Aug
31
Katrina Donations
August 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment
If any of you are interested in making donations to help the hurricane victims, there are many, many resources. Instapundit has compiled a comprehensive list for you to select from.
I really don’t have much to add about the hurricane that hasn’t been said elsewhere, but holy shit.
Aug
31
What it is all about
August 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The weekly Coalition post.
Last weekend, the blog Blue Girl, Red State wrote a post about a regular blog commenter who went by the name “Shameless Hussy.”
Blue Girl reports that “Shameless Hussy” went to Darfur in June as a humanitarian volunteer and was traumatized by what she saw
What she dealt with daily goes beyond the pale…beyond [...]
Aug
29
What is conservatism? Being the First Part of American Conservatism
August 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment
What is conservatism? If we look at a dictionary – a dictionary of the social sciences, to be precise, they offer this:
As a political philosophy, conservatism is usually credited to the English social theorist and politician Edmund Burke, who developed a strong critique of abstract social theories, the perfectibility of man, and radical social engineering in [...]
Aug
29
Wow, it really is good for you
August 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment
This just might be greatest news story ever. (toungue-in-cheek, I’m not pulling a Chris Martin)
Coffee is likely to contribute far more antioxidants to the British diet than fruit and vegetables.
The evidence comes from the United States where scientists measured the antioxidant content of more than 100 different food items, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, [...]
Aug
28
What color is the sky in your world?
August 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I just finished watching the Chinese movie “Hero.” It’s a wonderful film in the mode of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, though it’s hardly one of a piece with it. There is an over-arching political message that is somewhat disturbing in its celebration of totalitarian/Communism, but then again they did have to get the [...]
Aug
25
I can’t believe they get paid for this
August 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment
One of my favorite new blogs is a little ditty called Fire Joe Morgan. Simple and to the point I say. Their favorite target is pompous ESPN commentator Joe Morgan. But they frequently ridicule many dumb baseball analysts, especially dunces like John Kruk who think that the Cy Young award should go to the guy who has the [...]
Aug
25
I curse you
August 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I dare you to play this timewaster game just once. Come on. Just click on the link. You won’t become addicted. I promise.
Aug
24
Genocide and Statistics
August 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The weekly post from the Coalition for Darfur.
Last week, International Studies Quarterly published a study by Matthew Krain, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of Wooster, examining “the effectiveness of military action on the severity of ongoing instances of genocide and polititcide.”
According to the press release
The study reveals that only overt [...]
Aug
19
Extra! Extra! Roberts is evil misogynist. Read all about it.
August 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I am generally a little more circumspect in decrying media bias than my colleague Gipper Clone. I do believe that there is a general bias in the mainstream media, but my main beef with the media is that they, to put it politely, stink. I just about never watch any cable news because [...]
Aug
18
Gaza
August 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The gut-wrenching scenes of Jewish settlers being forcefully removed form their homes are just about the only thing that is attracting any attention these days besides Mother Sheehan. Fortunately it appears that withdrawal has not been accompanied by the sort of violence that many feared would take place.
I am somewhat agnostic on the question of whether [...]
Aug
18
Plagued by Technicalities
August 18, 2005 | 1 Comment
Here’s the latest Coalition post.
Last week, David Loyn of the BBC wrote about the crisis in Niger and asked “How many dying babies make a famine?”
Famine is a troublesome word with a very specific meaning to the professional aid community.
It is usually taken to define a situation in which a high proportion of the [...]
Aug
17
Iraq’s Constitutional Convention
August 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment
There has been some consternation on the delay in getting a brand spanking new Constitution approved in Iraq. This concern is understandable, but probably unnecessary. In fact, I’m almost a little happy that they haven’t rushed headlong into the process merely to get something, anything out there over the objections of a large minority of those involved.
Clearly [...]
Aug
15
World’s greatest mystery solved
August 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment
A puzzle that has confounded the greatest minds has finally been solved:
Why does uncooked spaghetti snap into more than two pieces when bent?
Aug
14
Mall Madness
August 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Interesting article courtesy of Garfield Ridge in the Weekly Standard on the Mall. Basically between heightened security due to terrorism, the unabated development of new memorials and museums, and the rather mundane nature of the exhibits currently on display at most museums, the Mall is not in such hot shape.
Everyone seemed to agree the [...]
Aug
12
Did It Matter?
August 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment
This week’s Coalition post.
Over a year ago, I wrote the post below urging the Bush administration to declare the situation in Darfur a “genocide.” Since then, an estimated 400,000 people have died, Doctors Without Borders is warning that millions of lives “hang in the balance,” and the International Committee of the Red Cross is [...]
Aug
11
America’s worst ex-president caught in a lie
August 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment
George Will takes Jimmy Carter to the woodshed for his allegation that Will was responsible for stealing Carter’s debate briefing book and handing it over to Reagan’s team. Will vehemently denies the charge, calls Carter a liar, and then basically mocks him for complaining about the brief since it was useless to both the [...]
Aug
11
Mick Jagger: Foreign Policy expert
August 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I grew up listening to the Stones. As the youngest brother in a family of five, I was exposed to classic rock at an early age and became a big fan of the Stones. I used to pester my brother all the time, saying “Play I Can’t Get No, play I Can’t Get [...]
Aug
8
A Tale of Two Blogs
August 8, 2005 | Leave a Comment
One of the best liberal blogs around is Legal Fiction. Frankly I haven’t kept up with it since Publius declared he was going to stop blogging for a while . . . and then came back before much time had passed. I honestly didn’t know he had returned to blogging, and just lost [...]
Aug
5
Roberts in the Romer case
August 5, 2005 | Leave a Comment
There has been a mild flurry of commentary in the past couple of days on John Roberts’ pro bono work to assist gay rights groups in the Romer v. Evans case. Honestly I do not have much to say about Roberts’ involvement and would leave it to my attorney co-bloggers to comment on the [...]
Aug
5
An idiotic proposal meets an idiotic response
August 5, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Representative Henry Boniia (R-Tex) has proposed that 16th Street, NW in DC be renamed Ronald Reagan Blvd. Ugh.
Look, like any young conservative I adore Ronald Reagan and do believe that he is among the greatest presidents in American history. But this is just silly. Just about everything else in the city has [...]