Weblog
2001-01-31
Jaffo's American Cafe (great stuff)
In a really thoughtful column, Ken Starr worries about "an age of constitutional illiteracy"
Litmus test? Every prospective 2004 Dem Presidential candidate voted no on Norton
Cheney will run a shadow NSC, but Kaplan is hopelessly confused in his description of Defense/State institutional preferences
Perhaps "confidential" means something else to Nigerians?
Chileans are surely relieved now that Sting, noted World Diplomat, has weighed in
Outlook for UH Cougar baseball this season
A former UH political theory prof urges Gray Davis to meet Adam Smith
Scamelot is a beautiful term for the Presidency of "the Bonnie and Clyde of American politics"
Common sense applied to gun statistics (sure to make Left wing nuts squirm and squawk)
Walter Williams takes on "racism"
Sometimes, Bill O'Reilly's populist crusades cloud his judgment
The hillbilly slobs are out, the anal conservatives are in
Like everything, the former President will get away with this, but it's no less tacky or outrageous
It's a good thing Bush doesn't drink -- maybe Chap Kennedy won't get trashed and take anyone swimming afterwards
The left preaches tolerance -- for everyone else
Michael Kelly celebrates "the blessed peace and quiet of a non-pathological presidency"
Frank Gaffney on Rumsfeld's missile defense signals
Aschcroft confirmation just a warmup for eventual Supreme Court nominations
Pete DuPont is happily optimistic on education reform
Call the sports editor: "There ought to be some kind of safety device that we can use in an emergency when a small plane like that is going down"
Proposed EU Army will be rival to NATO
Georgia's decision will please nobody
Mr. Estrada is confused
2001-01-30
Always reliable: Salon.com stock lingers around a buck
Always reliable: Salon.com defends the Clintons' "departure" gifts
The most dreadful head-of-state website of any Western nation
Empirical data don't support John McPain's alleged political cynicism/election spending nexus
John McPain is a hypocritical windbag
Interested in political journalism? Check out the Publius Fellows Program
I wish Jo[k]e Lieberman would go AWAY
Thomas Sowell remains perplexed by CA politicians
A left-wing state makes the world safer
A libertarian objects to (unconstitutional) national education policies
Empower America grows more irrelevant
"Faith-based" tops my list of least favorite adjectives of 2001 (thus far)
An article containing the name Canaan Banana deserves to be blogged. Period.
No man is worth it
UPS drivers are annoying a-holes
2001-01-29
Liberal goofiness (in this case Mutual Assured Destruction) dies hard
Why am I (generally) pro-choice and anti-
Roe
? Here's a succinct critique of that awful con law case
So you wanna be a mind reader?
Reason
asks: Is America Shortchanging Male Children?
Novak on Ashcroft's passive defenders
Vandals, not pranksters
Bye Bye Barak (and good riddance)
Will Napster make a successful transition from theft to commerce?
Bomb blast in Uganda
2001-01-28
Newspapers won't let FL die (or, Newspapers Fiddle While Rome Burns)
Senator Rodham's rough first week
The Rodhams are petty thieves and vandals. Can we move on already?
My cousin BJ is one helluva women's college basketball coach
2001-01-27
Jesse Jacksoff begins to act like a martyr
How a
Time
writer learned not to underestimate W
Californians Can Freeze in the Dark
Will natural disaster improve India-Pakstan relations (a la Greece-Turkey)?
2001-01-26
I like the term "syphilitic sage" in reference to Nietzsche!
A sport associated with riots and hooligans is well-deserving of the same Nobel won by that killer of baby and women, Mr. Arafat!
Krauthammer: Clinton "seems never to have fathomed that with the office come certain basic requirements of decency and democratic decorum"
Thomas Sowell on Basic Economics
Tony Snow on Clinton's tacky, disgusting, but thankfully last, White Trash Weekend
The BS from Ashcroft opponents continues
And to think once upon a time, the man who says DC can't ignore CA's electric mess was an Objectivist
Why has the press suddenly discovered how tacky, corrupt, and petty the Clintons are?
John Stossel goes to DC
Will Senator Lieberman be the Jo[k]e of the campaign, or the Honorable Joe of the past?
Peggy Noonan assesses the new President's first week
Don't ride buses in Pakistan
A populist gets tough in the Philippines
Not a very impressive army
2001-01-25
It's nice to see the New Secretary of State's tastes will be easier on the taxpayers than Madeleine Not-At-Albright's!
Orenthal may have cheated jail, but he continues to act like a crminal
An article that weaves together these terms: academia, harassment, free speech, vagina, and guns
Remember all those "pretty people" who said they would leave the US if Bush won? Sadly, they lied
Hingis beats Serena, Venus, to set up boring final with Capriati
RET: "There is an otherworldly aspect to NPR's reportage and commentary, and that other world is variously goofball radicalism or Rolph, the Idiot Professor"
Bush keeps GAINING votes in Florida (so I guess it wasn't "rigged" after all?)
NY Schools Chancellor: "Standards is a funding issue" (but grammar apparently is no issue at all)
Alan Dipshitwitz apparently doesn't want Chap Kennedy to steal all the kudos from the wacko left!
The grownups are back
Rich Lowry thinks John McPain is the most tiresome "interesting" pol in American life
Virginia Postrel analyzes some fundamental changes in the economy (NY Times - requires registration)
Moderate Dem group blames Gore loss on tilt to the left
Is Jesse Jacksoff's core of support crumbling?
The problem is metaphysical: CA prefers energy fantasy to energy reality
The Entitlement Mentality Produces Darkness in CA (or as St. Ayn might say, "You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat it Too")
For the most part, intellectuals + country music = bad journalism
Laos blames bombing on "bad people" (glad they cleared that up?)
Pipeline bombing in Ecuador
BBC analysis of DR Congo war
Fire Protection Downtown in Lee Brown's America? Nope!
CA urges residents to save power by watching Super Bowl in groups!
Limbaugh is the first commentator to note that the left is wobbling without the daily Clinton focus-group talking points
I would say AlGore has a job for the first time in decades, but this academic post is probably cushier even than the Senate
Isn't it great when the "pretty people" talk politics?
Shameful: the Dems postponed Ashcroft confirmation for a week to dig up baseless accusations like this!?
The American Mind is an interesting blog of politics and culture
2001-01-24
A fitting scene from the People's State of Kalifornia
Who cares: give the media two weeks before the super bowl, and this is the result
I guess Webster Hubbell shoulda picked better friends?
I like the term McFein 2001 (and I even know the author's husband)
Walter Williams on the drunken philandering blob(Ted Kennedy)'s constitutional ignorance
Reason
rejects the latest global warming hysteria
Many Americas: More thoughts on that red & blue electoral map
Why aren't these tactics decried as "obstructionist" or "gridlock?"
Democratic lefties are only helping Bush
Fred Barnes on Bush's Public-Nice, Private-Tough personality
Michael Kelly thinks the Dems are solidifying their minority status
Jesse Jacksoff: Racial Rainmaker
Pete DuPont welcomes integrity after the least ethical administration in history
Save the cod!
Congo's new "caretaker" leader needs a fashion upgrade!
No more John Blake: Sooners back as a recruiting force in Texas, nationwide
2001-01-23
Serena is out of the way, but Venus is going to kick some Hingis ass
Warning: Do not let this man drive your car!
Maybe the Florida Kangaroos simply confused themselves for the campus court in THIS case
Even Clinton has had enough of AlGore
Oh those witty Democrats: W removed from White House computer keyboards prior to departure
Mona Charen anticipates the coming Clinton-Legacy spinners
Plans to clean up the Clinton/Reno Department of (Politicized) Justice
The O'Reilly Factor: Karma catches Jesse Jackson
Brown and Out in Beverly Hills: Today's WSJ editorial is the best short piece I've seen on the CA electricity mess
Has this senior editor of TNR been doing drugs before writing?
Bill Bradley rejects Clinton's money man as potential DNC Head
The ACLU will defend the rights of the KKK, Nazis, Communists, Atheists, but not Boy Scouts!
Jesse Jacksoff leaves public life ... for one day
I associate Prince Charles, not this, with the term "royal dip"
For the Euros, the meaning of Pork Politics differs from America's understanding
I would be very scared if this person were prosecuting me!
Almost a Brazilian Hogan's Heroes?
Re: the Jan 22 Entry, Proof there is intelligent management in corporate America (but we're still searching at IHS Energy)
A profile on UH's outstanding baseball coach, Rayner Noble
2001-01-22
The Williams sisters are the best thing to happen to tennis.... ever?
How does this woman manage to wax idiotic EVERY time she opens her mouth?!
NRO: Clinton's Gone, but the Weirdness Continues
Moderate Dem signs on to Bush tax plan
I doubt
Time
is right in suggesting it's the end of the rainbow for Jesse Jacksoff
Will former President Clinton let us move on?
Peggy Noonan gushes about the Bush Tent Revival (err... 10 minute inaugural prayer)
The headline says it all (or, Shouldn't the pope be more concerned about "god's" legacy?
Avoid the bus in Morocco
2001-01-21
The Bushies have enhanced Air Force One
How appropriate: the former President spent his last year in office negotiating to save his ass
Don't drink that water!
The Houston Texans made an excellent choice in Dom Capers
Charles Paul Freund finds DC in a less-than-excessive partying mood
Sometimes staff writers churn out great political journalism: "Rarely in history does ceremony require the gathering of such a strange tableau of personal rivalry and family bonds"
Text of Bush's inaugural speech (or was it a ten minute prayer?)
Did Podhoretz listen to the same speech?
David Broder's thoughtful analysis of Democratic fault lines
Science and technology always seem to scare conservatives
Can Bush restore the rule of law?
Are strikes really an effective means to protest terrorist bombings?
Papal Politics for those who care
Kabila's son summons the allies
2001-01-20
JFK hung with Marilyn; former President Clinton certainly had different tastes!
Some of PJ O'Rourke's more "serious" colleagues also assess former President Clinton
PJ O'Rourke's hilarious reflections on former President Clinton
Bush will block last-minute Clinton executive orders
Is the internet making us dumber?
NFL: National Felons' League?
Dick Morris psychoanalyzes former President Clinton
The most corrupt administration since Nixon's is now history
At least six killed, dozens injured in Dhaka bombing
Filipinos toss Estrada, welcome Arroyo
Kabila's body has arrived!
Reason Forum
new feature: Lee Brown's America (tracking the days)
Hanah chronicles her trip to France
I'm glad to see Jaffo is BLOGGING again (in addition to journalling)
2001-01-19
Government can fix it: CA "orders" utilities to serve all customers!
Begone, foreign policy idiots!
In addition to learning to drive and use the phone, perhaps Madeleine Not-At-Albright will read some foreign policy textbooks!
Thomas Sowell speculates on the wider effects of the Ashcroft nomination circus
What this columnist calls the "Rumsfeld Effect" is what I call the circumstance of grownups taking over for the Clinton foreign policy dimwits
Krauthammer notes the Jo[k]e Lieberman/John Ashcroft double standard
Dick Morris thinks that Rodham "is frightened of Ashcroft and doesn't want to antagonize him"
Peggy Noonan hopes for a real Clinton Farewell (don't count on it, Peggy)
I hope the
Wall Street Journal
is right to suggest "there are still Democrats who can see the difference between Mr. Ashcroft's demeanor and [Chap] Kennedy's"
Paul Gigot speculates that a bipartisan tax cut is nearly a done deal
Rabinowitz: Ashcroft Hearings Tell Us More About the Senators Than the Nominee
We can always count on the UN Security Council to demonstrate its irrelevance at the appropriate time
Ehud Barak's campaign is disintegrating
Anarcho-capitalism in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
I guess Kabila must really be dead!
Kaycee's usual wisdom: "I'd rather compliment than find imperfections. My eye searches for the beauty...and I can find it almost everytime"
2001-01-18
More imagery from
Atlas Shrugged
?
The drunken philandering murderer returns!
Just another hypocrite
Thomas Sowell: Clinton "will leave a legacy of unprecedented corruption of all the fundamental institutions of government."
The sensible Larry Elder on Dem double standards
Ann Coulter shares my own displeasure at the resurgence of that drunken philandering murderer, Chap Kennedy
Jacoby: Ashcroft's enemies are the real zealots
Saffire on the unflappable Ashcroft (and idiotic Chap Kennedy)
Check out this other judge that Ashcroft rightly opposed
The Dem strategy to intimate (but not charge) that Ashcroft is a racist
Clinton's administration "has been great theater, but ruinous to the nation's political civility"
Francis Fukuyama on President Paradox
Thai PM to "God's Army" kiddos: go back to school
I wonder if the Pope was impressed by Jesse Jacksoff, Adulterer (or, Who elected Jesse Jacksoff as our National Moral Conscience, II)?
So does the first sentence mean they might NOT be right wingers?
Kabila's death an "open secret." Really?
2001-01-17
Chap Kennedy's been practicing his swimming (decades too late)
Get ready Florida, for Reno and Shalala (a 00's Thelma and Louise)!
Feminist Bile (why don't they go find Gordon Stuber? Or Ted Kennedy?)
Camille Paglia: "Clinton debased the presidency and Gore became a hysterical chameleon. A lazy Bush may be just the prescription America needs"
Memo to all of you whose opinions are formed by NPR and other media: Go read Ashcroft's hearing yesterday for yourselves (then try thinking for yourselves)
Paul Craig Roberts suggests a little clumsily that philosophy, not guns, may have something to do with violence
Tony Blankley thinks we could be facing "the most vehement political disorder since the years leading up to the Civil War"
Even Dick Morris has come to admit that Janet Reno and his Justice Department are a bunch of political hacks
Pete DuPont on the Banana Republic of California
Check out Susan's comments on "the liberal elite version of 'you don't know my business'"
This guy must have been really pissed over CA's electrical mess!
ESPN2 is outta luck: Animal rights groups win ban on bull-cart racing in India
India and Pakistan play the nuclear-capable missile game
Twin teenage leaders of Thai rebel "God's Army" are captured
Uganda sends additional five battalions to combat cattle poachers (I'm not kidding)
Is it live, or is it memorex?
2001-01-16
Tom West defends John Ashcroft (and the principles of the American Founding)
There's something wrong with this drunken philanderer sitting in judgment of John Ashcroft
Big problems (perhaps the biggest!) for Laurent Kabila
Is this Atlas Shrugged? CA legislator threatens to seize electricity generators!
Leftist Idiots don't want to be left out in the ever popular act of banning Salinger
Flashback to the Politics of Virtue: Tucker Carlson profiled both GW Bush and J Ashcroft in 1998
Ashcroft should be praised for his desegregation wprl (never mind the fact that the MO AG's job is to do what he did: represent MO in federal courts!)
Why should this year's campaign be surprising to this journalist, after 8 years of the first Postmodern President?
Tayler: The Surprising Consolation of Formerly Soviet Medical Care
Bob Dole on the Ashcroft nomination
Can we PLEASE put Bob Jones to rest?
Check this out to see why Ashcroft opposed that liberal judge (hint: it wasn't his skin color)
Was Jonah Goldberg or George Will the idiot (or both)?
Bork opposes the "Borking" of John Ashcroft, and comments on the current AG: "Janet Reno is the poster [boy] for the liberal deformation and ignoring of plain law"
John Fund offers a penetrating analysis of why liberal dems strategically must oppose Ashcroft
Clinton's Legacy: A List of Dubious Firsts
10 years ago, my mentor Bill Van Cleave anticipated this when he said: "Saddam has turned a devastating military defeat into a great political victory"
Begone, Idiot: Why won't Madeleine Not-At-Albright make way for the foreign policy grownups
I'm not sure how to describe the fashion sense of Far East terrorists
I wish Sting would stick to music and leave political philosophy to others
So Montesinos WAS plotting a coup in Peru
Believe it or not, this nation used to be one of Africa's most stable
African leaders have a lot more fashion flair than, say, Castro or Khadafi!
2001-01-15
Kaycee Nicole dispenses her usual wisdom
It's the Ivies Stupid: Ashcroft's Poorly Educated Opponents
NRO: The Anti-Ashcroft War-Room, II
Didn't Clinton have better things to do as Prez than analyze his press coverage?
Here's a judge whose views on Mr. Ashcroft have gone mysteriously underreported
Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech
William Raspberry's thoughtful column on demagoguery, among other things
Bartley's last three sentences are worth considering
Myanmar just can't figure out what to do with poor Aung San Suu Kyi
I'm not anti-gay or anything, but I really didn't need to start my morning with coffee and this article
2001-01-14
Screw Nostalgia: The Houston Texans need to hire a real coach, not "Bum's son"
Celebrating achievement in all areas: A nice profile on Bob Stoops, head coach of the National Champion OU football Sooners
Also in culture and language: Computers are killing Greek!
Mario Vargas Llosa: "globalization does not suffocate local cultures but rather liberates them from the ideological conformity of nationalism."
George Will suggests boosting the House to 1000 members
Sally Satel interview on Playing Politics with Medicine
Since Jesus distinguishes Ashcroft's religiosity from Lieberman's, I guess he's fair game for attack
David Broder's assessment of the promise, but ultimate disappointment, of the Clinton years
There have been so many articles on african-american libertarian/conservative intellectuals lately that I wonder if we're seeing the beginning of something significant
A surprisingly interesting article on where Bush might attend church in DC
Ken Adelman hopes Rumsfeld can bring his cruise missile strategy to missile defense
You don't think THESE pollsters had an ax to grind, given the nature of the questions, hmm?
A Barak minister resigns over his "peace" initiatives
Begone, fool: Madeleine Not-At-Albright gives the Bush foreign policy team more "advice"
Holy Indian Dip, Batman!
Portugal's President cruising to second term
2001-01-13
I caught Mary Cutrufello solo last night, and she's an incredibly talented lady
This "civil rights" committee has nothing to do with civil rights, and should be disbanded
Mona Charen on John McWhorter
It will be refreshing to have some honor and decorum restored to the office of President on 20 January
Ashcroft�s nomination odds improving
Whining from yet another "victim"
Why Bush wants just to forgive and forget
The real reason AlGore was never seriously considered for Harvard top job? Typical academic snobbery
A compelling immigration argument (which Chavez could have made, but didn't)
Sorry, but I don't think Colin Powell needs advice from Madeleine Not-At-Albright!
Kennedy, Johnson pondered pre-emptive attacks on China
Ya know, now that Yahoo suggests it, Madeleine Not-At-Albright and French Cheese somehow seem to go together
It's good for Alec Baldwin to finalize a divorce before leaving the country, a la his election-time pledge, yes?
This brought me down from an otherwise excellent evening :(
2001-01-12
Paul Gigot's subtle advice to the increasingly inept Bush vetting staff: "The U.S. Marines strive never to leave their casualties on the battlefield, which is one reason they are revered and feared"
Irresponsible journalism:
Baltimore Sun
calls Ashcroft a confederate
The Rumsfeld Commission II
Peggy Noonan with some Bush inaugural advice
What gives the latest gee-whiz gadget staying power?
Maybe a SecDef who won't back down on Missile Defense?
Woodward on the Rumsfeld wild card
Kagan: Clinton has a legacy, all right
Krauthammer offers a sober analysis of Middle East Madness
Separatist Quebec premier resigns
Exiled Peruvian President Alan Garcia will stand in elections
Why do you suppose China opposes defending LA, San Diego from missile attacks?
2001-01-11
Communist Paradise: A visit to contemporary Cuba
Check out Miss Norton's actual speech and decide whether it has ANY racist overtones
Sowell on CA electric: "As an economist, whenever I hear the word 'shortage' I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually "'price control.'"
The Factor is damn mad about Janet Reno's (and his minions') corrupt Justice Department
A conservative with some pretty sensible reflections on the Chavez nomination
Shelby Steele: Ideology as Identity
I wonder if this woman's ever spent any time in our national forests (which she confuses with Yellowstone National PARK for some reason) or with the professionals of the Forest Service? I have, and her article is just wrong in many cases
Why are conservatives often called close-minded, yet Barbara Boxer can get away with announcing a NO vote prior even to confirmation HEARINGS?!
George Will's final assessment of Clinton
Novak thinks Chavez may have posed a real threat to organized labor (and he may be right)
Tear gas used to disperse Blasphemy Rally in Karachi (phew!)
Kiddos, you only get to wear the cool uniform if you join ETA, the official Spanish separatist organization
Massive car bomb rocks Medellin, Colombia
Collision of Congo trains carrying fuel AND passengers is well below average
Kaycee's mom has a blog also. Check it out and drop her an email if you feel like it, okay?
2001-01-10
An embarrassingly biased (to any objective news source -- leaving out Salon of course!) "analysis" of the Israel-should-always-be-forced-into-concessions-to-Arabs process
A slightly different take on that "crisis" over the Czech state television director
We have such a thing in the US: It's called the Arkansas General Assembly
CA (and maybe the rest of the nation?) is about to discover state expropriation of the energy industry won't improve matters
Kopel looks back at the Elian Gonzalez affair, another example of Reno's tyrannical "Justice" department
Joan Walsh is giddy over Chavez defeat (and, no doubt, Salon.com stock's steady rise back to $1 over the past few days!)
In a little over a week, foreign policy grownups will take over for this idiot
Walter Williams: "The black political establishment has become mean-spirited, power-crazed, intolerant, vindictive and intensely partisan" (OUCH!)
Feder's first sentence inadvertently makes a great point: Jesse Jacksoff is a Grecian poet, not a Socratic philosopher
On the short list for Labor?
Reason's
interview with Eloise Anderson (who would be a significant upgrade from the overrated Chavez)
Come Together, Right Now: Disaffected Lefties go after Ashcroft
Clinton's policy on terrorism, like his foreign policy more broadly, was mostly hot air
Are these Chavez-Martyrdom pieces at all convincing?
Pete DuPont defends federalism (specifically, the electoral college)
Lipsky: Who will stand with Israel if war comes?
Dellinger calls on his Dem colleagues to practice statesmanship
Tony Blankley assesses the CA electricity fiasco
Jean Carnahan better realize she wasn't "elected" to have opinions and get back to the Dem talking points (or there might be hell to pay with Rodham, et al)!
Answer: Reverends Jesse Jacksoff and Al Dull-ton are members of the "religious left"
Journalists sometimes lose their heads in Ukraine
Russia resurgent: Putin attempts to boost military ties with Azerbaijan
Madeleine Not-At-Albright applies her usual (dim) wit, this time to Myanmar
Where local news comes first: Funny that I first read about this via the BBC
Mungo Man: Earliest man may have been from Australia, not Africa
Mr. Vaughn has updated his foreign affairs portal, and it's top notch (not just because he's linked me!)
Really funny new stuff at Trudy's Bitchin' Hats
The Salon.com deathwatch
(pilfered from
WOIFM
)
A rather ominous beginning for the XFL
Miss Chavez goes away
Honor and decorum? Not for this lame duck Prez
Significant evidence that the wrong man may have become President
2001-01-09
I was wrong: John McPain doesn't think he was elected President, he just thinks the election is ongoing!
A "memo" from Jude Wanniski on deflation
Memo to John McPain: Campaign Finance ranks 24th of the 28 issues most important to voters (maybe why you lost so badly in the primaries?)
China warns Bush not to pursue missile defense
Lexicon of Democratic Doublespeak
Reason
on CA's power mess: 'With a Department of Shut Off Those Lights and Close the Refrigerator, who needs a market?"
The whining from Chavez supporters is rapidly becoming a tired act
I didn't realize Bush is the first President with an MBA
Did Clinton help or hurt the Democratic Party?
The Gray Davis answer to CA's electric (and all other) problems? More government!
Sowell: "The greatest economic lesson of the 20th century is that politicians do a terrible job of running an economy"
Gaffney on the US space defense countdown
A sensible
DMN
editorial on Miss Chavez
Senegal votes for new constitution
Ongoing Czech "crisis" over state television director
Nigerian ethnic clashes over oil revenues
These officials mean it when they advise racers not to stray from the course!
Congo-Zambia mess
2001-01-08
AlGore tokin' up?
Salon.com stock inches upward, ever closer to $1
Salon.com objectivity: a pro-criminal judge is "moderate" but one of Missouri's most popular political figures in history is "extreme" for reflecting his state's view of abortion
Travelling with a hangover SUCKS
Nunberg examines the Internet Filter Farce
When a President needs a legacy, he can always pressure Israel
Thai voters send message
Novak on Greenspan's political antenna
Reason
on the President's Final Spin Cycle
A thoughtful piece on two very different types of "diversity"
Ashcroft's litmus test? Judicial Restraint
Bartley on the last days of the Photo-op Presidency
John Fund, in defense of Linda Chavez's incredibly poor judgment, suddenly forgets all about the "rule of law"
Clinton's legacy: four-star general details Army's shortcomings
Dunleavy thinks whining Dems are way off base
Keating wasn't squeaky-clean enough for the Bushies (but Linda Chavez is?!)
Kobach on Ashcroft's REAL record
Feder: The Hyphen Hangup is Un-American
Hair "stolen" from dead Hungarian pop star
Thai opposition wins majority, seeks broader coalition
Guerrillas blow up Colombian oil pipeline
Western Sahara racers disregard Polisario threat
Yet another coup attempt in Cote d'Ivoire!
2001-01-07
How did Mr. Cheney's vetting process miss this Chavez bombshell?
Jaffo's Internet Commandments
The headline "China Planning Own Internet" is even more amusing because China is serious
Is Gates Napoleonic, or is Judge Jackson?
I'm comfortable with this prediction: DC will eat Karl Rove alive
More ColdBacon: These are surely Houston's smartest restaurant reviews
An accidental portal omission: Check out the wit and insight at ColdBacon
Libertarian objections notwithstanding, if US taxpayers truly OWN these forests, then why should they subsidize private industry to destroy them?
LA Times
poll reveals Californians have no clue on the economics of energy (Andrew, why haven't you educated them?!)
Cabinet Chosen Quietly, Quickly
Bacevich: "After Clinton's neglect of the military, mere retooling won't be enough now"
David Broder: Bush cabinet picks "far exceed their Bush I predecessors in experience, ability and energy"
John McPain is beginning to remind me of Ross Perot: the irrelevant LITTLE loser who just won't SHUT UP and go away
States vow to continue hammering the economy if Bush Justice Department won't
Where is the outcry from the NAACP and other liberals over the plea bargain in THIS dragging death?
Merry Orthodox Xmas
Why would terrorists commandeer a ferry in Tanzania?!
Bad place for a race: "Polisario has warned drivers to avoid Western Sahara if they value their lives."
There's something funny about the photo with the caption "final touches for the transfer of power"
2001-01-06
Salon.com surged 22% Friday and STILL remains a penny stock!
Gordon Stuber became known to me roughly one year ago
Warning: DC sexual predator on the loose!
Review of
Dylan Thomas: The Collected Letters
This is what happens when people like Madeleine Not-at-Albright are the architects of US foreign policy
Freeman: When Bad Things Happen to Good Money
Perception rather than reality is all that matters to liberal dems
Novak looks at confirmation politics
Violence in Aceh province
Wonder if it was an Oreck?
Like Clinton-Gore, it is time for Barak to go
No Monica Lewinsky-Gennifer Flowers-type dogs for THIS former president!
Cameroon builds up its air force to. . . save the forest?
2001-01-05
Goldberg: "If you honestly think John Ashcroft or elected Republicans in general are Nazis, then you are either a moron of ground-shaking proportions or you are so daft that you shouldn�t be allowed to play with grown-up scissors."
Clinton's legacy? A world made much more dangerous by his foreign policy
Now, irresponsible journalism targets Linda Chavez
Perhaps this article Callie sent me explains my fascination with the group No Doubt?
Clinton, Gore don't make the cut for Harvard presidency, but their Treasury Secretary is still in the running
Salon's techies depart from the vitriolic company line to point out Ashcroft could be a great choice for electronic privacy
One of the interesting parts of this article is Sullivan's comparison of Clinton's insecurities with Bush's positive self-esteem
House GOP keeps promise to limit terms of committee chairs, shakes up leadership
What the hell is he talking about: Reno rambles on about Hitler and. . . something
If only all such monuments to Camelot could die so unceremoniously
Sorry, but the fact Clinton didn't pay proper homage to the Pope is NOT a sin
I think people would be shocked to know that MOST universities operate as mini-tyrannies, like Temple in this case
Michael Lynch assesses California's (statist) power mess
Does John McPain mistakenly believe HE has been elected President?
Feder says screw the hyphens, Bush has picked an American cabinet
Podhoretz on the tactical side of Bush's cabinet appointments
Mona Charen points out, re Ashcroft, that no good Republican deed goes unpunished
Deroy Murdock: "Bush has everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying to liberate average black Americans from the statist demagogues who frighten them for a living"
Krauthammer: Three things Bush should do on Jan. 20
Peggy Noonan analyzes Rodham's latest transformation
Oliver North is right to criticize this action, but his argument is, unsurprisingly, not very compelling, even borderline hysterical
Paul Gigot favorably compares junior Bush's cabinet with elder Bush's
Marxists kill opponents in West Bengal
Only in the allegedly formerly communist world is the appointment of a director of state television described as a "crisis"
A "forgotten" war in the midst of Congolese paradise
Check out my updated links page
2001-01-04
I'll drink to that: Callie found a nice link touting beer as an antioxidant!
Janet Reno and his politicized Justice Department are nearly finished
DC Public Schools IS very impressive
Terry Teachout: Republican Nation, Democratic Nation?
Perhaps some of John Ashcroft's critics should read some of his "radical" views
Novak: Cheney has assembled a streamlined cabinet
Diversity isn't really the goal of Liberal Dems
Still waiting for Arc'Teryx to complete their redesign....
Intellectually, I reject "political-cultural" explanations of American politics such as this one, but we should not exclusively read things with which we agree!
John WcWhorter's controversial straight talk on race
Jipping reminds Ashcroft bashers that "voting against a nominee based on the nominee�s record is not racist"
WorldNetDaily's 10 most underreported stories of 2000
Smarter Times: a site devoted to correcting the ever declining
New York Times
As usual, Salon is dead wrong (and one question: if this is truly a gun battle, why are the unarmed people in the background just loitering?)
Kate O'Beirne claims Clinton will leave a legacy
The mainstream media orgasm over Rodham
George Will assesses Bush cabinet picks
TNR: Contrary to mainstream media conventional wisdom, 2002 won't be the Democrats' year
Larry Elder praises Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell
Oklahoma will set state record, tie Texas for the national record for death penalty executions in one month (8)
A rough year for Yemen
Doubt cast over Saddam images
Man hacked to death by machete in East Timor
Is there REALLY demand for passenger rail service in chaotic Congo-Brazzaville?
Drinking is barbaric but public floggings are not in Nigeria
2001-01-03
OKLAHOMA WINS SEVENTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
What were New Hampshire voters thinking?!
Surprise: Fed cuts interest rates
I HATE the term "transitioning"
Clinton insiders (or is that self-important asses?) try to establish their legacy in a Presidency without one
For the record, I'll be surprised if OU wins its 7th national championship tonight
Post-2000 nuclear warfighting strategy: Russia transfers tactical nuclear weapons to Baltics
Just in case the Salon.com editors are still out on the playground, Yahoo's keeping track of their (penny) stock options!
A Salon.com editor (junior high intern?) thinks Ashcroft's views will trouble "critics from the left and center" but I would surmise that his views are fair game for ALL of his CRITICS
A Salon.com editor (kindergarten intern?) unmasks the heretofore unknown homophobic conspiracy to take over this nation's forests!
A Salon.com senior editor (high school intern?) blasts John Ashcroft, with unbelievable venom
I couldn't be prouder of John Ashcroft's leadership opposing the nomination of this ghastly judge (who, incidentally, was African-American)
Ashcroft nomination only the latest opportunity for Democratic Racial Jihad
Frank Gaffney desconstructs that seemingly innocuous, feel-good phrase "conservative Democrat"
Walter Williams wonders why there is no media outcry over Africans continuing to enslave other Africans
Washington Post
hatchet job paints Bush cabinet picks as radically conservative
African-American organization BOND repudiates Jesse Jacksoff; leader notes that Jacksoff "is out of control - he has become a national embarrassment. He is a self-serving racist, a problem profiteer, who . . . has co-opted Dr. King's dream and turned it into a nightmare."
Samuelson on the Clinton legacy: "Rarely has a president so dominated the public stage and so little affected the public agenda"
Bush was wrong: Dems have fear AND race to offer
Pete DuPont offers John McPain the ultimate campaign finance solution: Lottery Democracy!
Maybe it's just me, but this seems terribly sloppy for the
Wall Street Journal
Reports of Saddam stroke "are stupid and do not even merit a response" (but generate one anyway)
Questions of NATO's use of depleted uranium weapons
I'm afraid I just don't understand this sport
A unique live cover of So Lonely by the Police (requires Windows Media Player)
2001-01-02
My review of Reckless Kelly's 12-30-00 Mucky Duck appearance
Clinton: Less new Democrat than new Pollster
NAACP, the "secular church of the Democratic party"
Jerusalem Post
: Barak orders military to prepare for war
Updated blog/journal links
Jaffo's 2001 Predictions
The New Old Economy: Oil, Computers, and the Revinvention of the Earth
For you fans of ethnic foods, recipes from Greece
Staying out da Bushes: Jesse Jacksoff will oppose Ashcroft nomination
Are Democrats tax addicts?
Clinton's constitutionally suspect recess appointments
Dick Morris on Bush's leadership style
Gingrich: If Republicans "do not shift from being an obstructionist party to being a creative one thirstily seeking results, the next two elections could be disastrous."
So much for Iraq's decimated armed forces
Political turmoil in Trinidad, of all places
Violence in Casamance
2001-01-01
Not to worry, Ehud Barak has a firm grip on things (whatever)
Blog Benevolence: Visit this site to donate a mammogram to a woman who can't afford it (really, no catch)
Virginia Postrel's new website, Dynamist.com
Ann Coulter explores the origins of Kwanzaa
Shaky Ground: When your land really isn't
Betcha didn't know "Lesbian Memoirs" could be an academic "area of expertise!"
Few things are as laughable as WeenieAss Charles Schumer issuing threats
Keating Five and Pro-Communist Senator Alan Cranston is dead
Calcutta is now Kolkata
BBC: "Driving in Egypt is risky business"
Greece joins EuroweenieZone
Cambodia bans right-hand-steering cars
Did the revellers get carried away with their fireworks in Tajikistan?
Myanmar rebels kill 6 in Thailand
Canadian cigarette warnings go graphic
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