David Thompson is in fine fettle today, writing of John Pilger, who’s been let go from the staff of the New Statesman, to the tune of Steam’s hit. A lefty blogress by the name of Sunny Hundal thinks that losing such a voice of conscience is a blow to the left, and David picks up the ball from there: Wild imaginings are, of course, a signature of Mr Pilger’s rhetoric,

Over at the PW pub, Andrew has put up a post that I think speaks for many of us. On Bush and the “Na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye” thing: You just had to, didn’t you? You couldn’t just enjoy your victory, couldn’t just let the man slip away beneath the radar of your Profound and Righteous Contempt. You had to channel your inner adolescent and flip him

I’ve let this go, till now, because even The One is not responsible for the racist idiocy that this invited ninny spewed. But impassioned benediction? Dumbass drunk best man stupid commentary is more like it: ….help us work for that day when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when

Steve Benen: AN ERA OF MATURITY…. Adam Serwer had an interesting take on Obama’s inaugural address, arguing that the speech was, at its core, about maturity. “We remain a young nation,” Obama said, “but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.” After September 11, 2001 there was a lot of commentary to the effect that America had “entered adulthood” as we were introduced

Just saw it at FauxNewz. Nothing on their website yet. Update: now, of course, there is something

and that’s what makes us fully human. As a gift to America on the momentous occasion of Obama’s inauguration, Jeremy Lott gives us the most perfect enunciation of BDS evah. Journalists must continue not to be to blame for anything. I dislike seeing the words “balls” and “slash” in the same sentence.

Caleb at Redstate helps us usher in a new era of hopichanginess: One day, I’ll be looking at my grandchildren. I’ll say to them “Kids, when Barack Obama spoke to the crowds at Invesco field as the nominee of the Democratic party … I was there.” I’ll pause for a moment, reflecting. Then I’ll go on, “And kids, when Obama stood on the capitol steps and took the oath of

The Democrats keep fighting their favorite war: Here in the afterglow of the turnaround led by Gen. David Petraeus, it’s easy to forget what the smart set was saying two years ago — and how categorical they all were in their certainty. The president was a simpleton, it was agreed. Didn’t he know that Iraq was a civil war, and the only answer was to get out as fast as

“If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.” –Pyrrhus of Epirus As you’re aware, Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire that was followed by a Hamas ceasefire. Hamas declared that Israel had a week to remove its troops from Gaza. And as Gazans returned to what was left of their homes, Hamas declared victory against the Israeli aggressors, stating that they knew how

What a terrible man Christopher Hitchens is, to throw this in the face of the O! celebration: But, on the last day of his presidency, I want to say why I still do not wish that Al Gore had beaten George W. Bush in 2000 or that John Kerry had emerged the victor in 2004. In Oliver Stone’s not very good but surprisingly well-received film W., there is an unnoticed