Is anyone on the Left listening to those on the battlefront?

Here’s the incredible, thoughtful response from Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s President, to a loaded question from AP operative Jennifer Loven, who is married to a Democratic macher and who wouldn’t know an unbiased story if it bit her in the face:
QUESTION: Thank you, sir.
Even after hearing that one of the major conclusions of the national intelligence [...]

I have a dream, and I hope someone wakes me up

Martin Luther King, 1963:
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to [...]

What passes for entertainment in the San Francisco Bay Area

I get a weekly email that lists shows in the Bay Area. It’s not a comprehensive list. If I had to analogize, I’d say it’s akin to a list of off-Broadway productions in New York. I found amusing these two shows:

World Premiere of The War at Home at NCTC
New Conservatory Theatre [...]

Delayed recognition re a Castro photo

In yesterday’s Best of the Web, there is a photoshopped picture of Osama Bin Laden.  It took me a minute to recognize that it was pasted over an August picture of Fidel Castro that the Cuban government released to prove that he’s still alive.  Am I only the who finds it ironic that the longest-lasting [...]

The motives behind the Benedict bashing

You have to read Dennis Prager’s whole article about the illogic driving the current round of Pope Benedict bashing.  It’s wonderful.  To whet your appetite, I’ll tease you with these two paragraphs:
Another example is Karen Armstrong, the widely read ex-nun scholar of religion. She has written of Pius XII that his “apparent failure to condemn [...]

You go, Girl!

I admire restraint, up to a point. When you reach that point, though, if you continue with restraint, you begin to look weak, foolish and doubtful about your own position. I was therefore delighted to see that the Bush Administration, through Condi Rice, is taking on Clinton’s hysterical attack last week.
I have to [...]

Hollywood Dems don’t run for office

Drudge this morning greeted me with the announcement that George Clooney has decided not to run. I think that’s a smart choice. I’ve amused myself in the past by running through a mental list of Hollywood types who have switched from movies to political office. Unless I’m missing something, it’s always Hollywood [...]

A little milestone

Sometime last night, my Statcounter registered 200,000 hits.  Thank you!