Thursday, November 09, 2006
Civil Rights Come to Michigan (09:52 PM) - It has happened that the state of Michigan is the primary theater in the national war over racial preferences. On the one side, absolutists who believe that racial equality is a term which means, basically, racial equality. On the other…
Back to Basics (09:29 PM) - “Let there be no doubt that the great sweep of human history is for freedom and we are freedom’s side.” Donald Rumsfeld gave an address as Kansas State University today. It is very moving, full of the kind of language…
An Election 2006 Casualty (09:21 PM) - Steve Clemmons notes that the process to confirm John Bolton as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations is dead, with Lincoln Chafee having just announced his [entirely unsurprising] opposition to Bolton….
Charles Schumer Explains the Evils of Wealth (07:51 PM) - Driving to the bookstore Tuesday afternoon, I heard this interview on Sirius Satellite Radio. The interviewer is Neil Cavuto, Fox News’ business reporter. Interviewed, Chuck Schumer. The topic is tax cuts. Chuck Schumer, invoking something called “the idea economy,” reveals…
Keep Your Enemies Closer (07:31 PM) - A reader of National Review’s The Corner undertakes—he doesn’t say this explicitly, but I take it to be the natural result of his argument—that the war against Islamist terrorism will never be won until Americans familiarize themselves with the creed’s…
A Cowboys and Indians Soiree Gets Inspected (05:10 PM) - I have been reading through today’s report in The Dartmouth, “Interrupted crew formal generates apology.” The situation seems to be this: The crew team had their yearly formal dance in the basement of the Collis Student Center. The theme: ‘Cowboys…
Charlie Rangel Gets Started Early (05:05 PM) - I warned you. With his fresh corpuscle of power, Rangel feels the need to insult an entire state. In The New York Times today, the loose-lipped congressman is quoted as asking: “Who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?”…
It is getting to the point where ‘springs into action’ is self-evidently sarcastic. (01:28 PM) - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, charged with preventing anarchy in that state, evidently calls it quits at sundown. Every day. As a matter of policy. Why, you ask as your eyeballs drift to the cynical side of their…
The Yale Book of Quotations (01:25 PM) - Yale University Press has just released the 1104-page Yale Book of Quotations. I’m told our erstwhile Secretary of Defense is prominently featured. UPDATE: I was just walking through the Dartmouth Bookstore. The list price on the book is $50, but…
The Rangel Problem (12:44 PM) - I have already made mention of it once, but here it is again: The worst thing that happened on Tuesday was that Charlie Rangel won the right to open his mouth about twice as often as previously. Now he is…
Rumsfeld Out; Baghdad Streets Overflow with Milk of Human Kindness (11:13 AM) - Scott Ott reports on the incredible transition….
How to Fix Wikipedia (10:26 AM) - A novel way to fix Wikipedia. It has a lot to do with chickens….
A Small Tribute to Donald Rumsfeld (08:19 AM) - “As we know…” This was produced by the Stuffed Penguin folks….
There Goes the Senate (08:14 AM) - The Associated Press is calling Virginia for Webb….