Category: The Dish

The Old Man In The Slum

A reader writes:

Wow! I’m just floored. Thank you so much for turning me onto that soldier’s blog. What incredibly poignant posts. He gives me hope and also reminds that for every soldier willing to take part in Abu Graib-type abuses, there are 10, 20, 50, 100 who are fighting as honorably as possible, who embrace their humanity even in the most hellish of situations.

It’s an important reminder. The reason some of us have gotten so enraged by torture and abuse is that the policies betray the noble service of the vast majority of the troops. If you missed Sean Anderson’s blog, check it out. It really gives you hope – and even more respect for the soldiers out there.

“Uncle Rupert”

Rod Dreher welcomes Beliefnet’s new boss. Which prompts this vent from Roy Edroso:

If there is one person on the face of God’s green earth who is the anti-Christ of Crunchy Conservatism, it’s Rupert Murdoch. His commercial endeavors are a perfect synthesis of the values of what Dreher himself called "the Party of Lust" and "the Party of Greed." Yet Dreher calls him "Uncle Rupert." It’s enough to shake one’s faith in modish rightwing movements. Next we’ll be hearing that metrocon thing was all bullshit.

Oh, please. Rupert Murdoch leaves almost all his writers alone. Suck-up hereby endeth. I love my Sunday Times column.