Category Archives: General

Civil War

Just finished Volume two of Grant’s Memoirs, which conclude with the end of the U.S. Civil War. Here are some interesting quotes, from a man of restrained rhetoric who did his best, as a military man, to stay out of … Continue reading

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The Cartoon Jihad

It has been somewhat of a mystery to me why we have heard so little from moderate Islamic voices over the past few years. When the public face that Islam presents to the world is one of psychotic killers beheading … Continue reading

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Trouble in Mind

Posted by Andy It’s not that the Democrats don’t like Judge Alito. They like him a lot. As Senator Schumer so accurately observed, they went into the hearings with completely open minds, no idea how they would end up voting. … Continue reading

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Victory

Thanks to Powerline for this quote from Winston Churchill: “You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can … Continue reading

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more on Iran

I don’t really buy the argument that Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is defensive and nationalistic. If the Iranian mullahs were content to only torture, murder, and rob their own people, like Hosni Mubarak, they would have nothing to fear … Continue reading

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How serious indeed

Posted by Andy But hey, picture the world as it appears from Tehran: Bellicose Great Satan ensconced just across both the eastern and western borders, with Hell’s chattering classes pondering the advisability of invading a charter member of the Axis … Continue reading

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What do we do about a problem named Iran?

What would I do about Iran? God knows. I don’t have access to the intelligence, whatever it is, about the locations and defenses of their nuclear facilities. Nor do I know lots of other relevant stuff. So I can’t possibly … Continue reading

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Suicidal Tendencies

My favorite blog these days, and for awhile, is The Belmont Club. I got to meet him at the pajamasmedia bash in New York. He was one of the only pajamasmedia bigwigs who enjoyed talking to the little people. He’s … Continue reading

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How serious is it?

It no longer looks like if, but when Iran comes into possession of nuclear weapons. This will bring us one step closer to the day when Osama Bin Laden, or someone like him, gets their hands on a nuke. I … Continue reading

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Newspapers, classifeds, and craigslist

Instapundit is talking about the SF Weekly whining about competition from craigslist for the classified business that has always heretofore belonged to the local papers. I was the technical director at sfgate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle web site, for the … Continue reading

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