Slate Magazine, supposedly a liberal spot on the web, has gone all medieval on our asses. Will Saletan, whom I’ve praised in the past, gets more than hysterical on the subject of Anwar al-Awlaki. “Don’t cry for Awlaki,” Will tells us. “He got what he deserved. He left this country to wage war against it….
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Crimes of the 11th Circuit—Four years of torture isn’t enough
Let’s set a few names down for the historical record, shall we? Joel F. Dubina, Chief Judge, U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and William H. Prior, Judge, U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, two men, two cruel, cowardly, and callous men, whose names should live in quiet infamy. On Sept. 19, these two men…
Why do the heathen rage? From Perot Party to Tea Party
Yes. As I’ve asked so many times in the past, why do the heathen rage? The Tea Party folks do have roots. Sarah Palin’s self-pitying tirades against the lamestream media could have been lifted, almost word for word, from George Wallace’s attacks on Yankee liberals, biggity Harvard professors looking down their noses (as they most…
Because he can’t win, or because he can?
The Wall Street Journal editorial page, easily my least favorite site on the web, bemoans the weak Republican field. Michele Bachmann, they claim, “has a record of errant statements” (as if the Journal doesn’t), has seemed “on occasion less principled than opportunistic” (Oh, snap!), and (the topper) “Americans are already living with the consequences of…
John Fedchock New York Big Band—“Ruby My Dear”
Posted by “bonegasm” Personnel: saxes: Mark Vinci, Charles Pillow, Rich Perry, Rick Margitza, Scott Robinson trumpets: Jon Owens, Frank Greene, Scott Wendholt, Barry Ries trombones: John Fedchock, Keith O’Quinn, Clark Gayton, George Flynn piano: Allen Farnham bass: Todd Coolman drums: John Riley
Do we want to elect this man President?
Mitt Romney tells a joke: “I saw a young man over there with the eggs benedict,” says Romney. “He had the eggs benedict with a hollandaise sauce and the eggs, there. And I was going to suggest to you that you serve your eggs with hollandaise sauce and hubcaps. Because there’s no place like chrome…
A tub for Petreaus
Over at Slate, Fred Kaplan notes that “The White House debate over how many troops to withdraw from Afghanistan next month is really a surrogate for a larger, more fractious debate over the wisdom and strategy of the war itself.” And Fred, being Fred, also notes that this is really really important and we ought…
Michael W. Davis—Thelonious Monk’s “Let’s Cool One”
https://youtu.be/5CCRbwZdOGI Michael posting himself as “artvandalaye1,” George Constanza’s architect alter ego. For some reason, Michael doesn’t credit his fellow musicians, at least not so that I can find them.
Thoughts on the current discontents
What’s happening in the Middle East? Damfino. Robert Darnton thinks it’s 1789. Ann Applebaum thinks it’s 1848. If Ann’s right, things ought to be pretty tight all around the Mediterranean around the year 2150 or so. Take that, Caesar Augustus!1 But what about the home front? Well, I had hoped to comment on Obama’s State…
Motor Trend goes wild!
Over at Motor Trend, apparently a haven for latte-sippin’ tree huggers these days, a dude named Tom Lassa delivers a stunningly well-informed and downright high-larious beat-down to Rush “Fat Ass” Limbaugh and provides a few well-directed bitch-slaps to George “Prissy Bitch” Will along the way, all on the unlikely subject of that modern marvel, the…