Superb piece in UPI today (via Merde in France) by James C. Bennett on how the U.S. should handle Europe in the aftermath of the war: “The third course is to admit that the European Union is flawed and badly in need of not just reform but wholesale replacement. The ideal of free trade and… Continue reading
Eric Alterman whines that his book What Liberal Media isn’t getting the attention it deserves because of the war in Iraq: Mr. Alterman told me he was “enormously gratified” by the reception to his book (good review in The Times), but added that he was also disappointed because the book had “been crowded out by… Continue reading
Quote of the week: Hadi Al-Baghdadi, a 42-year-old Iraqi living in Dearborn, had a suggestion for dealing with members of Saddam’s ousted regime. “Don’t kill them,” he said. “Put them in cages in a zoo. And then we can use the admissions fees to rebuild Iraq.”
Couldn’t Resist Dept. “They stand, they fight, sometimes they run when we engage them,” Brigadier-General John Kelly said. “But often they run into our machine guns and we shoot them down like the morons they are.” Read more.
Instapundit supports the contention of many bloggers and readers that James Carroll of the Boston Globe is a half-wit.