Category Archives: General

Posted by Harcamone When the Pope died I tended to be on the softer side of the critical scale. But others were not. Some, like Christopher Hitchens, were vicious in their loathing of him, and much of their reason was … Continue reading →

This guy is so funny I can hardly stand it. System Requirements to appreciate his humor, however, are rather severe. One must be some kind of obsessive blogosphere political junkie, and a conservative one at that, to dig this stuff. … Continue reading →

Very interesting debate going on over at frontpagemag.com, between David Horowitz and Jacob Heilbrunn, about how much of a threat the left is to American security. Couple of excerpts: JH: The surprising thing might be how little opposition there has … Continue reading →

Posted by Andy If the maniacs are getting a stranglehold on the Grand Old Party, our Maximum Leader doesn’t seem to have gotten the message: Bush went out of his way, at his last news conference (and not for the … Continue reading →

I have to agree with Harcamone about the Hitchens-Taranto duel. I read the Hitchens piece and thought it was great cuz it’s more or less where I’m at. Then later I saw the Taranto piece and read it, and it … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Here are the links to Hitch’s and Taranto’s dueling essays. Hitch’s is thoroughly predictable, and gives no new or interesting slant on anything. He could have phoned his ideas in. He has said the same thing a … Continue reading →

We had a fun time at the blognashville dinner last night. You can see a picture of the dinner here (scroll down). Here’s a picture I took just outside the restaurant:

This great article by Christopher Hitchens, Why I’m Rooting Against the Religious Right, prompted the following exchange between me and my brother, after I sent him the link with a note saying, “You gotta love this article”. Hitchens begins with … Continue reading →

I recently finished the Penguin biography of Joseph Smith. It was interesting not only because of the bizarre Mormon saga, but also enlightening as to the incredible religious fervor that was extant at the time. It was extreme, and extremely … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Up to now, I had considered liberal fears of theocratic intrusion into public policy overblown, even a tad hysterical. Andrew Sullivan shares your concern, Nick. See some of the stuff on his current front page relating to … Continue reading →