In all the poems of praise for the late and brilliant actor, writer and raconteur, his record of supporting any anti-Western dictator and his vast blind spot with regard to the Soviet Union have been ignored. No longer.
BLOCK THAT METAPHOR: “The fit of ejaculatio praecox to which the commentariat abandoned itself when payroll job growth hit 308,000 last week was perhaps understandable, in view of the terrible frustrations it had suffered for so many, many months before.” – James K. Galbraith, Salon.
THE FUTURE: An openly gay soldier marries his male fiance in Canada. I think I just ruined John Derbyshire’s day.
KERRY WIMPS OUT: On education reform. Why doesn’t the president go on the offensive on “No Child Left Behind”? It makes a lot of sense to me. And Kerry’s cravenness toward the teachers’ unions is too soft a target for the Bush team to ignore. Or is it? (Hat tip: Tagorda.)
BLOGGING FOR PEACE: It’s working in Northern Ireland.
The Dish 