Category: Bits and Pieces

I think today’s Best of the Web Today has an unusually lucid, and brief, summary about why it is not reasonable for the United States to extend to today’s enemy prisioners all of the benefits available to POWs under the Geneva convention (a convention that neither the terrorists, nor the

If you’re near a computer or Ipod, you should take the time out to listen to this Mark Steyn segment on the Hugh Hewitt show. (I listen using Internet Explorer; it won’t work on Firefox.) If the above link doesn’t work, go here and look for the 9/14/06 show with

There’s always something exquisitely amusing about a weak, ineffectual figure posturing as a tough guy.  Kerry put himself into that ludicrous position the other day when, as part of his build-up to running again, he tried to act tough about the Swift Boat Vets: Asked if he dreads the prospect

One of the ideas that has been preoccupying me lately — the Left’s definition of political repression — appears as an American Thinker article.  Here’s the beginning of my article: I’ve been dismissive of Democratic charges that the Bush administration is suppressing dissent.  I think that I, in common with

Former Texas Governor Ann Richards died today.  I no longer agree with her politics (she was very, very Democrat), but I always did like her wit and style.  She was a true Texas good ol’ girl.  I’ve known many like her — highly intelligent, very feminine and incredibly strong.

If you’re wondering why I’ve been posting so slowly today, blame it on Don Quixote.  He’s not only a friend, he’s also a colleague, and I’ve been helping him with a project.  The project, frankly, is boring, but working with DQ is always a pleasure.  I’ve also had a lot

Over at LGF, you will find, in its entirety, a “Truther’s” description of his day in D.C. on 9/11.  I actually have my doubts about whether it’s real.  It reads like a parody of all the dementia on the Left, not to mention the bad social behavior.  It’s so awful

Whatever else one thinks about Anna Nicole Smith — and I generally try to think about her as little as possible — this story is a mother’s nightmare: The 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith died while visiting his mother in the hospital where the reality TV star and former

Michelle Malkin has the President’s entire 9/11 speech on her blog.  I thought the whole speech was excellent, but was especially impressed with the beginning, which I’m republishing here: “Good evening. Five years ago, this date – September the 11th – was seared into America’s memory. Nineteen men attacked us

I’ll be keeping my 9/11 posts at the top today. Please scroll down for new posts on other topics.

The gal who signed up to memoralize Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas somehow missed her deadline. I knew Lauren, and want to make sure that this delightful woman doesn’t get forgotten today. I don’t have the time to do Lauren justice, but I’ll at least be able to say a bit about

My son, who is seven, is obsessed with superheroes. His current favorite is Superman. After all, when you’re a little boy, battling your way through the world, what could be more exciting than the possibility of being “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap

I’d like to say something profound about 9/11, but find I have nothing profound to say. Instead, I carry around a mental patchwork of images from that day, along with a lot of strong feelings that I voice regularly in this blog. I’m incapable of weaving any of these threads