Friday, July 14, 2006
Oh, Please (11:59 AM) - I was reading this list of purportedly correct uses of the English language to which “pedants” routinely object. (That’s right: “To which.”) But when the writer started defending the phrase “near miss”, I just closed the browser window and went…
World Unstable; Dollars Purchased (11:42 AM) - TigerHawk: “In times of trouble, money does not flow to just any port of refuge. It comes to the United States. I think we all know why.”…
It’s Summertime and the Readin’ is Easy (11:31 AM) - If you are searching for more Summer reading and would like to know what the new Poet Laureate of the United States of America is reading, you would do well to go over to Drew Cline’s blog and read last…
A Letter from Bill Carney, Class of 1975 (08:39 AM) - Bill Carney is a member of the Dartmouth Council of Alumni and was asked, like his fellow Councillors, to vote on the proposed new constitution preliminarily—that is, before it goes out to the whole alumni body. (It will go out…
Ten to One (08:20 AM) - There should be a large stone statue of John Bolton somewhere, soon — at least before it becomes taboo to depict the human form. At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, where every freedom-loving nation, hating Islamism, showed…
Viva Zidane (08:10 AM) - It is July 14, and Greg Gutfield says, “Happy Bastille Day, France. Your hero’s one of us.”…
“another victory for the gun lobby” (07:54 AM) - The Reuters news-‘n-opinion Agency reports a Senate action to halt firearm confiscation thusly:WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to prohibit the confiscation of legally owned guns during an emergency like last year’s Hurricane Katrina, marking another victory…