Dec
31
Final post of 2004
December 31, 2004 | Leave a Comment
From me anyway. This is always supposed to be that time of the year when we sit back and reflect, but GipperClone has already done a pretty good job of that, and I have little to add. I suppose there is a reason he may have forgotten about the Sox, especially their great [...]
Dec
29
Random Musings
December 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Back in New York for the X-Mas holidays (hey, I’m not being PC. Evidently the X stands for Christ in Greek, so X-Mas is pecfectly appropriate). Anyway, some random musings as they have popped into my mind while vacationing.
-I never watch the local news. Simply put, local newspeople are morons that make [...]
Dec
21
It’s Back!
December 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Back from the brink of oblivion, it looks like Baseball will indeed be moving to DC next year.
After an amendment was passed Tuesday calling for Washington and baseball to share the cost for insurance limiting the city’s liability on cost overruns and completion delays, the council voted 10-3 to repeal the so-called “sunset” provision. The [...]
Dec
21
‘Tis the Season
December 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment
For Unto Us a Child is Born
In this season of yuletide joy there shall be no political ramblings from me.
This has always been my favorite time of the year. Of course as a child it meant presents were on the way, be they from Santa or mom and dad. But even [...]
Dec
20
The New Junior Varsity
December 20, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Remember the days when the NFC rolled off 14 consecutive Super Bowl victories? Mighty teams such as the Bears, Giants, Redskins, Cowboys and 49ers dominated the league. Even the Eagles, though they never even made it to an NFC Champoinship game, fielded some great teams in those days. I remember growing up [...]
Dec
17
Social Security scare-mongering
December 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Jonah Goldberg has a column up on National Review online about Social Security. Truth be told it is not one of his best, but he does make this fair point:
It seems every time I turn on the TV or the radio, I hear some opponent of reform whining that we’re tinkering with FDR’s “legacy.” [...]
Dec
17
May the Force Be With You . . .After reading this
December 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment
There are simply no words to describe this. I think I may have heard about the Star Wars Holiday Special, but thought it was just a joke. Oh no, it was real, and from this description, quite horrible. Evidently Lucas lost his mind before inventing Jar-Jar.
Update: Forgot the “equal” sign last [...]
Dec
15
It was fun while it lasted
December 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Well, so much for DC baseball, at least past 2005. The DC city council, in their infinite wisdom, decided at the last second to drastically alter the agreement they had with Major League Baseball.
The legislation was amended to require private financing for at least half the stadium construction costs, a provision not contained in [...]
Dec
13
Monday Night Ramblings
December 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Mmmmm, 64 slices of American Cheese. 64 . . .63 . . .
. . .2 . . .1 . . . none
Homer, did you stay up all night eating cheese?
I think I’m blind
Some random thoughts they be a coming across this old cranium
Women’s shoes: Look, I don’t usually notice women’s apparel. I [...]
Dec
13
Welcome to Shea
December 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment
All reports indicate that Pedro Martinez is set to sign with the New York Mets. All I can say is
YES! YES!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laugh if you will you lousy curs, but the Mets now have an absolutely solid pitching staff. For the love of God Victor Zambrano is the fifth starter - not too shabby.
Now [...]
Dec
13
Who the Devil Really Was
December 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Good article today from Fareed Zakaria in Newsweek on the upcoming elections in Iraq. I generally share most of Zakaria’s viewpoints on the Middle East, and his criticism of the handling of the Iraq war’s aftermath has provided some interesting food for thought (he generally remains a supporter of the war, just not of [...]
Dec
10
Conservatism on the firing line
December 10, 2004 | Leave a Comment
That’s the title from this op-ed piece from Robert Robb in today’s Arizona Republic. It’s a critical piece about the shape of the modern conservative movement, especially as it relates to the distinction between philosophy and practical tactics. There are a few points worth noting.
One of the main pillars of Buckley conservatism was [...]
Dec
9
Straussianism
December 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment
This is a somewhat dated article (originally published in National Review in 1989) brought to my attention by a fellow Southern Appeal blogger. It still is a fairly good piece that attempts to put together the various pieces that make up conservatism, with special emphasis on the influence of Leo Strauss. And now [...]
Dec
8
Paleoidiots
December 8, 2004 | Leave a Comment
As if we need more proof that “paleoconservatives” have offically left the reservation and need be shunned, there are these charming missives from Samuel Francis and Pat Buchanan (the former via Volokh.) First there’s Francis’ words of wisdom on race in light of the Sheridan-Owens intro on Monday Night Football and the Jackson-Timberlake Super [...]
Dec
8
Sitting back and doing nothing
December 8, 2004 | Leave a Comment
It’s not often that a person objects to something they themselves wrote, but I think Ishould amend something I said a couple of posts back on my MNR. In it I subtly criticized Jefferson for sitting on the sidelines during the Revolutionary War, and that is unfair. It’s the same criticism applied to [...]
Dec
8
Give me that old-fashioned morality
December 8, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Lileks has a particularly on-target bleat up today. Some excerpts:
I am the last person to roam the streets in my Cotton Mather costume, and I’ve lost my enthusiasm for the adolescent glee that comes from pointing out other people’s hypocrisies. All I have are my pathetic attempts to draw a distinction between private and [...]
Dec
6
Monday Night Ramblings
December 6, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Please excuse me while I tend to how I feel - Metallica, “Hero of the Day”
This little bit of sentimental drivel came from a band that gave us “Blackened,” “Fight Fire With Fire,” and “Battery.” It is perhaps the most absurd lyric in their arsenal, and yet it is crucially important in the realm of [...]
Dec
6
Monday morning time waster
December 6, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Politics later. Right now, see if you can beat my high score of 343 On this game. The sight has other similarly addicting games, but slingshotting Santa tops them all.
Dec
4
Tough Crowd
December 4, 2004 | Leave a Comment
As the only writer on this blog who is not a member of the bar, I pass this story (via Volokh) onto you about a public defender’s first ever appearance before the Supreme Court. So which one of you dreams to be in this person’s shoes one day?
Dec
4
Isn’t that Rich
December 4, 2004 | Leave a Comment
The other day we got on a little kick about friends of the President(s). This is a heartwarming story about a pardoned friend of one William Jefferson Clinton. (Hat tip to Little Green Footballs)
Former American fugitive Marc Rich was a middleman for several of Iraq’s suspect oil deals in February 2001, just one [...]