Light blogging this week—sorry—but this story was too good to pass up. I guess the Israeli government has run out of Peruvian Native Americans to import for demographic padding, because now they’re shipping in “lost tribes” from India. "This is my land," said Mr....
Invade the Vatican! Prescience is no sweat with these clowns, of course, but your humble correspondent nailed the current climate back in March. (Some links swiped from Lew Rockwell.)
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rules against the government on Jose Padilla's detention as an enemy combatant: Contrary to the government's argument, they said, the president does not have "inherent constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief to detain American...
Our very own Sam Koritz guest blogging over at Liberty & Power.
If you had any doubt about which altar boobus americanus kneels before, doubt no longer. The Oh, Really? Factor renders unto Caesar, and renders, and renders some more. Bill O'Reilly on Cardinal Martino: [Y]ou can afford to feel compassion for Saddam, Cardinal,...
I do hope John Derbyshire did not contribute to The National Review Treasury of Classic Children’s Literature. Here, a bedtime story from Derb: Actually, my favorite story of victor's justice is the treatment given to the defeated Sultan Bayezid "the Thunderbolt" by...
Via Franklin Harris, the Select Smart 2004 Presidential Candidate Selector. My results certainly look odd, which suggests a BCS-like inscrutability in the formula, as well as a lack of exhaustive choices on some questions. Here's what I got: 1. Your ideal theoretical...
The always intriguing Paul Cantor on imperialism vs. trade in the Black Sea hood: What drove one empire after another to try to take over the Black Sea, despite the enormous expenditure of resources, human and material, that was always involved? Different motives were...
Asks this fellow, who thinks we're leftists. I just love political commentary straight from the medulla oblongata: Bush right. Antiwar not Bush. Antiwar left. Left bad. (He must have hated watching this!) If our esteemed detractor wanted commentary on Saddam's...
From Bush's speechwriter to God's press secretary. From today's Diary: My take on the capture of Saddam will appear in tomorrow’s National Post. I’ll post a link as soon as the Post has the story on line. For now, let’s say that while the President’s opponents have...
