David Skinner at The Weekly Standard follows up on his last Lapham swatting, this time (with the help of a reader) revealing a Harper’s editorial maneuver that hardly smells kosher. (Does ‘kosher’ smell? ‘Dunno, but it tastes like onion). [My earlier entry on Lapham]

David Skinner at The Weekly Standard follows up on his last Lapham swatting, this time (with the help of a reader) revealing a Harper’s editorial maneuver that hardly smells kosher. (Does ‘kosher’ smell? ‘Dunno, but it tastes like onion). [My earlier entry on Lapham]

Prelude (Note to my wife): This morning’s coffee, Chocolate Pecan, couldn’t hold a candle to yesterday’s more majestic “Grand” Pecan. Yet again, breeding trumps the libertine gimmick. Anyhow…Normally about now I’d be using this space to wax triumphant about Geraldo’s latest daybreak cave capture — a blur of olivegreen, dust kicked up by the frantic rush of heavy-booted foot traffic, the cold Afghan sun glinting off bruised metal, hesitant gunbarrels

Prelude (Note to my wife): This morning’s coffee, Chocolate Pecan, couldn’t hold a candle to yesterday’s more majestic “Grand” Pecan. Yet again, breeding trumps the libertine gimmick. Anyhow…Normally about now I’d be using this space to wax triumphant about Geraldo’s latest daybreak cave capture — a blur of olivegreen, dust kicked up by the frantic rush of heavy-booted foot traffic, the cold Afghan sun glinting off bruised metal, hesitant gunbarrels

We at protein wisdom would like to add our voices to the chorus of bloggers celebrating Vehrs and Adragna’s mention on Slate’s new “Best of the Web” feature. Likewise, we offer congrats for Slate’s long overdue canononization of Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit. Where does he get the energy…? If for some reason you don’t already do so, be sure to check out “Above the Fold” and the daily Blog Watch II

We at protein wisdom would like to add our voices to the chorus of bloggers celebrating Vehrs and Adragna’s mention on Slate’s new “Best of the Web” feature. Likewise, we offer congrats for Slate’s long overdue canononization of Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit. Where does he get the energy…? If for some reason you don’t already do so, be sure to check out “Above the Fold” and the daily Blog Watch II

A WSJ Opinion Journal editorial chronicles Saddam’s two decades of evil. A chilling reminder: All in all, [his] is a legacy worthy of Stalin or Idi Amin. And Saddam has managed all of this destruction without yet obtaining the most horrific weapon of all, a nuclear bomb. But that may not be all that far away […] […]The New York Times reported yesterday that another recent Iraqi defector says he

A WSJ Opinion Journal editorial chronicles Saddam’s two decades of evil. A chilling reminder: All in all, [his] is a legacy worthy of Stalin or Idi Amin. And Saddam has managed all of this destruction without yet obtaining the most horrific weapon of all, a nuclear bomb. But that may not be all that far away […] […]The New York Times reported yesterday that another recent Iraqi defector says he

From CNN: Al Stiller, a chemical engineering professor at West Virginia University is using liquefied chicken shit mixed in with diesel fuel “to power an engine with no significant difference in performance.” If it were to catch on, a blend that’s 65 percent diesel and 35 percent liquid waste would reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and solve a nagging environmental problem for the poultry industry. link via yaysoft

From CNN: Al Stiller, a chemical engineering professor at West Virginia University is using liquefied chicken shit mixed in with diesel fuel “to power an engine with no significant difference in performance.” If it were to catch on, a blend that’s 65 percent diesel and 35 percent liquid waste would reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and solve a nagging environmental problem for the poultry industry. link via yaysoft