Category: Bits and Pieces

The deaths at Virginia Tech are a staggering tragedy. Thirty-two people got up and began an ordinary day, only to be cut down with terrible savagery. All of us are shaken. “How did it happen?” “How can something like that happen?” We try desperately to imbue this violence with meaning,

My deepest condolences to the families of the 21 students killed at Virginia Tech. UPDATE: The most complete updating I’ve seen on this story is at Hot Air. It’s also the most disturbing, insofar as it claims that 32 (!) people are dead, and that the killer, searching for his

As I already knew from my legal contacts, as to fired S.F. U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan, there was nothing nefarious going on.  He was simply a bad manager (which has nothing to do with whether he was a good lawyer) and needed to be replaced: Newly released Justice Department documents

Back in 1987, before the fall of Communism, I went to Czechoslovakia.  It was awful, something I would have realized then if I hadn’t been so hopelessly naive about the horrors of Communism.  Everything was shabby and dirty.  The food was vile.  The lodging was so primitive we stayed in

I’ll be the first to admit that, as I slam out posts, I’m a lazy proofreader.  You may have noticed more typos than usual, though, and I actually have an excuse:  I have a Microsoft wireless keyboard, and for some reason it’s not forwarding to my computer full information about

I don’t have time to blog this morning, but did take a minute to check out today’s Drudge. Is it only Drudge, or is it the whole world that has elevated Imus’ big mouth to headline status, above just about everything else of actual importance? UPDATE: More time means more

For reasons entirely unclear to me, I haven’t been linking to the stuff at Flopping Aces lately.  I say unclear because Curt and his co-bloggers have an extraordinary ability to ferret out political and military information and to present it vividly.  I’m always fascinated by, and I usually learn something

My bikini days are long gone (two children took care of that), but if I were still to wear bikinis, this would be the year. Obscene is out, retro flirty is in, at least according to the fashion news from London. This shows there is a happy medium. I don’t

Tell me I’m beautiful, and I’ll guffaw (although I’ll concede “nice looking”).  Tell me I’m a good writer and thinker, and I’m putty in your hands.  Steve, at Out of the Binjo Ditch did me just that honor when he tagged me as one of the five bloggers who make

Dennis Prager today took on the ugly liberal habit of “outing” gay conservatives to punish them for their so-called hypocrisy. It’s an unusually long article (for Dennis Prager), but I was particular taken by the section focusing on the ugliness and mindlessness of identity politics, something I have long decried,

After I did yesterday’s post about the Israeli media’s attack on Yoni Netanyahu, I kept thinking about the Leftist assaults on iconic American figures.  The approaches that most immediately spring to mind are the almost obsessives reports about Washington’s and Jefferson’s role as slave holders.  There are a lot of

I printed here the “I am John Doe” manifesto that Michelle Malkin authored.  To make sure the other side isn’t left out, Bad Example has obliged them by creating the hilariously funny “I am Huff Po” manifesto, so that the Huffington Post crowd has something to stand for.  Read it

I didn’t blog much today (sorry), but I did take time out from an insanely busy schedule to do something nice:  I had lunch with Neo-neocon.  She was in town visiting, and we got together for some Chinese food and conversation.  Both were excellent.  Neo is precisely what you’d expect