Jan 08,2009
Inaugurationpocalypse
DCist has the scoop on road closures and the like. Unfortunately, I live squarely within the Forbidden Zone. I plan on spending as much time as possible at the Irish...
Jan 08,2009
On Fr. Neuhaus
I had been saddened to see over the Christmas break that Richard John Neuhaus, editor and founder of First Things, had taken seriously ill. Over at NRO K-Lo is reporting...
Jan 07,2009
“The deaths of Palestinian civilians and damages to their homes are regrettable, but…”
The IDF has apparently destroyed AP correspondent Ibrahim Barzak’s home: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – I live alone in my office. My wife and two young children moved in with...
Jan 07,2009
Whose side is Bill Kristol on?
Bill Kristol’s latest is a typical exercise in casuistry: The huge challenge for the Obama administration is going to be Iran. If Israel had yielded to Hamas and refrained from...
Jan 07,2009
Israel is trying to clean up the Bush administration’s mess
Though the fact seems lost on its supporters, Israel’s war in Gaza is ironically another nail in the neoconservative coffin. After all, it’s essentially an effort to reverse the idiotic...