Victor Davis Hanson: But such a legitimate and necessary rationale depends also upon general empathy for the Middle East. We are embarking on this new course in the hopes that the American lives sacrificed and our treasure spent are for a friendly people that appreciates our efforts. I think they do, and that the record… Continue reading

Groundbreaking Technology Dept. I had my first sale via Amazon Unbox download today. Way of the future, man.

Martin Amis, interviewed in today’s WSJ: Modernity produces its own share of irrational behavior, Mr. Amis believes, and in “House of Meetings” he touches upon the prison fashion, body-cutting and anorexia of prosperous American youths. They are a ghostly echo, he suggests, of the horrors of past centuries–of the gulag, for instance, where one didn’t… Continue reading

That’s the great thing about Scienceblogs. Why waste my time talking about the stupidity of creationists when guys like Jason are doing a bang-up job as it is?

Kitty Carlisle. Rest in Peace. Ann Althouse gives a great eulogy. I remember To Tell the Truth–but especially her singing in Night at the Opera. A Class Act.