Read this for a sample of some of the bitterness hanging over the San Francisco Bay area after this past weekend of baseball.

On the other hand, Allen Barra at Slate (of all mags) defends Rush.

I like Rush Limbaugh on the whole, but Robert George at NRO is right when he chides the radio talk-show master for his unfortunate comments on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” over the weekend: “I’m not feeling sorry for Rush today (the drug story aside, which seems like a cheap shot). He did what we hate… Continue reading

And now for something completely different, here’s one French political writer’s advice to Americans on how to deal with his nation: “On the economic level: boycott EVERYTHING that can be BOYCOTTED, in both directions (imports and exports). Choking the life out of today’s French economy with its all sacred 35 hour work week, sub-Sahara standard… Continue reading

William Safire’s informative column—The Mask of Warka, on the op ed page of today’s NY. Times—is another one of his gems on the war in Iraq and the politics, national and international, involved therein.