When he’s in a bar and has been waiting too long for a beer, my father might say, “Hell of a place to start a bar.” I have been continuing the tradition. Update: added “in a bar” because otherwise this makes no sense, much like everything else I write.

Forwarded by Karl: From: “Simon Owens” Date: August 2, 2008 8:28:09 AM MDT To: “Jeff Goldstein” Subject: Karl, Politico isn’t the only ones engaging in sock puppetry Hey Karl, I remember reading a post you wrote back in June about Politico employees going into comment sections and engaging in sock puppetry. I don’t know if you’ve heard about this yet, but a memo just leaked from CNN that openly encourages

Rick Moran has an excellent post up about being branded a “racist,” and the Procrustean bed of lefty interpretation. He mentions Allah Pundit, and Jeff Goldstein, in particular, as having articulated the defense against such practices.

Just ridiculous.  In response to TSI’s eulogy of Solzhenitsyn, comes this: Earlier this evening, I blogged at Liberty Street about Alan Brinkley’s review of Jane Mayer’s new book, “The Dark Side.” At the very end of the post, having just heard about Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s death, I wrote the following: Interestingly, just as I was about to wrap up this post, I read the news that Alexander Solzhenitsyn died today, at

“What did I do, officer?” “Your tire inflation is suboptimal, sir.”