“I am an admirer of your writing and (generally) good common sense. I contributed to your original fund drive, as yours was a voice I wanted to hear. Even when I disagree with you, as I do on the issue of gay marriage (good Catholics can disagree, right?), I take your arguments seriously enough to … Continue reading EMAIL OF THE DAY
In some ways, it’s almost obscene for us to get so upset about the lies and fabrications of one Jayson Blair when the lies and fabrications of the New York Times’ Walter Duranty covered up the massacre of millions. And Duranty got a Pulitzer the Times still holds! Arnold Beichman has the goods on Duranty’s … Continue reading THE DURANTY RECORD
Which gets us to the question of bigotry. I hate this term; and very rarely use it. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. If you care to, read Santorum’s full remarks again. When you do, you begin to understand why he was the protege of Trent Lott. His first comments about homosexuals relate to … Continue reading IS HE A BIGOT?
I can see why Bill Safire is a little pissed. There’s no question now that president John F. Kennedy was an extremely sick man when he was president. The sheer mood swings that are inevitably accompanied by massive amphetamine addiction, testosterone injections, sleeping pills, and any number of other painkillers would render most of us … Continue reading HOW SICK WAS JFK?
It seems to me that the critical part of President Bush’s elegantly constructed speech last night was his rebuttal of the only credible and responsible line of criticism from the Democrats: Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by … Continue reading MAKING THE CASE
I made it through the Newsweek cover-story. Nothing new, except for Robert Rubin’s schadenfreude and a Begala-like quote from pseudo-populist Bob Shrum. But it does strike me that there is a real story of comparison here. What both Bushes have in common is an undemonstrative determination to correct the abuses they inherited. 41 had to … Continue reading LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
This time, a political leader wants to use the military to track down and deport people seeking asylum. The fascist right is clearly ascendant. Oh, hold on a minute, that’s Tony Blair. CHANDRA, CHANDRA, CHANDRA: How comforting that name now feels. So September 10. We now know that she was probably killed. But that’s about … Continue reading MORE FAR-RIGHTISTS IN EUROPE
It’s happening. It really is. Pim Fortuyn’s party stormed to second place in the Dutch elections, behind the Christian Democrats, smashing the social-democratic consensus that had run Holland for the last eight years (and, truth be told, much longer). So we now have center-right governments in Italy, Spain and France. Only Britain’s New Labour has … Continue reading COLLAPSE OF THE EURO-LEFT
A fascinating squabble over CNN senior correspondent Andrea Koppel is beginning to make the email rounds. It concerns allegations that the Israeli Defense Force has conducted a slaughter of civilians in the Jenin refugee camp. The reliably anti-Israel and pro-terrorism newspaper, the Independent, is running hard with the story today. The New York Times version … Continue reading ANDREA KOPPEL’S OBJECTIVITY
Mickey Kaus is worried that, inspired by the example of a buzz-cut conservative homo intellectual in Holland, I might jump into politics. Fear not, Mickster. But I have to say that the example of Pim Fortuyn is instructive. It has always seemed to me that the natural politics for homosexuals is conservative-libertarian. Homosexuals have historically … Continue reading THE PROF
