"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
A telepathy charge is quickly gaining ground around here and Tacitus.org lately. Every time someone suggests the Bush Administration has some unexpressed motive as the only way to rationalize seemingly contradictory or otherwise inexplicable evidence, Bird Dog starts handing out his coveted Carnak Awards, and Slartibartfast virtually hurls the Tarot Cards from the card table. … Read more
The AP is reporting that President Aristide has left Haiti. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left Haiti on Sunday, bowing to pressure from a rebellion at home and governments abroad, his Cabinet minister and close adviser Leslie Voltaire told The Associated Press. At least three other sources confirmed the information, including diplomats and a … Read more
Link to a couple of Tacitus posts and all of a sudden every site referral comes from there. I will therefore take it as a sign for… hmm, a poem seems appropriate, although I canna say why.
Thus, I give you a commemorative poem from my past blogging activity:
Instalanchy
(With apologies to… come on, everybody knows the poem I butchered.)
…blogging has become a part of the mainstream. Why do I say that? Easy: because somebody’s written a book telling us how to get rich from this hobby. While the Commissar has demonstrated his ability to succinctly both review the book and give his own, honest-to-Historical-Imperative* way to enrich his readers, I’d just like to … Read more
Well, seeing as all the cool kids over at Tacitus.org are posting from the road* (Tac’s in the Middle East and Mac’s in Prague), I thought that I’d do the same. ‘Course, in my case it’s a bit less glamourous, as I’m posting from my girlfriend‘s grandmother’s house… just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. An added … Read more
Steve Mumford, an artist I know, has now made at least three trips to Iraq to document the war. He’s very good at mixing with our troops, and more and more he’s getting up close to some serious conflict. He’s also very good at getting Iraqi’s to share their experiences with him. The last time … Read more
Andrew Sullivan (who doesn’t have a comments function on his blog) has been posting letters from folks alarmed by the President’s announcement about the FMA. This one from a Republican Lawyer suggests there’s a much larger objective than stopping gay marriage behind it. Pertinent paragraphs: Under the Constitution of the United States there is no … Read more
… that it’s a bad thing to blog just to give your readers something to read. I dunno if that’s true or not, but it’s been a busy week for me (had to actually concentrate on work for a change; oh, the horror), so here’s an open thread. If you’re strapped for a comment, I … Read more
Sasha and Eugene Volokh have put up a couple of interesting posts about the limits of Congress’ ability to strip the Supreme Court of jurisdiction in a particular area. Well worth checking out. BTW, ‘interesting’ in this context translates to ‘I understood what the heck they were talking about’. You’ve no doubt noticed that I … Read more
I’ve been meaning to blogroll QandO for a bit, now, so I’ll introduce him with this post about Representative Corrine Brown. I’ll be honest: I couldn’t believe at first that any Congressperson could be enough of a fool to say “You all look alike to me” in public, but apparently she did. Brown has since … Read more