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These gems from Gene Weingarten, writing in the WaPo:What if Freud had been a woman?Sex would not be considered the primary force that drives human behavior. Instead, it would be Fear of Having a Large Behind. All men would be...

The great British magazine The Economist has an article about John Roberts in their Sept. 15, 2005 print edition [Update: Here's the link; subscription required]:The nominee pleases almost everybody One of the surest ways to guarantee high drama in Washington...

Getting a little help from some creative cropping. You know that it has to be difficult to get good, front page photos to run for your newspaper when about every sign and banner carries a "F*ck Bush" or some other...

I swear, I hate New England sports teams more by the day....

The Washington Post is following this interesting piece:For many Americans, both Indian and otherwise, the term redskin is a grotesque pejorative, a word that for centuries has been used to disparage and humiliate an entire people, but an exhaustive new...

No one should ever accuse the left of being troubled by such things as being logically consistant. Such dangerous tendancies towards rationality are to be avoided at all cost, lest there be some hinderance to their giving free reign to their supreme standard for evaluating issues: How does one FEEL about it, and DON't confuse the issue with facts.

This is exemplified by a couple of issues that are currently in the news. The first is the ruling by Federal District (mis-)Judge Hellerstein (should be Hell-stein?) ordering the release of more pics from Abu Ghraib. It is conceded, even this mis-judgement that this will lead to renewed attacks on US forces in the middle-east, with highly probable loss of life. That's OK though says the Hell-judge, since they are attacking us anyway. This says nothing about the direct damage to US interest when this stuff is once again smeared all over the place on al-Jazeera, et al.

Does anyone else remember the MEANING of the phrase "aid and comfort to the enemy"? (mis-Judge, rope, tree - Some assembly required!)

The other case is renewed in the news cycle by the scheduled testimony of NYT reporter Judith Miller on the disclosure of Valerie Plame as a CIA person. The MSM has been fulminating about this for some time, with great expressions of concern because her life might be in danger if she were engaged in covert ops.

REALITY CHECK: Ms. Plame has been an inside the HQ desk-jockey for years, and has NOT been currently engaged in the admittedly critical 007 type of stuff overseas. Additionally, there was no secret of the fact that she was working for the agency at Langley - this information was out there from other sources, including her husband.

LOGIC CHECK: Lots of concern expressed in the MSM about the so-called danger to former-spy Plame. If she was IN REALITY an active undercover operative, this might be valid. Even if theis WERE the case, is HER life intrinsically more valuable than the lives of US troopers in harms way in the mid-east? The same MSM has little or no concern about that when commenting on the mis-judgement concerning yet more Abu Ghraib pics, which can serve no real purpose, other than to stimulate a certain political agenda at home while providing at a minimum PR aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States.

F.E.T.E.

This from U.S. News:No Doubt About It, Democrats Are a pretty happy bunch these days. President Bush's poll numbers are heading south because of Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's indictment on alleged campaign finance violations compounds...

Run, Rice, run: Fans seek Condi candidacy

Devoted admirers of Condoleezza Rice bought time for a television commercial during the premiere last week of "Commander in Chief," backing the secretary of state for the White House in 2008....Richard Mason, a Miami doctor and enthusiastic Rice supporter, established Americans For Dr. Rice in 2004 after talking with colleagues about the best Republican presidential candidate in 2008.

This has even attracted attention across the pond, where once again, the Sunday Telegraph has picked up on the draft Condi movement here.

Dick Morris is so intrigued with the concept that he has a book coming out real soon now on the topic:

Even without discussing any of the other details of the situation, the Chief thinks that the potential for a Condi vs. Hilary race in '08 would be the greatest amount of political fun that there has been in a LONG time! Also, Condi would wipe up the floor with Hil in a debate. The possibilities are breathtaking.

She sure as heck would be a stronger candidate than any of the other GOP prospects that one hears mentioned.

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