…For lying and obstruction of justice.  Whereas Joe Wilson, for lying and attempting to undermine the administration’s case for invading Iraq, is sentenced to the lecture circuit, and given a hero’s welcome by anti-war types who believe, with Machiavelli’s parodic narrator in The Prince, that the ends justify the means. Truth is a luxury; the message is the thing.  Seems not only is Justice blind, but she’s getting a bit

Given my abhorrence for what “progressive” speech codes / “free speech zones” / “tolerance” and “diversity” intitiatives are doing to undercut first amendment protections, I would be remiss were I not to forcefully criticize the Administration for its equally deplorable support of a challenge to free speech in danger of being supported by the Supreme Court, with Anthony Kennedy (the progressive’s conservative) acting as the swing vote. Jacob Sullum, writing

Just now noticing this from the comments to a weekend post (courtesy of serr8d): The blogworld lost Allan Kelly on Friday, 58, and Steve Gilliard (at the ripe old age of 41).  Maybe, in Heaven, they are chucking back a couple of brews together and wishing they hadn’t been on opposite sides of the fence for so long. […] Allan, Steve, RIP Politics aside, it’s a sad day for the

I had planned to live-blog last evening’s debate for the Denver Post blog, but it didn’t work out—notably because the decision makers at the Post were sensible enough to “forget” to send me the log-in info.  Which is for the best, I think, because my only real thought on the debate was this:  You know, Biden’s right!  Obama really does look clean! Bring on the GOP debate!  That Tommy Thompson,

A message to Sheryl Crow:  that single square of toilet paper idea you’ve been pushing?  Completely unworkable.  Unless you happen to pinch off tiny turdlettes like a bunny, I mean. Me, I like the chile rellenos a bit too much.  And the only time I ever passed a caper it was purely by accident:  the little fella made the ultimate sacrifice in the course of doing some recon work for

Bill Maher loves America.  And Americans.  Just, you know—not the dumb ones.  Or the ones who don’t run in the right circles.  Or the ones who adhere to antiquated moral codes that would make snorting coke off the shaved pubis of a 17-year-old sound all dirty. He is, after all, a self-styled libertarian.  And nothing appeals more to libertarians than quasi-socialist France: New rule: conservatives have to stop rolling their

Fortunately, this miraculous awakening took place in Poland.  Had the 65-year-old former railway worker pulled out of his nearly two-decades long sleep somewhere in, say, San Francisco, there’s a chance he might have caught some of last night’s Democratic candidate debate—at which point I think he would have opted for the coma. Much like Chris Dodd. But as luck would have it—and unlike the Democratic presidential hopefuls, who seem to

Outrageous! In Berlin recently, an audience buzzed nervously when I suggested that Europe can learn from America about integrating Muslims. Afterwards, several people confided to me that they know the U.S. is getting something right. What is that something? As I engage with young Muslims on both sides of the Atlantic, I see three factors: economics, diversity and faith. Related: Romney Calls Clinton ‘European’ Europeans outraged.