Wednesday, May 17, 2006
“American nothing?” How about Henry Ford? (08:40 PM) - Over in South America, DaimlerChrysler sells its cars with anti-Americanism—and on Clear Channel billboards, no less….
And Robert Frost Rests Calmly in Bennington (06:49 PM) - Supporting the successful Senate bid to extend the wall along the southerly border, Senator Jeff Sessions invoked Robert Frost: The Senate fence measure was embodied in an amendment offered by Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, who borrowed from the…
New Apple Laptop Allows Contextual Right-Click (05:44 PM) - The Mac News Blog has all the details. Coming soon: Math coprocessors! NOTE: I am fully aware that Dartblog’s anti-Macintosh bias annoys a whole lot of good folks. I’m trying to rein it in, truly I am….
Moving Ahead on Immigration (04:58 PM) - The Senate today voted 83-16 to build three hundred miles of fencing and to provide five hundred miles of vehicle barriers along the southern border. Also today, the Senate voted 99 to 0 in approval of the Kyl/Cornyn amendment, which…
A Different Kind of Commencement Speaker (11:46 AM) - The graduating cadets at the Virginia Military Institute held their commencement exercises yesterday afternoon, and were fortunate enough to have as their keynote speaker Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. It is a different world down there. From these northerly climes,…
The Present Quagmire in Japan (10:02 AM) - Victor David Hanson reports on Franklin Roosevelt’s hopeless criminal war….
Immigration Reform & Landscaping Grandpas (09:29 AM) - A first, I believe, for Dartblog—my Dad e-mails in:Read several of your posts on immigration. Offer another thought: the aging of the population creates employee deficit conditions (which many think will lead a wage inflation) in USA starting in 2015….
Harper’s Magazine Prints All 12 Mohammed Cartoons (09:16 AM) - ‘Twould be better had they printed them while Islamists were killing and burning everything in sight, that the lesson might land, but I suppose better late than never….
Two Things About This Pravda Article (09:01 AM) - The weirdos over there write, or more accurately, their discount translator writes on the possible Hillary/Condi race in 2008:Billboards posted everywhere about the US now try to persuade Americans to vote actively and honestly at the election in 2008. When…
No Girls Allowed (08:50 AM) - Glenn Reynolds, saying, “Things can’t be that bad for the Republicans,” points me to this absolutely lovely article in Newsweek, on regular, no-frills, men-only barbershops, and the incredible comeback they are making. Having recently suffered the trauma of going to…