"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
The continuation of war by other means
I read this on one of my motorcycle forums this morning: I attended my first cousions funeral today. He was buried with full Military Honors in Bowling Green KY. He was killed in Bagdad Iraq on June 14. His Armored Humvee took a direct hit from a RPQ. The State Governor was there to pay […]
Last Tuesday, Senator Durbin of Illinois spoke about the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay. People are calling him a traitor for comparing the USA to Nazi Germany and other evil regimes. They say his speech puts our troops at risk and encourages terrorism. They say he hates America. But did he actually compare the […]
From Obsidian Wings: The men in my family of my father’s generation returned home after serving their country and got jobs in the local steel mills, as had their fathers and their grandfathers. In exchange for their brawn, sweat, and expertise, the steel mills promised these men certain benefits. In exchange for Social Security taxes […]
If America is richer, why are its families so much less secure? Must reading, by Peter Gosselin of the Los Angeles Times. Working Americans falling through gaping holes in the net. Something’s wrong, and addressing it piecemeal – Social Security, health insurance, wages, pension plans – isn’t going to fix it. Thanks to the Washington […]
This is the kind of article that gets my blood up. Until I think about it. Then I sink into despair. Think it’s bad that 36% of the U.S. high school students in this survey think newspapers should get government approval of stories before publishing? I think it’s worse than that. I think 36% of […]
Drudge links to a WorldNetDaily article headlined “Rumsfeld says 9-11 plane ‘shot down’ in Pennsylvania.” Here’s what Rumsfeld actually said: “I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing […]
When a certain type of executive or senior military officer talks about “respect” and “loyalty,” what he invariably means is “total support” and “no dissent.” He cannot abide disagreement; he surrounds himself with yes men in order to keep reality at bay. I’ve always felt George W. Bush is such a man, and everything I’ve […]
Eugene Volokh, at the Volokh Conspiracy, posts this entry: Huh? A Slate commentator writes a piece about whether Bush would run again in 2008 if defeated in 2004; and in the middle, he has this line: “For Republicans, remember, Bush’s presidency began in a monarchical spirit — restoration of the House of Bush — and […]