Joe Lieberman, epitomizing the anti-masculine qualities of an arch conservative in today’s WSJ Opinion Journal: […]Now the Damascus airport is the point of entry into Iraq for most of the suicide bombers who are killing innocent Iraqi citizens and American soldiers, and trying to break America’s will in this war. It is therefore time to demand that the Syrian regime stop playing travel agent for al Qaeda in Iraq. When

Just, wow. In the run-up to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, when it was not yet clear who Bush’s opponent would be that November, Rove and his aides had begun to fear that their most dangerous foe would be then-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. With his Southern base, charismatic style and populist message, Edwards, they believed, could be a real threat to Bush’s reelection. But instead of attacking Edwards,

There is something self-deconstructing about this post by David Neiwert. Can you spot it? People who talk about masculinity — especially conservatives, who seem to obsess about it, but in a peculiarly juvenile way — have always seemed a little weird to me. It’s like the cliche retort the wealthy like to use: “If you have to ask how much it is, you can’t afford it.” Masculinity is one of

Pattie Boyd burst into tears when she found George Harrison had died. “I know I should have refused, But I’m happy to’ve been their muse” I regret allowing myself to be seduced by Eric and wish I had been stronger. I believed marriage was for ever, and when things were going wrong between George and me I should have gritted my teeth and worked through them. And I wish I’d

Excerpt from Part 1 of The Day Reality Hit Home: In the end I reached the conclusion that 11 September had already brutally confirmed: there were other forces, far more malign than America, that lay in wait in the world. But having faced up to the basic issue of comparative international threats, could I stop the political reassessment there? If I had been wrong about the relative danger of America,

My son Brendan returned from his trip to Germany via Scotland, where he got to visit my mother-in-law, who’s a very bright lady of whom I’m very fond. Returning home, he announced on several opportunities that his views are more “Liberal” than mine. Personally, I have no problem with this, as he is 16 and it’s not my business, even as his father, to prescribe what he thinks. However, he

I have much to do today, so here are a few links to get you through the existential emptiness brought on by my absence. 1. John Stephenson at Stop the ACLU wants your opinion on FOXNews’ coverage of Fred Thompson in Iowa. “Fair and balanced”? Or do I need to break out another installment of the adventures of RoboShep? 2. “Professors on the Battlefield.” And no, I’m not talking Ward

From the Olympian: U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said Thursday that his recent trip to Iraq convinced him the military needs more time in the region, and that a hasty pullout would cause chaos that helps Iran and harms U.S. security. “I believe that the decision to invade Iraq and the post-invasion management of that country were among the largest foreign-policy mistakes in the history of our nation. I voted against

You’ve heard all this before from me, so let’s use our Friday creatively and hear it instead from a Democrat — albeit from an inauthentic Democrat, according to the Czar of the New American Center. From the WSJ: Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar is today fond of quoting a famous Lyndon Johnson line: “You know the difference between cannibals and liberals? Cannibals only eat their enemies.” [Hector Cuellar] Mr. Cuellar would