This is what happens when you don’t talk to BP et/al

You end up ignorant of things that reporters and bloggers have known for days: TAPPER: I talked to a guy who runs a company in Maine that offers boom, and he has – he says – the ability to make 90,000 feet of boom a day. High quality. BP came there 2 weeks ago, looked [...]

One more thought on rationing of services…

…for those who are so keen to do so for the elderly, a quick question: There is a story about how a sixteen year old sailor who is trying to sail around the world. There was a scare that she might be lost at sea: A 16-year-old US sailor who went missing while sailing solo [...]

For no particular reason…

…I’m in the mood for a classic movie line: By the authority vested in me by Kaiser William II, I pronounce you man and wife. Proceed with the execution. African Queen 1951 I’m actually surprised we don’t see a slightly modified version of this line more often at weddings.

Will Israel decide to be taken for Wolves?

A few years ago I wrote this to Glenn concerning Haditha saying with the press and left’s cry of “atrocity” to all we ever do eventually those who support the war might decide to be taken for wolves rather than sheep. Today Victor Davis Hanson says something similar about Israel: Israelis should assume by now [...]