Lest anyone think that my take on patriotism in today's article is meant to dismiss the concept altogether, please read this great essay by Joseph Sobran. Relevant to folks right and left.

In, The Last Nuclear Moment, after telling of Moshe Dayan's suggestion that Israel use nukes to prevail in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Avner Cohen says: "Mrs. Meir's decision not to accept Mr. Dayan's pessimism not only avoided a nuclear catastrophe, it demonstrated to...

In case you need a little refresher on D.C. power-slut Lewis "Scooter" Libby, so prominently featured in the Valerie Plame scandal, here's a tasty treat from National Review, March 2001. Byron York reported the following: Libby, who said his law firms collected as...

I think there's a real contender in today's "Collateral Damage." See if you can spot it. Its very badness may make you laugh.

First, condolences to the families, Jewish and Arab, of those hurt or killed in yesterday's bombing. I'll include one sentence from an Agence France-Presse report that I didn't hear on the nightly news: The radical Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad claimed...

Romania is in big trouble for the way it treats its Gypsy population. Y'know, leaving them alone, letting them maintain their customs, instead of assimilating them at gunpoint. Now, a Gypsy wedding between a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy may threaten...

The rotten James Woolsey, the Morris Dees of the neocons, plays the anti-Semitism card in the Jerusalem Post. My eyes glaze over.

Artist Peter Max has unveiled this new poster to raise funds for a Pentagon memorial. Order quickly-- they're sure to fly off the shelves at $150 apiece!

"Take out Al Jazeera, one way or another," says rabid neocon Frank Gaffney. He praises the US-backed Iraqi council decision to ban Al Jazeera reporters from Iraq, but says they don't go far enough: "Under present wartime circumstances, though, the United States has...

"Take out Al Jazeera, one way or another," says rabid neocon Frank Gaffney. He praises the US-backed Iraqi council decision to ban Al Jazeera reporters from Iraq, but says they don't go far enough: "Under present wartime circumstances, though, the United States has...