Hitting them where they hurt. Yes, Donald Rumsfeld sure knows how to piss off the French: “This year, the American presence—and the lack of rank in it—at Paris will serve as a powerful and understated reminder of our scorn for the French. American combat aircraft—the usual assortment of F-15 Eagles, the F/A-18 Hornets, F-16 Falcons,… Continue reading

William Safire on the further concentration of media power in the hands of the few: “Does that sound un-conservative? Not to me. The concentration of power—political, corporate, media, cultural—should be anathema to conservatives. The diffusion of power through local control, thereby encouraging individual participation, is the essence of federalism and the greatest expression of democracy.… Continue reading

It was amusing to observe the Boston Globe make a quick turnaround today on the latest sex scandal to hit the Kennedy family to which the newspaper has always been partial. Yesterday the Globe buried the news about JFK’s running affair with a teenager, giiving it the one paragraph treatment on an inside page. But… Continue reading

Here’s a preview on Apple and IBM’s new chip for the next generation of 2GHz and higher Macs—They rock: “As with all things Apple, though, the big question is price. Will Apple drop its margins drastically and sell these machines at a competitive price point in order to increase market share, or will it continue… Continue reading

Wishful Thinking Dept.? Okay, it’s early yet, the Sox haven’t even played the Yanks so far, and I blogged a little too enthusiastically last year about the team’s chances. Still, there’s a lot to this team. The line-up is a killer. As they proved in Minnesota, there doesn’t seem to be any bullpen the Red… Continue reading