Camille Paglia, the American Oriana Fallaci (though a good argument can be made that Oriana Fallaci became the American Oriana Fallaci in the years before her death), has some terrific stuff in her most recent column, including an excoriating criticism of the left’s statist religion. You can read lots of reactions to that stuff elsewhere, I’m sure, but more interesting to me was a letter that she published from one

As you all know, my contract with PJM expired April 1, leaving me without any income from the site. Rather than go to a pay or subscription model, I’m content at this time to hold quarterly fundraisers with the hope that I can match the previous income level (which was itself a step down from my initial agreement with PJM). — And this is the very first of those quarterly

The more Obama insists that he’s not naive, the clearer it becomes that he is dreadfully naive–with a complementary political cynicism added to the mix. Obama is horrendously naive on the issue of nuclear proliferation, as today’s news regarding a ChiCom-Iranian plot uncovered reveals*:

You know, good for him, but honestly some activities really ought to be pursued behind a paywall.

I don’t know much about how practical fascism works, but this seems almost as if it could serve as an object lesson, were one willing to, you know, squint…

Byron York, Washington Examiner: Now Obama is president and faces two problems for which missile defense is a possible solution. The first is North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile which might someday carry a nuclear warhead. The second is Iran’s continuing effort to build a nuclear weapon. With that in the news, Obama pledged in the Czech Republic that, “as long as the threat from Iran persists,” the U.S.

Given Barack Obama’s improving polling numbers — the result, no doubt, of a backlash against the media for its intense, unfair scrutiny of the President’s overseas trip (particularly, their widespread airing both of Obama’s criticisms of his own countrymen and his deferential bow, in our name, before Saudi royalty) — perhaps Thomas Sowell should do conservatism a favor and just, like, shut his yap for a change: What does “economic

me: “You’re kidding me, right? $30? For a really awful clipper cut?” bad $30 haircut / Kurt Russell: “No, I’m not kidding. And call me Snake.”

Well, that’s one way to make Keith Olbermann’s Worst Person in the World segment, I guess. From Turkish Weekly: According to the report, the man, who was arrested on Friday, was carrying a press card identifying him as an employee of Al Jazeera. He reportedly confessed to his intention to stab Obama with a knife and said that he was aided by three accomplices. The report stated that Turkish authorities

The President, that is. The Powerline guys offer one set of explanations. Me, I have a slightly different take: as with everything else in his life, Obama views the Presidency as a mere stepping stone to the next even bigger thing over which he is entitled to take ownership. His entire existence is one long campaign push, and he has quite clearly built his identity around a belief in his