I agree with Andrew Sullivan. If Obama wins, he should keep this guy. When the generals decided not to buy vehicles designed to deflect roadside bombs – since they might not be useful in future conflicts – Gates overruled them. In the view of this SecDef, protecting our troops now is more important than fantasies… Continue reading

Fouad Ajami on Iraq: Need we recall that the abolition of slavery had not been an “original” war aim, and that the Emancipation Proclamation was, by Lincoln’s own admission, a product of circumstances? A war for the Union had become a victory for abolitionism.

From the latest New Yorker: Anthony Lane rips Sex and the City. James Woods on ‘new’ atheism: God doesn’t exist (oh, and by the way, He sucks).

Ben Stein continues to lose fans.

Richard Dawkins on Mark Steyn: I have over the years developed a dislike for Mark Steyn, although I’ve always admired his forceful writing. On this issue, however, he is clearly 1000% in the right and should receive all the support anybody can give him. He’s right.