Monthly Archives: May 2005

There’s a brilliant article by Rex Hammock over at rexblog.com entitled How Apple will change everything about Podcasting, #2 — How much could Howard Stern make podcasting via iTunes vs. broadcasting via Sirius?. The world of podcasting is about to … Continue reading →

Well, I agree with David Brooks that the real enemy is not Newsweek, but rather Islam (Uh, I mean bad Islam, not good Islam), but the problem is, the main weapon in our enemy’s arsenal is precisely the kind of … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Pretending you’re a smart cop — instead of whatever you actually are — is a good way to read the news. A smart cop would never have bought Newsweek’s explanation for WHY interrogators flushed a Koran down … Continue reading →

In commemoration of V-E Day, I am posting a poem my father, a B-24 pilot, wrote during WWII. I think it is a great example of the innocence, idealism, and toughness of the young people who made the sacrifices that … Continue reading →

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 →