Via James Wolcott, this prewar letter to the president from boy neocon John Podhoretz: There’s a luscious double trap in starting the war as soon as possible, Mr. President. Your enemies are delirious with excitement about the corporate-greed scandals and the effect they might have on your popularity and the GOP’s standing in November. If [...]
Hey, Democrats: ready to show your party pride? If so, this T-shirt is a must-have: “Truman Dropped the Bomb.” Via Radley Balko, who suggests some other slogans for the worst opposition party in the history of democracy: Front: “My Lai?” Back: “Brought to You by the Johnson Administration.” Front: “Who’s Gonna’ Stand Up to China?” [...]
I woke this morning to terrible news: Jude Wanniski is dead of a heart attack. He was 69. Jude was one of the leading ex-conservatives who had turned antiwar, and hard-core antiwar at that. His writings had been among the strongest antiwar articles featured in conservative publications. Earlier this month, Jude wrote a wonderful article [...]
My radio show has moved to a new time (Saturdays 5-7pm), and my Weekend Interview Show fundraiser is doing rather well so far. (Any help from fans of the show is greatly appreciated.) Saturday afternoon I went to Dr. Ron Paul‘s birthday party / fundraiser and had a fun time. The barbecue was great, I [...]
Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) is stoking up an effort to increase his national visibility as a prelude to launching his White House bid, and here’s a few of his talking points: “ONLY senator to vote NO on the USA PATRIOT ACT “voted NO on the War in Iraq “ONLY senator to call for withdrawal by [...]
Ouch!: “Basra’s academics face a wave of assassination in the southern city of Basra, probably at the hands of Shiite religious militias. You wonder if David Horowitz is happy that more “balance” is being achieved in Iraq history departments, what with the rubbing out of those secular liberal humanist professors.” Speaking of the wild, wacky, [...]
