-
She Would Have Turned 60 Today
I wrote this in 2010, but have not published it until today, February 28, 2020. I wrote the headline today, but I have not otherwise updated time references. Twenty-seven years ago, on October 16, 1983, a deeply troubled young woman let go of her last hold on life, and tumbled off the Golden Gate Bridge.…
-
Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play
“If you don’t look up the words you don’t know, you don’t deserve the beauty of literature,” my teacher said. Four decades later I still feel the lash in her voice.
-
Seeking More Muslim Heroes
Unlike the thugs who killed him, Merabet had assimilated into French society, while retaining his Muslim identity.
Topics
2008 Election 2010 Election 2012 Election Abortion About Me Afghanistan America Andrew Sullivan Auto Industry Ayaan Hirsi Ali Baseball Brush with Greatness Bush Bush's Third Term Capitalism Captain Underpants China Christie Climate Clinton Conservatism Counterterrorism Debt Ceiling Derangement Entrecard Environment Episcopalian Issues Evil Facebook FDD Financial Meltdown Fiscal Cliff Gay Issues Gaza George Will GOP Budget Greed Guantanamo Guns Harry Health Care His and Her Candidates Honeymoon-Over Watch In the Navy Iran Iraq Islam Islamic Fascism Israel Jasser Jenkins Judiciary Krauthammer KSM libertarianism Libya Limbaugh Mankiw Maplewood McCain McCarthy Milbloggers Military Mr. Obama's War MSM Music Muslim Heroes Neo-neocon New Jersey News Media Nobel Prize Obama Obama Silver-Lining Watch Obamessiah Occupy Wall Street oil disaster Palin Patch Pigou Club Piracy Princeton Racial Issues Romney Ryan Sharpton Social Media St. George's Stimulus Syria Taranto Tea Party Torture Twitter Uncategorized VDH Victor Davis Hanson VP Process Wall Street Web Goddess Writing
-
Gay Republicans Make Their Peace With Palin
This article is a response to gay friends who have taken issue, quite civilly, with my support of John McCain for President. (Disclaimer: there is a comment on the article from someone named “Kirk,” who is not me.) While John McCain’s “selection of the Alaska governor has energized the GOP’s socially conservative wing,” it has…
-
Obama’s Announcement on McChrystal Makes the Best of a Very Bad Situation
I share the gratitude Obama described for General McChrystal’s service. But what the hell was he thinking giving access to a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine? The threshold decision to participate in a story for an anti-establishment icon was an even bigger lapse of judgment than anything McChrystal or his aides said.
-
So THAT’S Why He Picked Her – What a Speaker!
I take back everything I said or hinted or even thought about Sarah Palin being a drag on the ticket. She did several things she had to do in her speech tonight: She established that her record of actual office-holding achievement compares very favorably with Obama’s. (Obama’s achievement of winning his party’s nomination for president…
-
Oliphant’s Cartoon Is Not Just Despicable, It’s Dangerous
At Israel Insider, Barry Rubin does the best job I’ve seen of describing precisely why Pat Oliphant’s recent cartoon — featuring a goose-stepping, headless swordsman pushing a Jew-shark-on-a-unicycle — is so powerful, and so powerfully offensive. Hat tip: Andy McCarthy. Is the cartoon truly anti-Semitic, or is it “merely” anti-Israel? I say both, but whatever.…
-
Does Jon Stewart Really Think Truman Was A War Criminal?
Update: Nevermind. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 2 thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First 100 Days Unlike many conservatives, I love The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He’s a very funny man, backed by an outstanding research staff. His views skew…
-
Palin Backlash Watch
I don’t agree with every word of this article, but I offer this snippet as evidence that Palin-bashing is a losing strategy for the Democrats: Let me make it clear: there are many things I don’t like about Sarah Palin. We are ideologically opposed on numerous issues. Her stance on creationism and her pro-life zealousness…