Eric Olsen of Tres Producers eats some meaty caps and sets to investigating the Dead and their enigmatic “Uncle John’s Band.” Predictably, he soon finds himself citing biblical verse and quoting from some 30s tune recorded by the Carolina Buddies. Trickster figures in the guise of birds abound — and there’s even talk of economic cycles and jet propulsion. The only thing missing is a screaming coming across the sky,

“Americans are not losing their minds, but they are afraid of using their minds. They are afraid to exercise judgment — afraid of being sued,” observes George Will. And he gives examples: […] The early 20th century playground movement aimed to acquaint children with mild risks. In 1917, a movement leader said: ‘It is reasonably evident that if a boy climbs on a swing frame and falls off, the school

Michael Gebert of Vorpal Blog says he understands why the Bush administration “went to the airwaves to cover their collective butt on the possibility that a terrorist attack will happen again in the United States” (having been “beaten up in the press over what could have been known before September 11th”). Still, he’s not happy with our defense strategy, and lists the things he feels we should be doing:

“Pennsylvania National Guard troops have been patrolling the state’ s five nuclear power plants with unloaded weapons, according to a state lawmaker. “House Minority Whip Mike Veon’ s comment in Friday’ s York Daily Record followed statements from guardsmen last week that they had been banned from carrying loaded weapons while on patrol at Pennsylvania airports following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “The Pennsylvania National Guard would not confirm either

Wow. Steven Plaut, a University of Haifa economics and business administration teacher, is bullish on the Israeli military. But don’t just take my word for it. Read it for yourself. It is time to return from the Oslo parallel universe — in which being nice to the PLO could produce a peaceful settlement of the Middle East conflict — to Planet Earth. In fact, there is no effective way for

Nice ‘n’ snarky Dov Fischer NRO column (instigated by a Robert Scheer rant) on the “I.Q. question”: Scheer’s writing reflects the polemic arrogance monopolized by a Left that is convinced its ranks are just too smart for conservatives to fathom and that conservatives are just too troglodytic to be liberal. Thus, as Paul Bacon has written, Gerald R. Ford was consistently mocked during his presidency as a bumbling and stumbling

Nice ‘n’ snarky Dov Fischer NRO column (instigated by a Robert Scheer rant) on the “I.Q. question”: Scheer’s writing reflects the polemic arrogance monopolized by a Left that is convinced its ranks are just too smart for conservatives to fathom and that conservatives are just too troglodytic to be liberal. Thus, as Paul Bacon has written, Gerald R. Ford was consistently mocked during his presidency as a bumbling and stumbling

Krikey, first it was the neo-Nazi loons dropping by, now I’m getting referrals from this Arab “discussion” forum. * Sniff sniff * Ummmmmmm. Breathe in the multicultural love, y’all. Bring on that Other-y goodness…! Incidentally, here’s an example of the kind of thoughtful, geo-cultural rapprochement analysis you can expect should you choose to visit the Arab forum: I just dont think that we or any other arab person fears Jewish

Krikey, first it was the neo-Nazi loons dropping by, now I’m getting referrals from this Arab “discussion” forum. * Sniff sniff * Ummmmmmm. Breathe in the multicultural love, y’all. Bring on that Other-y goodness…! Incidentally, here’s an example of the kind of thoughtful, geo-cultural rapprochement analysis you can expect should you choose to visit the Arab forum: I just dont think that we or any other arab person fears Jewish

NBC has announced that current MSNBC and CNBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams will take over the “NBC Nightly News” anchor seat after the 2004 election. And what do we know about Mr. Williams? Well, if you can believe the Media Research Centers’ Brent Baker, ‘Williams […] is a case study in Bernard Goldberg’s observation that it is the “inability to see liberal views as liberal that is at the