Cronkite Says Cut And Run
What a difference 38 years makes... In 1968 Walter Cronkite's abandonment of journalistic neutrality in proclaiming the Vietnam War "unwinnable" was hailed as a landmark moment by war protesters …
Mob rule or oligarchy: I'll take C, none of the above
Last week, over at the World Wide Rant, I got into a bit of a donnybrook over gay marriage. As I have before, I supported it, but with the …
Truth Is Stranger Than Wonkette Fiction
The other evening I was browsing the magazine section at the local Borders when I came across Capital File magazine, an upscale society magazine from the publisher of Gotham, …
Who says "to live outside the law, you must be honest?"
Thanks to David Schraub over at The Moderate Voice, I found this piece that seems to endorse giving tuition breaks to illegal aliens, allowing them to pay the same …
It ain't all just all cow-tipping…
For some reason, when people think of New Hampshire, they think of trees and mountains. Snow and moose. Maple syrup and presidential primaries. Fall foliage and hicks. Lots of …
Where am I going, and how did I get into this handbasket?
I'm sure I'm going to burn in hell for this one, but I just had to share it: Did anyone else see this story and immediately think of "StampEid?"...
Carnival of the Trackbacks XLVI
Reader recommended stories for Saturday, January 14, 2005: Want To Participate?...
New Hampshire: putting the "White" in the White Mountains.
As much as I love New Hampshire, I have to admit that we are easily one of the most homogenic states in the union. I'd call us the WASPiest, …
Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri May Be Dead
ABC News' Brian Ross is reporting that Pakistani military sources say the de facto head of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was the target of air strikes just inside the …
The Great Basement Refinishing Project
Last week I mentioned by quest for a new big screen TV as part of my basement refinishing project. It occurred to me that I'd not really discussed the …