Daily Archives: August 31st, 2007 «

 

Indictments handed down in Goose Creek explosives incident

Posted by: ST on August 31, 2007 at 8:56 pm » 3 Comments

Malkin. All over it. Background here.

 

A study in cowardice

Posted by: ST on August 31, 2007 at 8:37 pm » 1 Comment

Marc at the The Van Der Galiën Gazette delivers a delicious smackdown on defeatist Democrats and liberal think tanks here, arguing that cutting and running is not the answer to the problems in Iraq. There are parts of it I don’t agree with, like, for example, where he states that “we” (being the US) “destroyed [...]

 

Breaking: Senator Craig to resign tomorrow (MORE: CRAIG TO RESIGN, EFFECTIVE 9/30)

Posted by: ST on August 31, 2007 at 6:38 pm » 12 Comments

Via Fox: WASHINGTON — Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will resign from the Senate Saturday after pressure from fellow Republicans to step down after an arrest in a men’s room sex sting, Republican officials said Friday. Craig decided to resign with plans to make the announcement on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. Craig will hold a [...]

 

Sick: Director Brian De Palma makes film sliming our troops as a way to protest the war

Posted by: ST on August 31, 2007 at 2:18 pm » 33 Comments

First, many thanks to Jules for inviting me to guest blog at his place, and for the warm reception I received from his regular commenters. It’s been a real treat blogging alongside some of the blogosphere’s finest, and hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to do so again the next time Jules decides to take a [...]

 

Tony Snow to resign next month

Posted by: ST on August 31, 2007 at 12:10 pm » 5 Comments

Nooo: WASHINGTON – Tony Snow, the highly visible White House press secretary, will leave his job on Sept. 14 and be replaced by his deputy, Dana Perino, an administration official said Friday. President Bush was to announce the changes during an appearance in the White House briefing room. Snow, ailing with cancer, had said recently [...]

 

Jonah Goldberg on the “moralizing” left

Posted by: ST on August 31, 2007 at 11:26 am » 2 Comments

In light of the Larry Craig scandal and the schadenfreude the far left has been expressing over his downfall, Jonah Goldberg has a must-read piece up today in which he writes about the left and how they have no room to talk about hypocrisy as it relates to moralizing: But the left has another solution. [...]