploy to try

Time to include Laura Ingraham in the ranks of those Bush Kultists suggesting that an imbalanced presentation of the war in Iraq has had quantifiable effects, from driving public opinion at home to dampering the morale of our soldiers abroad.  And Ingraham isn’t the only one.  From USATODAY: As they begin a fourth year covering the war in Iraq, journalists there face increasing threats to their safety and increasing criticism

Geez.  You ask one guy Not to finger your dog’s ass, And all hell breaks loose…!