Wanderings

Watching George Medal of Freedom Tenet copping his pugnacious attitudes you could wonder:
Doesn’t he seem a lot more put out that his own “slam dunk” is used against him than, say, that a major war has killed so many and he has a role in either making it happen or not having even tried to [...]

Debate

I’d vote for any of them.

Sponges & Hammers

There’s a neat back ‘n forth to be found among the comments to the “Roger that, sir” item of yesterday. In that I ground my teeth that the Bush administration has presided over so much disarray and worse, not exactly a new observation but one enhanced and illuminated by recent revelations about the military’s weaknesses, [...]

‘Roger That, Sir’

George W. Bush and, by extension, his Republican enablers, are enemies of the people. The American people. They hate us.
Under their aggressive policies of disdain for Americans – except for rich Americans – they have dismantled our liberties, emasculated our protections against the predators and plunderers and give away the glories of God’s green earth [...]

A Nice Man

For all the great honors, the grand awards and prizes, the international acclaim and success, possibly David Halberstam might be also framed by the simple designation, “He’s a nice man.”
We run this big writers conference here which brings in all manner of heavies to share their wisdom with hundreds and hundreds of eager journalists, creative [...]

Raise Her Pay!

Get this woman some help.
There are 12 step programs she could turn to. Intervention is called for. Get a butterfly net. Give her a looooong vacation.
It’s her job, sure, but Michiko Kakutani, the book wizard of The New York Times, seems to have dedicated her valuable energy to reading all the books by presidential candidates. [...]

Against Us

The “You’re either with us or against us” president is finding more and more that fewer and fewer of even his own gang are with him and that more and more are against him. Well, he set the terms.
Or, one assumes that he finds that. More likely, shielded and coddled and pampered by his dwindling [...]

Looking Into An Empty Well

When has that ever happened?
Sen. Harry Reid says, after meeting with President Bush about Iraq:
“We believe he must search his soul, his conscience and find out what is the right thing for the American people.”
Oh, right.
When has any madly delusional warlord looked into his soul while waging war? If they did – if Richard Nixon [...]

Nice People

With all the unendingly grim events centered around dark and bloody people, it’s helpful for me to recall how many really good souls we are surrounded by, people who contribute so much to keeping the world spinning in the right direction.
Even the frontier-less web risks becoming filled up were we to point to all the [...]

Pray For Them

If you are the sort who plans ahead possibly you could make a note for a month from now, three months or more to dedicate even more prayers for those poor, poor people in Virginia and all who care for them.
Their pain will go on and on, even as we move along to our next [...]