Hugh Hewitt on Miers’ critics and criticism: The majority of commentators who are not lawyers—there are many—are simply not equipped to judge Harriet Miers’s competence. Mark Levin is a big exception. As is Judge Bork. But against these two are arrayed Professor Graglia and Dean Starr. There is disagreement among the ConLaw superstars. Perhaps lesser mortals in this field should wait for the hearings? So, to recap:  in Hugh’s view,

From Reuters: France said on Monday it was too early to seek sanctions against Syria, whose officials have been implicated by a U.N. report in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. The U.N. Security Council meets on Tuesday to discuss the report, and Paris said the body should demand Damascus cooperate fully with the U.N. inquiry that ends in mid December. Tens of thousands of Syrians took

Rich Lowry, writing at the Corner: Brace yourselves—this will be lighting up Washington tomorrow. From NYTimes right now: “[…] I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003, lawyers involved in the case said Monday. “Notes of the previously undisclosed conversation

Miers:  “Okay. For dessert, I’d really like a sundae, but I have a few conditions, and I’m afraid they are non-negotiable.  First, the dessert has to be made with either Neapolitan soft serve—or at the very least, a chocolate-vanilla swirl.  And second, are the sprinkles you use multi-colored?—or is this one of those Jim Crow holdover joints that only offers the little brown sprinkles…?”**

Anybody reading this a “blogchild” of mine?  Commissar is putting together a blogger family tree, so let me know if protein wisdom sired any of you people—most probably after a night of cockfights and tequila shooters.  I’m a sucker for an angry fighting bird. And no—there’s no such thing as a blog paternity suit.  Though I’m sure a few of the legal blogs are working to rectify that potentially lucrative

…I mean, look at Bolton’s droopy lip piece, the way it just kinda lays there.  It fairly screams, “YOU do all the work, honey!” Whereas MY mink?  Waxed and strategically curled for her pleasure—like a pair of pinkies, or a couple of polished, high-end sybians…

From the Times Online (UK): The United Nations withheld some of the most damaging allegations against Syria in its report on the murder of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister, it emerged yesterday. The names of the brother of Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, and other members of his inner circle, were dropped from the report that was sent to the Security Council. Glenn has already covered this—and points

Larry Kudlow on Fed Chair nominee Ben Bernanke: CEA chair and former Fed governor Ben Bernanke is about to be nominated to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In my view it is a good choice. Though Mr. Bernanke is not a hardcore advocate of the price rule, he does favor an inflation target, which is the second best option. Noteworthy is the fact that in

“New plan, Billy.  Once the 2000th US soldier finally croaks in Bush’s illegal war for Jews and oil, I head to D.C., give an impassioned antiwar speech, then tie myself to the White House fence and refuse to leave until the neocons agree to bring our troops home.  I’ll probably get arrested, but the whole thing should look, like, totally boss on TV —Mother Sheehan struggles to resist Chimpy’s stormtroopers

…to offer the soothing balm of healing.  From the Portland Press Herald: The Bush White House is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history since President Warren G. Harding’s, said Howard Dean during his first visit to Maine as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Dean’s comments Saturday came as top White House advisers are being investigated for their roles in the outing of a CIA operative and Tom DeLay,