In my RSS feed this morning, I have three blog entries from otherwise normal-seeming people who suggest that maybe it’s somewhat unusual to invade foreign countries without a really good reason. There was mine, of course, and Ron’s – it … Continue reading →

I know almost nothing about Lamont except that he is very, very rich and that he just won the Democratic primary for the senate seat in Connecticut that Joe Lieberman considered his own. For all I know, Lamont may or … Continue reading →

As unscientific as it may be to extrapolate from three data points, this heatwave may be *Strike Three against the climate change deniers – not that they would be troubled by such trivial distinctions as scientific vs non-scientific. The tsunami … Continue reading →

I want to address Rob’s comments to my previous post more fully by quoting from Robert Wright’s contemporary analysis from March 2003. Rob makes two related claims: It’s true that we didn’t know for sure whether or not Saddam had … Continue reading →

I came across this from 2003 It has been a week of some vindication for hawks, but doves are right in denying that their full arguments — about the dangers of preemptive war, fomenting terrorism, destabilizing world alliances, and so … Continue reading →

While searching for a cite to back up the bold assertions in my rant about Andrew Sullivan – i had pangs of guilt that the blog entry I linked to did not support my boldest assertions (still looking) – I … Continue reading →

It still bothers me a great deal that conservative commentators like Andrew Sullivan still manage to criticize the motives of pre-war critics, even while apologizing for their part in the process. Quote : Observing this, many of us have gone … Continue reading →

Ah! So that’s ok then, Well, objectively (and it’s Orwell’s original usage), I am pro-Kim Jong-Il, There is something vaguely ironic about quoting Orwell to justify the creative redefinition of a commonly used word like “pro”.

Andrew Sullivan said As for my later comments about opponents of the Iraq war being “objectively pro-Saddam,” that seems to me to be indisputable. Sullivan wants us to believe that the conservatives who have lately been criticising the war in … Continue reading →

He and I got off on the wrong foot with his involvement in the Clinton impeachment but Linsey Graham has been nothing but marvellous since he joined the senate. Definitely my favourite senator. What I’m trying to do with my … Continue reading →