Sunday, July 16, 2006
One More for the Road (10:53 PM) - The Washington Post memorializes Bill Miller, who died on July 1 at the age of ninety-one. He was Frank Sinatra’s longtime pianoman, an extremely talented man. He is also one of the few pianists these days whose playing will be…
Karl Rove Secretly Controls the New York Times (07:36 AM) - Arthur Sulzberger the younger gave a quiet announcement to his Board of Directors yesterday: “During an internal investigation, we reached the regrettable conclusion that Karl Rove has been running this newspaper since at least August, 2002.”…
Russia Declares Israel’s Reaction “Disproportionate” (07:09 AM) - Moscow and some Eurofriends are condemning Israel’s response to soldier-abduction and town-missiling as larger— that is to say more effective—than the original aggression. Quite. It is almost as if Israel wants to win this war against a bloc of nations…
Dear Brother (07:02 AM) - Former New York Times Mid-East Correspondent Youssef Ibrahim pens a letter to his brethren who are about to die for nothing more, at this late date, than the chance to fight one Jew. Not for land or liberty or a…