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- To build on a point I made yesterday, the right's unflinching devotion to the greatness of America's top military brass makes them deeply unserious about the ultimate point of our overseas adventures. For instance, defense "analyst" Michael O'Hanlon's concern yesterday that removing McChystal during "perhaps the most crucial six months of the entire war" would be a grave error because of the indispensable "leadership of such an amazing American."
- If you're looking for a big-picture story on the fringe candidates who have won Republican primaries this year, I recommend you avoid this Politico piece on the "GOP rebels" who could join the Senate next year. The story notes the limited-government bona fides of candidates like Rand Paul and how they want to "shake up" the Senate, but it fails to explain exactly how they would actually do this.
- Sometimes it's worth taking a step back to appreciate how unfit to govern Republicans have become. Here's a member of Congress praising a Thomas Sowell column comparing the BP "shakedown" to the rise of the Nazi Party. And here's RNC Chairman Michael Steele urging Americans to "trust Wall Street" to create jobs. It's a good thing Democrats are allowing these clowns another shot at governance.
- Remainders: The Washington Times is a serious purveyor of sober conservative opinion; Zbigniew Brzezinski talks totalitarianism; it would be easier to take libertarians seriously if they didn't constantly make mountains out of molehills; and the public is a thermostat.
Mori Dinauer
