The journey of a thousand faces …
… begins with a single step. Or something like that. Originally, I was going to write today about the difficulty of adapting a newspaper's print edition to late-breaking news, but…
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Privacy??
My girlfriend, who is of Russian descent, tells me about a joke that went around Russia after the U.S. Embassy burned down in Moscow one year: The U.S. Embassy burned…
Victory, But …
To listen to the rhetoric, the United States is either on the cusp of midwifing a modern Jeffersonian democracy in Iraq and the naysayers are potentially disloyal Americans who don't…
The Good Fight
When I first heard that Fox News anchor/Rottweiler Bill O'Reilly and others were up in arms about the "war on Christmas," I was ready to pen an angry, hate-filled screed…
Linguistic Blends
Below, Mary Katharine Ham notes that her local (read: national giant) cable company offers both Spanish and English as options on its tech-support line, rather than defaulting to English. As…
Jurisdiction Strip Tease
In light of the current effort to replace the soon-to-retire Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, the judiciary has been on my mind lately. As I've thought about the…
Unacceptable Media??
Writing in Slate, Edward Jay Epstein re-explains movie ratings and helpfully resummarizes what the Hollywood studios look for in movies. In short: Explicit, gory violence in a movie is OK,…
A Little Deeper
Have you ever wondered if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is more complicated than it appears on the surface? Take a look at this Washington Post Outlook piece, written by Aluf Benn….
Single Issue vs. a Coalition
Those of you who follow liberal blogs might have noticed a recent contretemps over what role NARAL should assume in the coalition dedicated to liberal causes, pro-choice points of view,…
Marketing Madness
Greetings and salutations, Wizbangers! The soon-to-be-vacationing Kevin has asked me to step in and blog in his absence. Clearly, he feels that all of you could benefit from continued lessons…
So long … farewell …
I was going to close with a long, drawn-out au revoir, complete with musings on the state of politics, but I think I'll make it short. I'm taking my leave…
Do Republicans stand with bigots?
Did you know that liberalism causes pederasty? I didn't. Thank goodness that we have Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., to alert us to this political health hazard! From The Boston Globe:…
Pizza with a Sprinkling of Nuts
Michelle Malkin passes on the story of a Danish pizzeria owner, Aage Bjerre, who got in trouble with the law. Seems that he refused to serve French or German customers…
Culture and Prosperity
After Mary Katherine's recent recent post on prosperity and culture sparked a discussion between the two of us regarding prosperity and cultural homogeneity and hegemony. Below the fold is the…
Networking, Chinese style
There's an old joke about a person who sent a letter to an acquantaince in China. The writer ended his letter with "I hope this letter makes it past the…
D.C. Confidential
In today's Washington Post op-ed page, David Ignatius bemoans the poor choice of making a stand for confidential sources in the Plame fight and endorses a federal shield law for…
Stealing Access
Today's lesson, boys and girls: Don't steal your neighbor's Wi-Fi bandwidth. From CNN.com: Benjamin Smith III, 41, faces a pretrial hearing this month following his April arrest on charges of…
Letter to the RINOs
Dear RINOs, Greetings and salutations from one who formerly called himself “conservative,” but took to liberalism’s greener shores when he found himself and the Republican Party drifting apart. Don’t worry…
Beyond Rhetoric
If you’re curious about French participation in the war on terror, take a look at this Washington Post article, which chronicles Franco-American cooperation in apprehending members of al-Qaida. It’s interesting…
Jumping the … You Know What
Back when I worked at a small paper in a mountain town, July and August were particularly frustrating months. Literally, nothing happened. From what I could tell, the entire town…
Extreme Circumstances?
Not long ago, the Senate neared judicial showdown when Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Blockhead, nearly invoked the constitutional option to get Democrats to drop the ridiculous, unprecedented filibuster of…
Reaction — New SCOTUS Nominee
When Sandra Day O’Connor stepped down from the Supreme Court, President Bush had an opportunity to prove that he really is a uniter, rather than a divider. He could have…
Revisiting Vietnam
As recently as last week, I wrote that I did not believe Iraq and Vietnam were the same war, and I have defended that proposition across the blogosphere, despite my…
The Reign in Spain
Following the example of Belgium and the Netherlands, Spain has legalized same-sex marriage, according to the Associated Press (via the Washington Post. And Spain did so in the “right” way–…
Greetings and Salutations
Kevin has asked me (among others) to step up and help out while he’s taking a break from this blogging thing. I was a bit surprised to receive the invitation…
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