I was not allowed to show what happens to an American soldier when they get killed in that way. But I can say that war is a horrible thing. And with large caliber weapons, people don't just get red spots and collapse, they come apart, pieces all over the place. ... I...
Now that another NRO voice has joined the general exchange of ignorance about the Istanbul bombings, it's high time for a corrective from, of all places, The Wall Street Journal. Interesting analysis by Norman Stone, a scholar who actually lives in Turkey: Do...
Great featured essay today by Chris Leithner on non-interventionism. Of the Founders, he writes, Far from being backward, xenophobic and the like, many possessed a keen interest in foreign languages, history, culture, technical and economic developments. Indeed,...
Over at NRO, Laurie Mylroie blows the Istanbul bombing case wide shut: It's proof of an al Qaeda-Saddam connection! Meanwhile, the Turks, probably in an act of obeisance to their al Qaeda masters, say the terrorists were Kurds, with connections to U.S.-supported...
The American Spectator dislikes little old me. True, when I stopped subscribing several years ago, I cut their readership by a quarter, but they should thank me now. Without the links I've been sending them, their online audience would consist of two guys grousing...
Host or attend a house party to screen the new documentary Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War. (Watch the trailer here.) The plan is to arrange a nationwide screening on Dec. 7, and participating looks quite easy. Here's a plug for the party I found in my...
FDR foresaw the fall of Conrad Black. Please e-mail Justin's article for today to every neo you know. A choice bit: What's funny is that Lord Black, author of the recently published Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Champion of Freedom, recently took libertarian Jim Powell...
FOB (friend of blog) Joanne McNeil points to this article from New Scientist, with the following snippet: People with implicit racial prejudices are left mentally exhausted after interacting with someone from a different race, perhaps because they are trying to quell...
Iraqi blogger Riverbend shares her thoughts on the Pentagon's new hearts and minds strategy: They've been bombing houses in Tikrit and other areas! Unbelievable… I'm so angry it makes me want to break something!!!! What the hell is going on?! What do the Americans...
Question for Andrew Sullivan: If George Soros is himself a raging anti-Semite (I especially like this Joe Farah article--is the "pig" angle some kind of kosher double-entendre?), then why is it anti-Semitic to criticize him?
