Obviously, I don’t buy the idea that when giants like Bill Buckley roamed the earth, conservatism was teh awesome, but Kathleen Parker digs up a quote from Russell Kirk that is very interesting in light of today’s purity tests and party purges: In fact, the 10-point checklist proffered by Bopp and others is the antithesis …
Archives for November 2009
More signs of a Republican resurgence
This (via Robert Harding) ought to have New York State Dems quaking in their boots: Emil Henry, Jr., a former assistant Treasury secretary under George W. Bush and executive at Lehman Brothers, has been in discussions with state Republican officials about the possibility of running for governor next year, according to people with knowledge of …
Open Thread
No access to my home computer today, so two photos by me. Regular photo blogging will start again on Monday. Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a …
This Could Get Really Ugly
Could be a long, long day tomorrow for Steeler nation: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who sustained his fourth concussion in four years last Sunday, will miss this week’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, FoxSports.com has reported. That leaves the Steelers with Dennis Dixon as their starting quarterback. Dixon, the third-string option before Charlie Batch …
The Dubai Mess
I’ve read this article twice, and I simply do not understand the relationship between debtor nations and the real estate speculators at Dubai. Anyone want to fill me in?
Exactly
I’m hard-pressed to disagree with a whole lot of this Kathleen Parker piece. I’m actually kind of shocked Fred Hiatt let it through.
Who would Jesus execute?
Let the eagle soar (obligatory link): SHARLET: [The] new (Ugandana) legislation adds to this something called aggravated homosexuality. And this can include, for instance, if a gay man has sex with another man who is disabled, that’s aggravated homosexuality, and that man can be – I suppose both, actually, could be put to death for …