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Monthly Archives: September 2006
What’s in a name?
A few readers have objected to my use of the term “terrorist rights wing of the Republican party” to describe Senators McCain, Graham, and Warner. Short-hand descriptions of movements or factions are often imperfect and sometimes misleading. Think, for example, of the mischief in the term “civil rights movement” as applied to its current incarnation. But as short-hand descriptions go, “terrorist rights” gets it just about right. For that is »
The fruits of an unserious presidency
Bill Clinton is desperate to be remembered by history for something other than the Lewinsky affair, perjury, and impeachment. And he will be. It’s becoming clear that the Clinton legacy will also include eight years of inaction, broken by rare instances of ineffectual action, towards the mounting threat posed by Osama bin Laden and other Islamic terrorists that culminated in 9/11. That this prospect horrifies Clinton is evident from the »
Hearing Is Believing
We linked the other day to a news report about Iowa Senator Tom Harkin’s apparent endorsement of Hugo Chavez’s attack on President Bush as “the Devil” at the U.N. Now I’ve listened to the audio, and it’s pretty remarkable. You don’t hear much about Harkin these days, but he is one of the most far-left politicians ever elected to the Senate. If the Democrats were to re-take control of that »
Bin Laden Rumored Dead, Again
A French newspaper has published a report, ostensibly leaked by the French secret service, that Osama bin Laden died of typhoid last month in Pakistan. American officials say they can’t confirm the report, but they sound skeptical. I’m skeptical too. At one point, I was convinced that bin Laden was dead for almost two years. He then surfaced, if memory serves, with a John Kerry campaign plug just before the »
Days of Awe
Today and tomorrow I’ll be out of commission observing the Jewish New Year. I thought before checking out I would repost this item that we originally ran on September 30, 2003. It reported (courtesy of our friend Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg) an otherwise uncovered event and provided a glimpse of an important side of President Bush. Making adjustments for the changes in circumstances between then and now, I think it remains »
Great at what he does
The Washington Times has a nice piece about Tony Snow. Reporter Joseph Curl raises but does not answer the question of whether Snow’s ability to communicate (and in some cases perhaps help shape) the president’s message has been a significant factor in Bush’s surging approval rating. I don’t know the answer, but I do know that Snow is doing a fabulous job, and it’s a pleasure to watch him deal »
Another Reason to Vote in November
Our old friend and former colleague Pat Schiltz was invested as a federal judge today. Pat–from now on, I have to call him Judge Schiltz–has been serving as the dean of the St. Thomas Law School here in Minneapolis. He was sworn in by Justice Antonin Scalia in a ceremony that took place at the St. Thomas law school: Justice Scalia, for whom Judge Schiltz clerked after he graduated from »
Miss World: The Coverage Begins!
The Miss World competition has been underway for a while, with contestants gathered in Poland, going through preliminary events in anticipation of the final on September 30. The pageant’s site is here. You can see all of the contestants here. It’s still a bit too early for betting odds to take shape, but I have my own favorites. Based on my review of the contestants–it’s a tough job, but someone »
Democrats “Wary” of Military Commissions Compromise
That’s what Reuters says: “U.S. Democrats wary of detainee trials compromise”. Yes, I’ll bet they’re wary–wary of having to take a position between now and November. Some of them are already denouncing the Republicans’ compromise, but I doubt that any Democrat in a tough re-election race will do that. Byron York’s analysis of the compromise is still the most coherent one I’ve seen; I think we’ve linked to it before, »
Nassrallah speaks to “hundreds of thousands” of supporters
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told a rally in the Shiite suburbs of Beirut today that his outfit still has more than 20,000 rockets, and will not be disarmed. Whether or not Nasrallah has that many rockets, he still seems to have plenty of support. If this Reuters report is to be credited, the rally was attended by “hundreds of thousands of cheering supporters.” That’s not bad in a country »
Plot Against Embassies Foiled in Norway
Norwegian authorities announced today the arrest of four men who are accused of planning to blow up the American and Israeli embassies in that country, as well as shooting up a synagogue: Norwegian prosecutors unveiled on Friday evidence against four men detained on suspicion of plotting to blow up the U.S. and Israeli embassies and of participating in a shooting at the Oslo synagogue last weekend. Prosecutor Unni Fries told »
More on Chavez, the Dems and the Press
Blog of the Week The Anchoress has excellent thoughts on the provenance of Hugo Chavez’s over-the-top attack on President Bush at the United Nations. A sample: If tinpot tyrants and madmen now come to the United Nations and believe they can say anything they wish about The American President, it is because – as some of us have been warning, for some time – while all manner or irresponsible nonsense »
The return of Green Helmet Man
Among other notable events this week at the UN, Daniel Freedman observes the return of Green Helmet Man over at his New York Sun blog It Shines For All. »
Glossing Ahmadinejad
The complete lack of interest in the speech of Iranian President Mahmouad Ahmadinejad among the denizens of the mainstream media is striking. Reader Michael Stalker provides a gloss that seems reasonable to me and that should at least prod further reflection: In reviewing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s UN speech, it occurred to me that his true message could be divined by substituting the code words he used with their true meanings. For »
Webb of the oldest hatred
Don’t miss Paul Mirengoff’s consideration of Coach George and Etty Allen here, or Ed Morrissey’s related post here. Then check out Jon Henke’s research on the source and the animus underlying the sudden concern with Senator Allen’s ethnic roots here. There is something deeply rotten in the fringes of the Democratic Party that is moving directly to its heart. JOHN adds: Our own Senator Norm Coleman has weighed in on »
September 16, Second Hour
The second hour of Saturday’s radio show, like the first, was fast-paced and lots of fun. We awarded, for the first time ever, a runner-up Loon of the Week trophy to a certain large television talk show hostess. We talked about the Pope and the military commissions bill. We took some fun phone calls. And we awarded the coveted Gatekeeper of the Week prize, this time on a completely nonpolitical »
Remembering Washington’s “first couple” of the 1970s
There have been half a dozen or more NFL coaches who were more successful than George Allen, though only two have higher winning percentages. But other than Vince Lombardi, have there been any who were more vivid? And even Lombardi could not match Allen’s combination of fanatical intensity and innovative intelligence. As a die-hard Redskins fan throughout Allen’s time here, I could post George Allen stories for days. One of »
