Category: Bits and Pieces

One of my favorite bloggers, and the one who gave me that pivotal link that pushed my numbers beyond zero per day, is Rich, at Beef always wins. He started blogging during his tour of duty in Iraq, where he wrote fascinating posts both about his own experiences and about

Mark Steyn points out that the world sees that the U.S. as once again afraid to us its power to win: What’s the difference between September 2001 and now? It’s not that anyone “liked” America or that, as the Democrats like to suggest, the country had the world’s “sympathy.” Pakistani

An Investor’s Business Daily poll that shows America waking up to the threat of Islamic terrorism: A majority of Americans, 51 percent, believe that “militant Islamism is no less a threat in the 21st century than Nazism, fascism and communism were in the 20th century,” 63 percent are “very concerned”

I’d started a really good post on something or other, when my daughter came running into the house screaming that my son was injured. I dropped everything and headed out the front door. I heard him crying before I saw him. What I saw was a white t-shirt stained with

Sometimes I’m lucky enough to stumble across an unusually beautiful post, that takes a familiar subject, fleshes it out, and brings fresh insights to what has became nothing more than a faded Victorian post card.  This time, believe it or not, that subject is the high mortality rate that plagued

Curt, who blogs at the excellent Flopping Aces, dug around at the Democratic Underground to find out what the guests there were saying about the kidnapped reporters.  Apparently what they were saying did not reflect well on them, and Michelle Malkin’s site (which is being guest hosted right now), picked

All the missing Egyptian students have been rounded up.  It’s entirely possible that they were just on a little lark, sight-seeing when they should have been reporting to school, but it was bizarre and unnerving how quickly they dispersed throughout the United States. They didn’t go to tourist destinations, and

At Cheat-Seeking Missiles we get the good news that a really, really bad guy in Uganda has departed this earth. One down, thousands (or millions) to go.

I’m still too busy (and, by now, too exhausted) to blog, but others are doing wonderful things. The latest good thing to catch my eye is Robert Avrech’s post, at Seraphic Secret, explaining that, yes, it is all about Islam aided, as usual, the the media’s useful idiots. And while

Never let your husband manage the kids’ party. Ten minutes before the party starts, you will find yourself without cake, food, party favors, or guest of honor — but with repeated assurances via cell phone that all will arrive in time. The tension is killing me. UPDATE:  Whew!  They arrived

I’ve got about 48 hours per day of legal work and family commitments this weekends, so I won’t be blogging.  Thanks to all of you who are keeping my blog a lively place through your comments. I’ll be back Monday “with bells on,” as the old saying used to go.

While we’re all throwing away our sports drink as we head to the airport, the real problem may lie behind the scenes, with the employees themselves. The Times of India reports that one of the suspects may well have been an airline employee, enjoying the type of unlimited access to

Yesterday, I directed you to Zombie for what I thought was the best written summary about the false photos being disseminated from Lebanon.  Today I found what I think is the best video on the subject.  It’s clear and straightforward.  No razzle-dazzle, just the facts.