Al-Qaeda/Iraq: So what's the connection? Last week Cheney said there was a 9/11 link, and Bush said there wasn't; Cheney, of course...

Assassination foiled by militia action: Akila Hashemi was shot today in Iraq. A member of the Iraqi Governing Council, she was ambushed in...

FreeSpeech: A reply to an article on terrorism at FreeSpeech : For what it's worth, I don't agree with the assessment. I agree that...

Wow. I owe a great debt to this post by Kim du Toit. Somehow I had missed Bill Whittle . It was my loss. These essays are, I say without ...

The Homecoming: Reader S.D. describes this as "a must read" , and I am inclined to agree. On another topic, Izzy was fairly gentl...

Izzy: Isabel is coming our way. We'll see you when she passes, Deus volente , or inshallah as you prefer.

Home: Alas and damn it.

IDF: The Israeli Defense force doesn't mess around. Less than an hour ago, they moved on a house in Gaza owned by a Hamas member. A g...

9/11: I just today saw Caerdroia's tribute to 9/11. It's worth a look, and is elegant in its way.

I MEF: A new book is out on the performance of the First Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq.

Oratory: National Review is trying to sell a book on Bush as a grand orator . I've always been of the opinion that Bush was indeed gra...

Cold Poetry: I raise a glass to this, which is reproduced on Mark Steyn's website. 1945 - 1985: Poem for the Anniversary Sometimes, w...

Down in the West Texas Town of El Paso... Maybe we should all move to Texas .

SMI: I've been making fun of people who have been wringing their hands over a movement whose members they've decided to call "...

Black Mail: Reader S.D. sends this story from the Washington Post . These authorities now understand much better the system of rewards and p...

I MEF: Hail and praise, brothers-in-arms! Here follows an evaluation of the heroic First Marine Expeditionary Force . Of special note to t...

Now this is just what I mean: The Sage of Knoxville links to a story that outlines the success of the general militia, operating independen...

Frenchmen pay Frenchmen for Libyan bombing: Via the Rottie . I would say something about this, but I'm laughing to hard to think.

Thank God I'm a Democrat: Who knew? I'm guessing we Southern Democrats fall on the low end of the scale, but still...

Schumpeter: Joseph Schumpeter has always been my favorite economist. Reason magazine has a piece today that shows why his theories are im...