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In the coming weeks there’s going to be a lot of confusing talk out there about the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for the Supreme Court. There will be a lot of disinformation, misreadings, and obfuscation. The left will paint him as a loony, the right will paint him as the […]

I’ve just now returned from Springfield (and I think you’ll all like what we have wrought there).
So… there seems to be an indictment or five, and I’m betting you all want to talk about it. I know I do.
But rather than slapping up a placeholder entry while I contemplate an afternoon nap (I awoke […]

Yes, I know - some of you think I don’t update you enough about what’s going on in Adamland. And yes, I know - some of you really couldn’t care less about that sort of thing and wish I’d just stick to items of general interest. And yes, I know - some of […]

Scanning the headlines of the major news outlets, you might think that today wasn’t a particularly violent day in Iraq.
It was.
What’s going on? Hurricane Wilma is obviously big news, but why put the mayhem (dozens of deaths, the wounding of dozens more, explosions in the high-security zone, four contractors killed, an assasination, another […]

SCHWARZENEGGER: Ya? Hello?
BUSH: Arnie! T for 2! How are ya?
SCHWARZENEGGER: Oh.. er, “Hi, this iss Ahnold. I can’t come to phone right now, but…”
BUSH: Aw, stop it, I know you’re there. Heh heh.
SCHWARZENEGGER: “…leave your-” What? Okay, you got me.
BUSH: Heh heh heh.
SCHWARZENEGGER: […]

As we follow the trail of slime in the Plame investigation (which has both the mechanics and all the honor of a Grand Slug Hunt, necessary though it might be), and as the trail winds inexorably towards the top, we might want to ask ourselves what exactly we have here. Whitewater? Watergate? […]

From The Financial Times:
Yet when asked to account for the entry “Valerie Flame” in her notebook, which she had drawn a square around, Ms Miller said she thought it had come from another source, whom she could not recall.
This discrepancy, and the possibility of another source, is all the more remarkable given the agreement that […]

I’ve been a little confused by Focus on Family poobah James Dobson. What with some of his statements and all, like on October 5:
“Because if I make a mistake here, and others make a mistake, what we’re talking about are babies. We’re talking about millions of babies… ”
And:
“When you know some of the things […]

From Tapped:

They came to honor the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank…
But the remarks of White House Chief of Staff Andy Card, who keynoted the reception, centered on what many in attendance plainly regarded as Card’s boss’ most unthinkable, or at least unthinking, act: the nomination of Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on […]

Before you out-of-touch, America-hating leftists start raising your fists in triumph at the Republican meltdown of these past couple of weeks, keep one thing in mind:
The left isn’t even part of the dialog. This is largely between the Republican establishment and… um… the Republican establishment. It’s a big tent, and right now they’re […]