CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE

I think we’ve now located the first blogger to express skepticism about the Iraq National Museum looting. Here’s the archived entry. Prescient, no? And far smarter than the mainstream media. But you knew that already, didn’t you?

HILLARY SUCK-UP WATCH: “Which brings us to the question of Hillary Clinton’s status and stature as a woman, certainly the most prominent and influential American woman of our time, perhaps of any time; only Eleanor Roosevelt, to whom Clinton insistently compares herself, reached similar heights.” – Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post. (Full disclosure: this unfortunate sentence is the exception to the rule in Yardley’s writing, which is almost always, in my opinion, superb.)

IS BUSH A LIAR? Byron York takes on an emerging meme.

PLEDGE WEEK UPDATE: Because Amex takes some time to report, and many checks may still be in the mail, the results are still preliminary. But it looks as if we now have close to 1700 new supporting members for the site, which brings our full total to somewhere over 6000 members. We hoped for 7000, but Robert and I are delighted to have all of you on board, however many you are. Thanks to all of you and to Robert for coordinating it all (he has manually assembled a master-list of contributors and keeps track of everything for free). What we now have is a real, workable budget for the year; and the site is financially secure for the foreseeable future. I’m finally going to break down and give myself a salary. You made it possible. I’m immeasurably grateful. Thanks again.