Over at Politico, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., has a piece, “Ten Deadly Lies about Israel”, that has to rank as one of the clumsiest hack jobs I’ve ever read. Dermer’s “discussion” over the violence erupting in Jerusalem can be boiled down to “Israel 100% right, everyone else 100% wrong.” Dermer’s rap is…
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Why I’m voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton in November 2016
Actually, I won’t be, because I live in the District of Columbia, which always votes Democratic, giving me the luxury of voting my conscience. But if I were living in a swing state, I’d be pulling that lever for Hillary and pulling it hard, just the way she likes it. Because Hillary, bless her heartless…
When is a civilian not a civilian? When it would be inconvenient.
William Saletan has a column up at Slate, arguing that drone warfare is humane because it kills so few civilians, and, comparing the average drone hit to Hiroshima, he’s right. But in his brief éloge de drone, Bill sails over a few issues worthy of deeper consideration, to wit: 1) How can we identify civilians,…
Annals of Republican Hypocrisy No. 47, 314: Vote for Us, or We’ll Fucking Kill You!
William Saletan rounds up the usual suspects, and they’re fucking ugly: Says rational Ramesh Ponnuru, “If Obama wins re-election, the Republican Party will react by moving right, not left. It will become less likely to compromise with Obama … Republicans, especially at the grassroots level, would react to Obama’s re-election by assuming that Romney failed…
Just think of it as the digital equivalent of spitting
William Saletan, who must have just a bit of a nicotine jones, gives an extended if not long-winded thumbs up to the latest thing in club gear, electronic cigarettes. I’m not interested enough to actually figure out how the damn things work, but Saletan, who earlier waxed eloquent on new smokeless tobacco products that “consist…
The Daily Chew—All Brand New and Good for You!
Over at Slate magazine, William Saletan gives a rave review to the new world of smokeless tobacco, leaning heavily (very heavily) on an article by Kevin Helliker in the Wall Street Journal. Saletan had earlier derided the snuff stuff as “carcinogenic, addictive, and gross,” but now he’s starting to think that he was too hasty….