Well, one of the posts has (surprisingly enough) veered off into questions about intelligence, warfighting, and preemption.  And, predictably enough, the conversation, in large part, reflects the fact that people have worn a lot of their comfortable, faded, broken-in arguments to the fight.  In general, there’s nothing wrong with that, but I’ve been thinking a bit over the last few days about stuff in general and have come to a

The New York Times coverage of the “Scooter” Libby trial has been fanciful more than once, but the paper would now like you to believe that “For Liberal Bloggers, Libby Trial Is Fun and Fodder.” Really? Jane Hamster was “damn near brokenhearted” at the end.  Jeralyn Merritt seems to think there’s a good chance Libby will be acquitted and reports that the obstruction of justice charging Libby with lying about

for John Derbyshire Your chocolates won’t make me love you. And your card, a blot of insincerity scratched in Colored ink, makes my teeth itch. So please — Give it a rest, would you?  And fetch me a Coors?

Ace is unimpressed with what he’s seen from the forthcoming FOXNews take on “The Daily Show,” ostensibly aimed at a more conservative audience than its Comedy Central counterpart.  Allah, too, is unimpressed—as are other blogosphere “humorists” I’ve heard from. On the other hand, from the little bit I’ve seen of it, I happen to think the show is GENIUS!  So, if any of those responsible for putting this thing on

Quoth Bush: “I can say with certainty that the Quds Force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops,” Bush said. “I do not know whether or not the Quds Force was ordered from the top echelons of government,” he said. In a follow up question, Bush was shown a picture of an orifice which, despite taking fifteen minutes to think about

Colorado Senate Bill 138, or the “Religious Bill of Rights,” is—as Vincent Carroll argues in the Rocky Mountain News — another in a long line of bureaucratic “solutions” to what are essentially First Amendment questions.  Still, as Carroll also notes: the meat of this measure mostly reinforces solid First Amendment rights, even if some districts and educators aren’t aware of it. Yes, students should be able to express personal religious

“What, did you think this was a date?  Alright, look, sweetheart.  You look beautiful.  Afterwards I’ll take you out, throw a burger down your throat, we’ll have a great time.”—Ford Fairlane (c. 1990)

Iowahawk’s already done it, and better than you would have, anyway. Good thought, though. Also, a disgusting public display of affection at Wuzzadem’s.  Don’t look.

Although I am not personally a practitioner of the form of civility it would take to stop this, I do think that some of the reactions to Marcotte and McEwan are over the edge, judging by the emails that they post, and that it is disgusting that anyone would threaten them.  But today in the Huff, Lane Hudson urges readers to contact Donohue to retract what he’s said, as it

Kathleen Parker on the new V-Day.  I love the smell of tuna in the morning.  It smells like victory. We shall not come over.