The other day I linked one of the critics of my academic work.  Today, he sent me the following email—perhaps the most ironically stupid thing I have ever read.  And when I say that, remember that I spent years grading student papers. I’m reprinting it in full, because it simply must be seen to be believed.  In fact, I relish the goddamn thing.  Behold! Just read through your college notes

Cat blogger: “…sure, litter boxes are fine and all.  But I’m convinced that Mr Pretty Paws is not only intelligent enough, but he’s also driven enough, to master the crapper… “Which, that reminds me.  I need to put on a pot of coffee…”

You can’t make this stuff up, people:  From “Crazed Lefty vs. Rumsfeld” Many of you have pointed out that Ray McGovern, the man who challenged Rumsfeld in public, holds some wacko views, and has made some anti-Semitic statements. It seems my description of him as not being a “crazed lefty” was wrong on at least one count. But then this administration has turned many previously sane, moderate people into those

Responding to yesterday’s post on Rumsfeld’s tangle with Ray McGovern, fracus_futile writes: Jeff, you say Moran also argues that early troop levels in Iraq are another mistake Rumsfeld should admit to—but on that account we disagree:  the purpose for keeping troop levels low, you’ll recall, was to avoid a large US footprint and make the inevitable suggestions by the war’s opponents that the US was engaging in an imperial occupation

As many on the left wait for news on Hookergate (“Pics Surface of Karl Rove, Ron Silver in Torrid Cocktail Party Embrace”), CBS breaks the story that Goss was forced out as CIA director (which jibes with earlier outlier reports from FOXNews and Macsmind): The sources tell Axelrod that the White House was unhappy with the lingering tensions between Goss and National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. Goss was miffed at