Oh man, this is about the greatest thing I’ve ever heard. Rarely have I felt prouder to be a Jew.
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Question of the Day: Orange Revolution Edition
First Michelle Malkin came for the brightly-clad Dana Milbank, but the right did not speak up because they don’t like Dana Milbank. Then she came for Paul Begala and his tangerine garments, but they did not protest, for they do not like Paul Begala. The question is, what will they do when she comes for […]
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Seeing Things
In his new book, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences (McSweeney’s, February 2006), Lawrence Weschler collects a series of essays on the visual rhymes and eerie resonances of everyday life. Weschler, president of the New York Institute for the Humanities and author of books including Vermeer in Bosnia and Calamities of Exile, talks about […]
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Quote of the Day
Mickey: The military might well have difficulty openly assimilating male soldiers who want to have sex with other men–the culture of many military institutions runs on sublimated hetero impulses (something dramatized effectively in the movie Jarhead, among other places). Marines use the idea of “Jody,” the mythical civilian back home who is screwing your girlfriend/wife, […]
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Grow Up
I just got this press release from The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Political Action Committee: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETS PAC STATEMENT ON PAUL HACKETT LEAVING SENATE RACE: “The Democratic Party loses credibility” on Iraq JON SOLTZ, a 28-year old combat Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Executive Director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of […]
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Lacking Discretion
What do Bernard Kerik and Michael Chertoff have in common? Both have proven to be disastrous choices to head the Department of Homeland Security. But that’s not the only thing they share. Both were enthusiastically championed for this all-important post by Rudolph Giuliani. As it happens, Giuliani was largely responsible for putting each man on […]
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Lacking Discretion
What do Bernard Kerik and Michael Chertoff have in common? Both have proven to be disastrous choices to head the Department of Homeland Security. But that’s not the only thing they share. Both were also enthusiastically championed for this all-important post by Rudolph Giuliani. As it happens, Giuliani was largely responsible for putting each man […]
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Question of the Day
Is there anything actually Is there anything actually biased about this prank? Given that there’s no dispute over whether or not Cheney blasted a fellow hunter while trying to shoot quail, Milbank’s costume in no way tilts towards one interpretation of the story versus another. Malkin calls it less-than-objective journalism, but she seems unclear on […]
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Misplaced Priorities
The spending priorities outlined in the recently released Quadrennial Defense Review and the president’s budget proposal indicate that the Bush administration seems to have trouble reading their calendars. Vast sums of money are scheduled to be spent on maintaining America’s entire giant arsenal of strategic nuclear weapons. Vaster sums will go to the development of […]
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Things That Should Be True, But Aren’t
Responding to Natalie Portman’s observation that a shaved head on a twenty-something female elicits looks, Defamer writes: If we were one of the world’s most exquisitely-featured and instantly recognizable actresses (sadly, we aren’t) we would imagine being “looked at” would be a common occupational hazard, regardless of hair length. Apparently not, actually. I know a […]