Deacon's Archives


Our unstinting search for media bias


Stump the stars


"Non-fake but inaccurate"


The government's day in court


An act of good will


Home fires


Flickering Plame


Pew's pivotal role


Ted Kennedy is no Jimmy Stewart


Something to look forward to


Seminars to die for


WIn-win in Britain


A case to watch


The gang that couldn't talk straight


A dangerous fallacy


Attacks without justification


Serious, learned, and well-meaning -- but out of control


A trade that's very old news


Where's the outrage?


A French heretic


Mixed signals


A heightened need to exaggerate and invent


Kind of exciting


A genuine third way


Desperation time in France


The global left's vision of blogging


Surprise


Fairer Jacques


Thinking about checks and balances


Trading places, the early years


Thou shalt not criticize our robed masters, Part Two


Home away from home


Hell no, he won't go


The real stakes in the social security debate


Credit where credit is due


Thou shalt not criticize our robed masters


A bi-partisan embarrassment


Facts, ideology, and hatred


Debating a moot point


Crack-up alert


Dowd and Cole race to the bottom


Congress be damned


The Superpower myth myth


Dinner with Mr. Cheney, Part Two


Big talk


Justice Kennedy in the batter's box


My kind of Congressman


My kind of Senator


Dinner with Mr. Cheney, Part Two


Hard case, bad law


The party that cries wolf


Timely questions


George Will on the filibusters


Is it parody, Part Two


Derby blues


Deacon's revenge, Part Two


A very special derby


Tina Brown tries name-calling


The left tries making an argument


Rejecting the dog food


Survivor


Spoof this


"The new Stasi"


Speaking of realism


The death of a realist


If it feels good do it


Keep Kass


As South Dakota went. . .


The shell game


David Horowitz issues a correction, then proves his point


Keeping score


Common sense narrowly prevails


Does this mean that we get to be threatened too?


A timely reminder


Say it ain't so


Triangulation plus


Put them out of our misery


Reversal of fortune


Hardship duty


A dream week ends


Good news for political bloggers


What next in Lebanon, Part Two


The constitutional option


What next in Lebanon?


Bureaucrat promises to let bloggers speak


The high road, for a change


Sizing up blogs


The fantasy continues


Tennis without a net?


Power Line exposed


The end of a sorry era


Try blogging, Susan


On expanding the Democratic party's base


Commanding heights


The new paradigm


Still worse than a Krugman column


The French blood libel


What is to be done?


The empire strikes back


The Supreme Court's diplomatic offensive


Why they filibuster


The spin will definitely stop there


It's always something


What's worse than a Krugman column?


Why "sound" isn't good enough


We can see it, Part Three


Our robed masters are just making it up


One point I forgot to make


Dan Rather's greatest hits


Europe confirms Supreme Court's disdain for American policy outcomes, high Court finds


The gang that couldn't shoot straight


Street cred


Let the Democrats be Democrats


Syria again


The march to nowhere


The baby looks good but we deplore the labor pains


Dead man walking?


"We can see it" Part Two


The wheels are turning


Reflections on appearing on television


Nothinggate


New problems for Laurence Tribe


We're going to Kansas and Mississippi


Enjoy


Who says the center cannot hold?


Here is a great report


Hard bigotry and low expectations


Huh?


How low will the Senate Democrats sink?


All quiet on the western front?


Media alert


"We can see it"


The limits of charm, Part Two


The limits of charm


Call me stupid


Charming


Four goes into one


I'm back


Going to the source


An evening with Bat Ye'or


Media alert


It's Negroponte


The horror


"What do you mean 'we,' paleface?"


Legislating with bloggers in mind


No longer anonymous but still goofy


The timeless art of Arthur Miller


Hardblogger defends softball


Are we losing on the western front?


How many Hamiltons?


The inevitable McCarthyism charge


I'm just asking


Vive la resistance


A good start


Rope-a-dope works, but the blogosphere is no dope


Has Jordan resigned?


High quality fiction


My apologies


Good cop, bad cop, no cop


Bring it on


Mission accomplished


Should Bush pay homage to the EU?


A fake perpetrates a fraud


Is the blogosphere being petty?


Test case


The Democrats as they really are


Ward Churchill strikes again


Worse than Reid and Pelosi?


The pros and cons of intellectual decay


Evertonian to perform at Super Bowl


How wide a berth?


Meet Michael Ellis


Bartleby the Democrat


A pioneer pauses


The doctor is in


Hillary's conciliatory noises


Submission


Hail Geraldo


Keeping the faith


I missed this


MSNBC reports


The cause for which Fern Holland died, Part Two


Early returns


Fanning the flames of capitulation


Can Europe turn the corner?


Hello, I must be growing


The home front


Why didn't Bush think of that?


It's a little late for a "growth" spurt


Fish or cut bait


Live from Washington D.C.


Taking Islamofascists seriously


It happens every winter


Wing-nut


Are we the "new media establishment?"


Good morning, Wheeling


President Bush's higher realism - Part Two


The perennial question


Has Iraq weakened us? Part Two


Where have all the democrats gone?


President Bush's "higher realism"


The limits of my immoderation


Often immoderate, never confused


The mysteries of feminism


Immoderate confusion?


The power to inspire is the power to alarm


In search of clarity


Charity, schmarity


Separated at Yale


Our enemy has a message


Fourth Powerliner candidate defects


Man about town


Fit to impede


An evening with Charlotte Simmons


The New York Times -- ignorant, biased, and irresponsible


Stomping on a dream


Keeping an eye on the eye


What "gets overlooked if not ignored" in Iraq


Who's afraid of Tom Wolfe?


Journey to a land that [the New York] Time[s] forgot


The crisis that wasn't


Washington Post realism


Three fallacies about Gonzales


If a tree falls in the forest. . .


The problem is not demographics


Iron Mike's favorite footballer departs


Neither Lenin nor Martov


If at first you don't succeed


The Supreme Court strikes again


What media bias?


Say it ain't so, Paolo


Ledeen on torture


Anguish is not analysis


They can't be serious


Dude, where's my country?


98-pound weaklings


The briar patch


Professor Stuntz replies


Coalition of the unwilling


The Klannish left


Hatchet, what hatchet?


Merry Christmas, Europe


Consider the source


Europe, the future that works?


Progress in Iraq you may not have heard about


Why the Democrats keep losing and the Republicans keep falling short of a mandate


Ring in the old


Pragmacons, coming to a blog near you


"Slavering right wing hacks," nous?


Distortions on top of contortions


The Gonzales nomination -- battle royal or abdication?


Nick Coleman's idea of the purpose of journalism


12 fans, 11 players


Back to the (adjusted) future


Addled minds consume alike


A different kind of anti-Israeli homicide?


Duke University hosts pro-terror organization's conference


Trading places?


They might be giants


Ready to make a difference


They stopped thinking about tomorrow


All together now


The impoverished diplomacy of Bush's critics


A fiction


He should know


Accommodating the Palestinians' genocidal urge


The struggle for the Middle East


Count your blessings, and guard them


This seems like good news


A violin lesson


Two from the Standard


One leftist gets it


A tribute to Spencer Abraham


The left continues not to get it


The tragedy and the hope


Secularism and its discontents


One more point on Andrew Sullivan


Rumsfeld's issues, and Sullivan's


Hewitt v. Jarvis


Stressing ownership


The democratic urge


A crowded field


The liberal multilateralist case against Kofi Annan


Why a slap in the face won't do


The Model minus one


The bubbling cauldron


Should he stay or should he go?


Democrats to investigate Republicans


Lesson learned


E.J. Dionne's big chill


The void not left


Friday night follies


Just leave Christmas alone


Bedfellows


Who knew?


Just another whiney populist billionaire


A long time going


Give him the presidential medal of cheap shots


Is it time for Rumsfeld to go?


Everything you need to know about Hamas


God bless Hillary Clinton?!


For political junkies


Limited Rove envy


Left-wing professor, the model


Keep your enemies close, but not that close


It just wouldn't ring true


Thank you


Moore power to her


Some familiarity, little contempt


Experience counts


Everton's everyman


Another question for Secretary Rumsfeld


Why E.J. Dionne is proud to be an American


Time well spent


The table doesn't lie


A good question regardless of the source


Reliable to a fault


Bring it on


Dot Com thousandaires


Basically, we would hope not


Uncle Sucker


Enjoying freedom, and extending it


Advantage, no one


Meanwhile, on the left


The Becker-Posner conspiracy


"A very American thing"


Judging Abraham


"Conceived in political sin and born in weakness and pain"


We'll be seeing you, Al


Twice-read tales


Only in America (it's GRRREAT)


What ever happened to Steve Gardner?


To break the stalemate kick some ass


Creeping up the river


Iraq, the bigger picture


Why Iraq remains our fight


Whose fight in Iraq?


Taking it to the terrorists


More to be thankful for


Something to look forward to


A rush to bad judgment, Part III


A rush to bad judgment, Part II


A rush to bad judgment?


Team spirit


The limits of Abbas


More sour grapes


A tough sell


Workers of the world organization unite


You're not in "Jesusland" anymore


Invisible heroes


Contempt, Part II


Contempt


The stink bomb that keeps on smelling


The cabinet empties


Strong spirits


Why the PLO must go the way of Arafat


We don't think much of Eva Braun either


Larry O'Donnell's unproductive meme


Arafat is dead


The Federalists are coming


Gonzales, now more than later


Fallujah and beyond


The charity blues


Ahead of the curve on a bumpy road


The next Attorney General


Why we obsess


The off tackle vs. the end run


From the hot stove league


Invasion of the body snatchers, Part II


Specter watch


It's on


A cautionary word


Worse than smersh?


Invasion of the body snatchers


Democratic spin, part III


Life after Daschle


E.J. Dionne rallies the troops


The gift that keeps on giving


The jobless recovery continues


Leftist bloggers go for a ride


Democratic spin, part II


Democratic spin, part I


L'Europe qui tombe


The end of the sixties


Just what the doctor ordered


Bush's speech


Kerry's speech


That mean, lean blogging machine


Kerry gives up


My daughter the pundit


You heard it here second


We're here early


Senate update


YESSSSSSSS


The big picture narrows


The latest from Florida


Another Senate pick-up


Blood (if any) is not thicker than water


Mr. Obama goes to Washington


No Pholding Phil this year


Oklahoma OK


And the loser is. . .


Potential voter fraud at Dartmouth


One last thought about tomorrow


The moral right to commit voter fraud


Good news from the enemy


The end of a sorry era, or that era's revenge?


Baffled bloggers, Part II


"America cannot afford [Kerry's] lack of clarity"


The silly season


President Bush's honorable service


A word from George Will


Ghost town


Strangers on a plane


Mass Infidelity


Baffled bloggers


The Rendell machine at work


Crunch time in Texas


Election predictions


Al Qaqaa story to take new direction?


Fighting words


The joy of defeatism


He would do better


What's happening in Pennsylvania?


More than a field goal?


Reassuring words from our man in Ohio


John Edwards weighs (lightly) in


Latest pro-Kerry spin slanders our troops


Be prepared


Israel makes its fateful decision and awaits ours


Global testers test the American political waters


President Bush's closing argument


Israel too is about to make a fateful decision


Lesson learned


Back to the future?


Are there any issues left


Bush continues to lead in Gallup Poll


Another reason why I'm happy I cancelled my subscription


A very hot seat


This doesn't bode well for Kerry


Happy birthday Wayne


Good polling news from swing states


Portent or opportunism?


The news from Ohio


Why they'd like to see him assassinated


Speaking of the World Series,


1918 and all that


The first 100 days, Part III


There they go again, Part II


The First 100 days, Part II


The First 100 Days


Gut gezugt


There they go again


The room you trash may be your own


The global test explained


Nothing was delivered, Part II


Industry stars compare notes


Uncommon valor


Arafat's last best hope


An army brat's case against John Kerry


Speaking truth to (diminishing) power


Senseless sensibilities


The "global test" in action


I'm headed to New York


The Tora Bora slander


"Fair game"


Thank God they are finally over


Speaking of judicial confirmation wars,


Make 'em pay


Truth in advertising from the PLO


The Bush edge -- a matter of instinct


I couldn't have said it better. . .


Name three errors and the first three don't count


A dispassionate battering


How ironic


Democracy can be intimidating


Better news on the polling front


Two views of American exceptionalism


Keep checking


Thanks Nikki, and thank your mother and sister too


John Kerry, demagogue, security derelict, or both


"He looks a little frightening"


A man with a plan


Good news on the Senate front


The raw opportunism of John Kerry


Big doings down under


Bremer's bottom line


A unifier, not a divider, in 2008


Iran and North Korea -- beyond the platitudes


The economic case for re-electing the president


Security weasels


Over to you, Mr. President


A sweet night


Solidarity


We'll take "honest, strong, and sincere"


Good polling news


Pick-up in the Sunni triangle


Time flies when you're having fun


Ratherman.blogspot


U.N. truth-stretcher


A good first step


A potted history of vice presidential debates


Cheat sheet


Barak considers a comeback


West Egg head


How Kerry turned into a pumpkin


More early returns


Back in the game


Peter Beinart's stretch


Silky Kerry


Lots of good lines


Plan C


A message from Terry McAuliffe


How hard can it be


Murphy's law


Old dog, old tricks


Kerry fatigue


The worse things are, the better


Wrong war, wrong time for Kerry?


The right war at the right time?


The way we weren't


The two Iraqs


Sister Kerry


Is "tangible progress" cause for real optimism?


Clueless in D.C.


The incredible shrinking candidate


Some dare call it journalism


A logical divide?


Brother where art thou?


The horror


I'll be hitting the road


An eternity down, six weeks to go


Time to re-assert a distinction


But who checks the bloggers?


Has anyone else noticed


The one, two, three punch


The price of victory?


Did the Kerry campaign have Burkett's information first?


Wayne who?


Is success an option?


Peeling away the facade


Grandstanding we can do without


Meet David Van Os


They can't be serious


Confused about the latest polls


The Belmont Club on Iraq, Part II


The Belmont Club on Iraq


Looking for love in all the wrong places


A new voice worth listening to


Next thing you know, some wingnut will question their patriotism


Disagreeing on Princip, Part II


Disagreeing on Princip


How serious are we?


My six minutes of fame


Remembering "Black Bart," and Kerry


The end of the network news era


"Unfit for any commissary"


The next steps


Marcel Matley's real expert opinion


Two scenarios, two answers


One other thing


The real debate


Size matters


Rather knows best


CBS overboard


No good deed. . .


"The Jews are the canary, as always"


Ideas have consequences


The Democratic dialetic


Anti-Americanism, an infantile disorder


When tricky Dick played it straight


Don't relax, it's Miller time


I guess MSNBC figured this is old news by now


Stars, has-beens, and curiosities


Can you say "bounce?"


Hands off John Kerry


News flash, the Democrats cry foul


The vision thing


Good cop, bad cop


Too much and too little?


The internment wars take a turn for the worse


True lies


It's the economy too


Night Two


One last look at last night


Clueless


Leaving a sinking ship?


I knew him when


You know the Republicans have had a good night


The power of love


"It's like fuggin' 9/11 never happened."


The night of the moderates


Sanity check


The lesson of 1944


Happier days are here again


Truth and consequences


What are they staring at?


Kerry and O'Neill -- then and now


Bursting the bubble, part II


On the road again


Give them the gold medal for ingratitude


Fear and loathing


Bursting the bubble


Self-destruction at a discount price


Who's your daddy?


Talk of the town


Plenty of harm, but no foul


Was the internment defensible?


Did I miss anything?


I got a head start


Chris Matthews loses it


Speaking of soccer


Oh, dreaded day


I'm on business travel


Stranger than fiction


All that's missing is Faye Dunaway


An honest broker


Let the spin begin


In demand


What's a major media outlet to do?


I have just returned


Damage control


Flip-flopping on Israel


Kerry would have read before he didn't read


No beef, no bounce


What's in a name change?


The debate heats up


It's not over til it's over


An electoral theory of the World War II internments


The times they are a changin'


One issue where Kerry can't have it both ways


Summer reading


You can fool American Jews most of the time. . .


A man who needs no introduction


John Kerry -- deferential liberal


An "old ad man" looks at the convention


A promise Kerry will probably keep, unfortunately


Bush's stump speech


In a small victory for homeland security


He's no Al Gore


The nagging doubts of a Bush hater


John Edwards live


Meet the new populism,


A question for conservatives


A bipartisan flake


Say goodnight, Howard


Curb your hatred


The man who would be king-maker


USA Today lies about yesterday


More from Boston


Live from Boston (sort of)


The limits of "normalcy"


Diversity, Ivy League style


With conservatives like these, who needs liberals?


He's no Jack Kennedy and neither are you


We had a great time this weekend


Through a rear window, darkly


Can't the New York Times understand this game


16 justified words


That's "petty," as in small


I'm wondering


Anonymous, deservedly


It must be Israel's fault


Sweet Lou's grammar lesson


Familiarity breeds contempt


Progress


Full faith and credit where full faith and credit is due


Someone must be making this up


What constitutes marriage?


Bush and Kerry tied in Wisconsin and Minnesota


Phony federalism


The delegates don't look like America; the speakers don't look like the delegates


Just when I cancel my subscription


A case of early Senator envy?


Common sense


Red movie, blue movie


An honest mistake


Will Edwards cancel himself out?


Coatless in America


Whose country is it, anyway?


Aging less than gracefully


The unfiltered Tom Daschle


Doing well by thinking good


Funny, he hasn't looked pro-Jewish


Never give a saga an even break


The future that doesn't work


The latest in the judge/religion wars


Measuring success in Iraq


Lesser than two evils


What goes around comes around


More mischief from John Edwards' tribe


John Edwards


Making the world safe through democracy


A question for the 9/11 commission


Amazing but not surprising


Think before you speak


Two takes on Brando


How ya doin, Houston?


An edifying circus


I can't define absurdity, but I know it when I see it


When "take a hike" is not enough


Stop that doll before it kills again


The muse of malaise


Is Iraq al Qaeda's graveyard?


The system works, up to a point


Uh-oh Canada


The arrogance of impotence


Terrorists get last laugh


It's the stupid economy


Orwellian Maryland


Bi-partisan point-missing


Second-guessing second-guessed


Will Kerry be mugged by reality?


Upset country


Remembering Clinton's smallness


Rooney out, England out


E.J. Dionne swings and misses


The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat


Regarding the Washington Post poll


Ben-Veniste understands


Injudicious


The 60 million pound boy


The establishment strikes back


Love it and leave it


There's only one Wayne Rooney


A major moment


Bill Clinton, the next best thing to Communism


A third question


Two questions


McFilthy and McNasty


Mountaineer sense


Don't go wobbly on us, George


I was on the road


Give us a break


Ruud strike saves Dutch


Euro-spin


The uses of the past


Richard Ben Cramer, simpleton


Feinting


This hedgehog was a fox


The "charismatic clarity" of Ray Charles


More on the sick man


The Reagan wars


Whose reality?


Ronald Reagan's non-trivial optimism


A truth squad that is blind to the truth


Opting for foolishness


Ronald Reagan, peacenik?


Courtesy of the red, white, and blue


During Ronald Reagan's first term,


The Washington Post blows off its critics


The "undisputed leader in the free republic of our hearts"


The Reagan rediscovery


Cheer, he explained


A Boalt new adventure in Stalinism


The kiss of death


Hugh Hewitt returns


The limits of ideology


An inevitable deal?


Bush lite or a glass of chablis?


Tenet resigns


Back to the future?


Speaking truth and power


The U.N. aids and abets terrorists, again


Three strikes and Milbank is out


A little history, boys


A fair question


Will the Post run another Milbank-inspired correction?


The Fallajuh solution


One more point


Extra, extra -- Milbank thinks Bush's campaign is dishonest


More killers killed in Gaza


Scalia wouldn't do it, but America should


Exile on Arab street


They were right the first time


More empiricism regarding Iraq


Thinking empirically about Iraq


The liberals' creed


Here's your root cause


Radical cleric seeks soul-mate


The horror


Will sees a way


What is America's role in America?


Ahmed Chalabi and his enemies


The wages of restraint


Dealing with trouble


Poking the cocoon


Spineless, but with extenuating circumstances


Spineless


Godard on Moore


Many thanks


Cut the crap, Part III


Not like Ike


Citizen Yvonne


Cut the crap, part II


Curse lifted


Choke artists


Sarin is unhealthy for people and other living things


Guilty as charged


There's plenty to think about


Let's cut the crap


Two views of the Iraqi south


For a different view


Blown away by self-loathing


Navel gazing


An economic interpretation of elections


Eyes on the prize, part II


Too much to ask


Taking uncivil liberties


Al Jazeera moves inside the beltway


Some thoughts about Abu Ghraib and Nick Berg


Why isn't Bush losing?


"If they blink, they lose"


Railing against the system


News you were supposed to miss


Washington Post opens up new front in Iraq


How pessimistic should we be about Iraq?


Never let the facts stand in the way of a good self-flagellation


Whatever happened to al-Sadr and Fallujah?


We cannot spare this man -- he fights


Kerry v. Kerry


Suppressing "Rumstud"


The Olympic nightmare


The big big picture


Eyes on the prize


Good news anyone?


What makes Johnny run?


Heaven forbid -- A Syria/Iraq/al Qaeda/WMD connection?


Biden always does better to borrow the words, however hackneyed, of others


Never pass up an opportunity to slander the Pentagon


Never pass up an opportunity to slander your country


What next for Sharon?


Matching foreign policy vision and zipper pull


John Stuart Mill, call your office


Empire for empire's sake


Arafat's vaudeville routine


A moderate communist sympathizer


Sophomore


The civil war exit strategy


Moderation in the pursuit of immoderation is no virtue


Good bad news?


The clash of civilized titans


It's hard to forgive, absent an apology


What price freedom?


Ceasefire equals quagmire


Not your average finance minister


The EU gives democracy a bad name


A Man of (one) principle


With the masses


An action for every faction


History marches on in Iraq


The top nine reasons why Kerry is slipping


Worse than SMERSH


Peddling dishonor


Tilting towards the Brits?


Voting the pocketbook


The future of multiculturalism


The gangs of Fallujah


Will the real John Kerry please stand up


Feasting on scraps


The perils of restraint


Common sense


Israelis finally kill pediatrician of death


Citizen Klain gets it


No exit strategy


Strange leanings


Ben-Viniste shows why Gorelick should resign


The Stoopid party


Why not shock and awe?


I've been traveling,


Recipe for a quagmire


A conflicted partisan


Is this pageant really necessary?


Snatching victory from the jaws of half-victory


Some good world reporting from U.S. News


Thinking about polls


Enough is enough


Prelude to a demise?


Connecting connected dots


Those damn Republicans ruin everything


Another E.J. Dionne wish fulfillment dream


Once again, too good to go down


Who is Moqtada Al Sadr?


Today's news from Iraq


Lose-lose


A tough half week


Still hazy after all these years


Bolstered by boosterism


Whalen worship


Yasser who?


It's about leadership


Did Clarke bring down the commission with him?


Shades of the Blackstone Rangers


I'm one day late with this one


A blast from the ghastly past


Good news on the home front


Monday morning speech writing


Big sister speaks


Tout this


Vote for Kerry, end world anger


Definition by mirror


A question for the nation's editorial writers


A client list to die for


Congratulations


Beyond tolerance?


A missed opportunity for moral clarity


Marginal charges


Arafat's terrorist nerve center


How is Clarke "playing in Peoria?"


A party of principles after all


Terrorism's European "root causes"


Winning the peace, if not the hearts and minds


The cause for which Fern Holland died


Deacon's revenge


E.J. Dionne's premature victory celebration


The postwar corps


Some men are born great


Could decapitating Hamas conceivably make sense?


Sinking faster than Paul O'Neill


Bill James in the abstract


E.J. Dionne goes toe to toe with Justice Scalia


Sympathy for the devil


While the cat is in Vietnam


The European future


To steal an old Bill James line,


Constant Kerry


The sick man is Europe


Standing tall


More on "a woman of courage and honor"


Slow learners


Fern Holland, RIP


Is it time to move on?


Surrendering to their instincts


Artistic lie-cense


Howard Kerry


The reconquest of Spain


Reacting to the inevitable


The Spanish connection


Winning back the base?


Fear the turtle?


Former employee makes the big-time


While Europe slept


A genuine education president


A Manchurian Candidate?


The seamless garment of terrorism


Down but not dirty


Two Americas


51 pick-up


The world according to Newsweek -- Moderate Muslims defeat al Qaeda


Another look at the WaPo poll


The odds in an odd year


No more war presidency?


The WaPo Poll viewed from a height


Shut-up, they explained


A classic


John Kerry's flying circus


Which candidate does our enemy want to lose?


Reader Th.B. Nast


News flash


Quibbles


Working both sides of the fence


For a more nuanced view of the State Department


The International Court of Justice, Foggy Bottom Division


Wedge this


A bridge to his past


Please bore us with the facts


Let it all in


Politically incorrect


The anti-semitism of the intellectuals


The defense rests


Nothing recedes like success


Did Kerry cover-up evidence of P.O.W.'s left behind?


Losing bin Laden


John Kerry, old Democrat


New myths and old realities


The media's protection racket


International justice at its best


Tom Daschle's one decent year in six begins


Good news


A transforming figure or a blip?


Socialist Realism


Kerry's surrogate whiner


Anti-semitism yes, cultural suicide perhaps not


A distinguished veteran looks at Kerry and Bush


The great, but shifting, divide


"Tomorrow he'll be yesterday's man"


Haiti ten years on


From California


A chance to hear Clifford May speak


An economic interpretation of the 2004 race


Meanwhile, at Duke


Meanwhile, at Yale


I'm back


Democratic realism


What will the Europeans do about this?


Keep an eye on this one


Colin Powell explodes


Don't spare one for Dean either


Don't spare a thought for Wes


Grand strategy, grand illusion, or both?


The angry Hamlet


I didn't see President Bush's performance


Our Mexican friends


Our robed masters strike again


This guy looks familiar


Did Kerry mention that he's a Vietnam vet?


Dated Kerry, married un-Kerry


The insurance industry knows who Kerry is


We're learning who he is


A war on terrorism scorecard


Haute Coiffure


Another response to Rocket Man


President Don'taskme


Fun is where you find it


Ted Kennedy's selective truth seeking


As conservative as he can be?


Big government moderate


News from the economic front


Revenge, sort of


The new Harold Stassen?


Most live in "peace," some are blown to pieces


"The things that mean the most"


Not your father's NEA


Crossing over


It's the crime, stupid


Death wish


Three candidates, three bubbles?


The morning after


Judging from the mail. . .


Kerry Wins


Civil war, uncivil opponent


Trailer-home Democrat


Who's got the surge?


Ted Kennedy de-bunked again


The Jerusalem Post sizes up the Democratic field


An economic interpretation of the New Hampshire primary


Hammering Tonge


Around the world with VDH


Advantage Bush


The guests who are coming to stay


Hanging in there


New Hampshire, South Carolina, and beyond


Name that liberal


Too good to be true


I finally bit the bullet


Angry but not crazy


With critics like these he can't be all bad


The referee has counted to nine


Fisk this


"Right" from the start, but so what?


Ashcroft's revenge


What a difference 12 years make


Andrew Sullivan's take on Iowa


The caravan moves on


Back to basics


Dean's "inevitable" defeat


Good news for Kerry


More reasons not to care about Iowa


What's a sensible state doing holding a circus like this?


Ted Kennedy weighs in


"From bad to Wes"


My conservative cousin from New York. . .


Impotence corrupts


Model parents create model cities


Why are we in Iraq?


Unimpressed, Part II


Unimpressed


Gaffe overload


A tragic era


He's no Old Hickory


Street-fighting man


Too much of an illegal thing?


The Dean of the un-Deans


Let the retreat begin


Party-poopers


Sympathy is no substitute for power


Dean-mania contained


Not what the doctor ordered


More barking at the Hague


A truth-seeker encounters ideology and politics at the White House


A wall we can live with


Tear down that wall


Pop-off goes the weasel


Strange man on a white horse


Should we expect the unexpected?


Geo-politics for beginners


Let the good times roll


Immigration reform


More profundity from the Doctor


I might learn to like Hillary Clinton


They could run but they couldn't hide


That was then


Lib ads


The hate that sometimes speaks its name


A bumpy ride


Israel gets it


The shame of the Rose


Great populist


Tracking Hurricane Dean


Moving on up


The power of self-delusional thinking


From rancor to reason


Dean's will to win


Making the head follow the heart


The revolution that wasn't


Lurching to defeat


More on the imaginary era of good feeling


Whither the Democrats


The political "fun and gun"


Human folly at its worst


Hugh Hewitt


How did this guy get a public forum?


The year of hating President Bush


Going negative


It was a very good year


Our readers


They only look dead


Steyn takes stock


Orthodox Jews


Hands-off the net


Erring on the side of terrorists


Saddam as eccentric folk hero


More on the French reaction to Libya


Merde, alors


Daniel Pipes on Sharon's speech


Dr. Kissinger, in his own words


Kissinger on the fence


Supporting the undeserving rich


Desperate times call for desperate comments


General goofy


Is the end of the insurgency in sight?


Safety still begins at home


A false disengagement?


A loss of nerve?


The end of a myth?


On the fence


The paper of record strikes again


Something for nothing


Beyond the mainstream


A talking tree, a puppy, and a pisher


Dean's bad good news


The dishonorable left attempts to explain itself


Back to the future


The great divide


Other things that didn't matter to many Democrats


Is Dean Iraq-proof, Part II


Why Dean is "Iraq proof" -- for now


Another one bites the dust


The wages of bullying


A good and timely question


The euphoria gap


Losers


A blow against the empire of darkness


End of the year optimism


Hold that line


Zero for the millennium and counting


The story brewing in Israel


Uncle Sam, not Aunt Patsy


Show us the money


Indulging the inner-Al, for fun and profit


Momentous nonsense and its enabler in the Bush administration


Can we please play to win?


Irresponsibility on stilts


Last night's debate


More rank speculation about 2008


Nixon's the two


Is Hillary the winner?


Remembering Adlai


Adlai Stevenson with a swagger


Classy guy


A shorter slog?


He's no Deacon


See you in a few days


Speaking of Joshua Sharf,


Relegate the Israeli left, not Israel


It's Showtime, folks


Fantasy peace talks fail to yield fantasy peace


The Achilles heel of the Democrats


The nominee they deserve


Is President Bush a conservative


The religion of environmentalism


Decline as destiny


Gay marriage and the usual suspects


A "spiritual struggle"


Another feel-good story you won't hear much about


Some news to be thankful for


Reflections on Codevilla's reflections


An art form in a debased state


Rewarding anti-semitism


Show them what they've won


The best pitcher of my lifetime?


More mush from Milbank


Dana Milbank gets it backwards


The old rules just don't apply anymore


Justice Brown's bum rap


Heads I win, tails you lose


That's why the gray lady is a tramp


Why the PA is a terrorist organization


Bret Stephens on Germany


A night in Winston-Salem


We're number 14!


Neither Camelot nor Cabaret


Another reason why I love (hate) English soccer


Dhimmitude in France, Part II


We're ahead, let's call off the contest


Assuming the risk


The press takes a powder


Carrying on the good fight


National Public Radicalism


Iraqification?


Not up to it


Our robed masters strike again


The Cuban Senators


Taking exception


The European quagmire


The fruit of the culture of narcissism


The newest member of the axis of evil


The Washington Post raises the bar


The ubiquitous Dr. Dean


Overcoming Ms. In-between


Isn't it ironic


An uplifting perspective on the president's trip to England


The hazardous European street


The Jewish conspiracy to commit politics


Louisiana race tightens


More baseless speculation


"Jindal smoked her"


Above the fray he provokes


Is success an option in Iraq?


A Louisiana flip-flop


A winning formula


Unfair tilt toward rationality


Last, and certainly least


While we're on the subject of Democratic contenders. . .


Is Dean the un-Clinton, Part II


Is Dean the un-Clinton?


Law profs can fool most of the people most of the time


Looking one year ahead


Disgusting


Americans for a day


An offer Israel should have refused


Temper tantrums


The race-baiter as comic relief


How hard core is Dean?


Rare signs of seriousness


Mac Owens on how to win in Iraq


Laying it on the line


Ponnuru on Will on capital punishment


The new cold war


Restating the case for war


Stir-craven


Zell dares call it "perhaps treason"


The wages of insulting the south


Abuse of impotence


The stench of dishonest social science


Can conservatives be optimists?


The accidental war on terror


Today's election


No monologues and certainly no dialogues


Beanbag, anyone


Another one bites the dust


Taking the PA at its word


At least the French have an excuse


God's own truth


News flash from E.J. Dionne


Specious protection


Car wars


Reasoning to a stalemate


Dispatches from the cesspool Europe is becoming


My favorite liberal editorial page


Gen. Clark loses his moral compass


The liberal assault on religious freedom proceeds apace


Credit where credit is due


Cheer up, I think


We hate to quibble, but. . .


Handbags


"The event of the age"


Islam's true roadmap


Honor among thieves


Galloway expelled


Posturing against "anti-semitism" while ignoring the real thing


A slippery slope


Reckless anthropomorphism


Fraud


Watchful waiting


Apologetic Christianity


The enemy that liberals dare not demonize


You can't be too careful


Teaching the wrong lesson


Blame it on blogging


Marginalized and misunderstood


The maturing Republican majority?


The silly season


Breaking away?


The Democratic silent majority


The deep end


Baseball's greatest game?


World weary


Happy days?


Embracing the enemy within


The war against success


Erring on the side of slander


Why a fence


Jewish anti-semitism


The out-of-touch party


Not guilty


Here's an intriguing thought


A Lennonist party?


Maybe one leader away


The trend, but not the blend, is our friend


A guide for the perplexed


Biased facts, objective opinions


Well ahead of the pack


Will the CIA get Bush or get smart?


"In your heart you know he's right"


Sauce for the goose


"Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"


The face-off in Phoenix


A "seismic political shift"?


Krauthammer on Kay


The sick man of Europe


Sore winner


The good, the bad, and the lazy


Poisoning the waters


Next up for California -- a Boxer rebellion?


The sins of the father's appointees


Gray's old lady


California trades up


The last hope of the Baathists


Backlash


Switching to baseball


Will McNabb get better?


Rush and his critics one last time


Groping for leadership


Now that he's done with ESPN


The indignity of it all


Rush to judgment


Imagine


Embedded in their hotel


Too successful?


He's a better man than me


Partisans, liars, and Chaiters


No wonder even the Swedes are having second thoughts


Our reticent administration


Hard to kill


Just because you're pananoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you elected


Black-out in Iraq


Ringside at the circus


No fool like an old fool


If we are in a culture war,


The aesthetics of hating President Bush


Busted


Reversible error


General Clark's not so imaginary friend


If I were an optimist


No wonder the sport is in trouble


Triumph of the (rugged individualist) will


Sore loser?


Too good to be true


America's future as a superpower


Sidelined, thank God


Clark is probably an eccentric weasel


Home and dry


They got "next" -- in Europe


Study abroad -- at Yale


Beyond the media prattle


Role reversal


Vintage Ann


Joe Lieberman, soul man


Searching for the fountain of Democratic moderation


More thoughts on 2004


Thoughts on the 2004 election -- a response to Trunk


Infantile Neocon bashing


Quote of the day


How goes it in Iraq?


The wager behind the speech


Who is Abu Musab Zarqawi?


Today's worst column


Name that column


There's only one Wayne Rooney


Epic poetry over epic success


A low-down, dishonest newspaper


Reverse reparations


He who gets slapped


Never underestimate the power of wishful thinking


Reflections on the Ten Commandments case


MURAVCHIK adds:


Arab democracy -- possible, maybe; central, no


Speaking of our professoriate. . .


Our knee-jerk professoriate


Snatching defeat from the jaws of quagmire


Fiddling


Wasting time


The Cabal, Part II


Clark is no Ike and Dean is no McGovern


Wiil she or won't she?


Billigans


Stay the course


Another reason why I hate soccer


Another reason why I love soccer


Those who would rather be right than decent


The liberation of Iraq as a zero-sum game


Moving to friendlier climes


No principled deed goes unpunished


The newspaper of record-breaking errors


Today's silliest of the web


"I managed good, but boy did they play bad"


A fourteen year old boy encounters the black middle class -- and greatness


What has really happened since the end of major hostilities?


Today California, tomorrow "Aztlan"


Ted Kennedy's priorities


Anti-anti-American chic


What Arnold told Hugh


Who wants to be a Senator?


The day the Washington Post has been waiting for is here


The U.N. -- part of the problem, not part of the solution


Let's not send boys to do a man's job


General Clark for Vice President?


Return to sender


Civility as a one-way street


Speaking of William Kristol. . .


The Godfather, Part III


The "Department of Killing It Here"


From the Department of Silliness


Can you believe it?


The Godfather, Part II


Gamemanship


Happy anniversary to me


Movement, persuasion, or quest for power?


Believe it


Some rambling remembrances with a "must read" quotation at the end


As if on cue. . .


How many deaths will Israel tolerate, and who will decide?


For those who prefer their humorists funny


I am not alone


Liberating the law from morality


I'll pass on this one, let me know when Lileks publishes a novel


Oh, joyous day


A new kind of conservatism or a familiar kind of pragmatism?


Hewitt on Kristof


A pinch of anger


A helluva Washington story


Cruz control or a wild ride with Arnie?


Our nation's capital as it was -- and is


Two views of California


Narcissistic but not naive


One man's anti-authoritarian is another man's misfit


Justice Kennedy -- still "growing in office"


What makes Arnold run?


He's no Ronald Reagan


Democrats unlikely to retake House


The California mulligan


Howard Dean the tax machine


Close calls for Breyer and Ginsburg


This guy's been spending too much time with Michael Kinsley


The Washington Post smears a distinguished local judge


Ask not what you can do for your country


The liberal shell game


John Edwards and the rest of the zombies


Strange bedfellows?


I hate to admit it. . .


Post critic agrees with Rocket Sisters


The Democrats' anti-democratic trifecta


A new, but not unprecedented, form of religious discrimination


Here's a fool who might rush in


Fools rush in but Hillary is no fool


Two sobering columns from the Jerusalem Post


Justice for all sides but not for all individuals


Hugh Hewitt on the Catholic Test


A double end-run around democracy


Sophisticates abroad


Good news if true


Hugh Hewitt's web site


More on the Anti-Catholic litmus test


In addition to Ann Coulter bashing. . .


Bashing Ann Coulter -- for what purpose?


Not so great expectations


The Washington Post tries to give away the president's cake


A new kind of religious discrimination


Catholics who believe strongly in Catholic doctrine need not apply


Good economic news,


Soccer and politics


The beautiful (exhibition) game


Do as I say, not as I do


Christian beliefs as a reverse litmus test


Meanwhile, back at the economy


Third Ways then and now


Meanwhile, on the intellectual front. . .


An ugly idea whose time has come


Tilting back towards the Israelis


Is Howard Dean electable?


Playing (or being played by) the Saudis


The third way


George Will


The Grand Illusion


As if the comparison to FDR wasn't bad enough,


Tilting towards the Palestinians


The invaluable Krugman truth squad


Whose quagmire?


Euro-verbiage


My favorite horse racing film


A futile call for reason


Maybe Bush's "radicalism" is not accidental


Is President Bush an accidental radical?


Qusay, Uday, and a father to be maimed later


One-and-a-half thumbs up for "Seabiscuit"


Hand-me-down wordsmithing


A party at war with reality


A party at war with itself


Will the squeaky wheel get grease?


Yet another failure in Iraq


The thunder next time


Big government by any other name


Prescription for a domestic quagmire


More on Edward Teller


A liberal Republican gets a plum


The Bush candor gamble


Trunk, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza


The essential George W. Bush


The media's anti-war peace offensive


Who "sexed up" what?


Tony Blair, object lesson


Insufferability squared


Hail to the victors


Damned if you do (but not for long)


Rocket Man, it's not just the Democrats in the House


How do you feel about uranium from Niger?


My third opinion on Title IX reform


Seeing through the liberal elite


French hate crime wave


Primary colorless


Mugabe to go?


Saying "no" to the BBC propaganda machine


Here's what diverse African leaders think about tyrants


Here's what many gowned tyrants really think of diversity


Trunk, my second opinion


Speaking of women's sports. . .


This just in from our MIA sports editor


Speaking of village idiots,


It still takes a village idiot


I don't buy it


You're absolutely right, Trunk


Political correctness in the dugout


Extreme passivity in the defense of the Constitution is no virtue


The debate over Liberia continues


Hey Rocket Man,


A tentative case for intervening in Liberia


Weighing our options in Liberia


Euro-sluggishness


McCarthy, Coulter, and Horowitz


Good news from Colorado


Stan Brown finishes off James Traub


Then again, sometimes I think. . .


Since joining the Power Line crew,


I too cringed, Trunk. . .


For a far more insightful look at Howard Dean. . .


The latest populist wannabe


Recalling the wisdom of Malcolm Muggeridge


While I was away. . .


The Republican party's "southern strategy"


One last rant


The benefits conferred by "critical mass" diversity


Say it ain't so, Charles


Batting .500 isn't good enough


Keeping one's eye on the ball


Strange bed-fellows


Arnaud de Borchgrave


A court without a compass


More on our racialist Supreme Court


One thing that puzzles me


Bill Clinton's justices have their say


A pathetic decision


Is Tony Blair in trouble?


Counterweight or lightweight?


Is the Bush doctine at risk?


Is this profile really necessary?


The white man's burden


A chip off the old trunk


The Democrats weren't always like this


Speaking of the Democrats


The family ordeal as campaign theme


Five observations and a fantasy


We'll never have enough of his "silly love songs"


Americans, proud friends of Israel


Senator Russ Feingold


Will the Supreme Court lose its nerve?


What credibility gap?


22 years of solitude


From the Krugman truth squad. . .


John Kerry, slanderer of the Vietnam vet?


A revolutionary situation


Is the government making us less secure?


More on the great parlor game


The hopeless warrior


The great parlor game


The society they deserve?


The sick man of Europe


Krauthammer on the Iraqi museum story


Please read this piece


"Pulitzer winning lies"


What do umpires, judges, and teachers have in common?


Which side is simple-minded?


Whose credibility gap?


A deeply troubling U.S. posture


The new European commissariat


NPR -- a national disgrace


Mispronounced and misconstrued


The new Joan of Arc


For those who can't get enough of this stuff


A worthy heir of LBJ, Carter, and Clinton


A new glass ceiling?


A post-modern experience


How can you tell if an ex-Clinton adminstration official is lying?


The Democrats' war on terrorism


A top-100 quip


More "self-destructive behavior" from the New York Times


All's well that ends well


The road map to the sea?


Bret Stephens on Leo Strauss


The evil genius


What's raw meat for the Dems is spam for everyone else


The Ivies ain't what they used to be


Might Reuters be anti-capitalist?


The matchless cynicism of the French


Who is Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen?


The Democrats have some 'splaining to do


Regarding today's post about Krugman. . .


The Krugman truth squad enlists Rocket Man


In the windmills of John Kerry's mind


He only seems aloof


On blowing the whistle on Jayson Blair


Some sensible observations


Has Ariel Sharon betrayed Israel?


The truth divided by four


Has President Bush betrayed Israel?


A totally angry but supportive ex-president


Self hate crimes


Some encouraging political news


It's the BBC that's kidding, right?


Blaming the Clintons


This just in from the Krugman truth squad


Slandering the military in the name of racial preferences


The angry centrist


Clinton's dead cat bounce


The Buck Stops Here


No longer "voting like Puerto Ricans"


Some unpleasant truths about racial preferences


Reflections on Hitchens on Blumenthal


An eye for an eye


I'm off to Cleveland


Jonah Goldberg's latest installment on neo-conservatives


And let's not forget E.J. Dionne


Even worse than Ignatius' piece


I really should stop reading the Washington Post


Michael Novak on the Neocons


The always alert Joshua Sharf


Disappearing Democrats


In search of a better road map


Separatist graduation ceremonies


John Edwards' problem


Meanwhile, back in the real world. . .


More on the Bret Stephens piece


Also on the new-look Washington Times web site


Oryx and Crake?


Much ado about neo-conservatives


A tax cut not even a conservative can love


I Wish I'd written this


Hewitt on the New York Times


Hitchens on Blumenthal


A "troubled guy" at a troubled paper


Sid's myopic memoir


From the Power Line culture desk


You don't have to be a chef to know which side your bread is buttered on


Democrats behaving badly


Saul Singer on the road map


Some harsh truths from Hugh Hewitt


Natalie Solent


Michael Fumento on the SARS hysteria


Jayson Blair -- a cautionary tale


Affirmative action in the newsroom


More on what's wrong with the ICC


The attack of the Belgian trial lawyers


How not to conduct a peace process


Terry Eastland on the filibustering


How much can we learn from 1992?


More on MJ, for the last time


If this is Friday, E.J. Dionne must be spinning


Fighting as hard as we can just to stay where we are


Tied up in knots


On Michael Jordan and the Washington Post


Not so clear in the Empire State


Loathing triumph


Empire state building?


The Paul Krugman truth squad


Watch Gephardt


Can Republicans end the filibuster?


Please read the Barone piece posted by Trunk


Robert George on William Bennett


Where does Bennett go from here?


Preferential treatment for illegal aliens?


Lambro on the Democrats


Charen on the road map


Flashback


Road blocks to peace


Additional reasons to end the racial spoils system


Then there's E.J. Dionne


Then there's Sally Jenkins


The Decline of the American Sportswriter


The sportswriter as poltical commentator


Krauthammer on the Shiite "quagmire"


Hugh Hewitt on the Blair Democrats


Some misguided advice from the Washington Post


As if on cue, meet the "Blair Democrats"


How Harry re-met Hanne


What is Abu Mazen prepared to do?


Abu Mazen, gamesman


It's time to fight fire with fire


American Idol and "the country of country"


Bush nominates two more appeals court judges


It may not matter. . .


Renewed questions about the Clinton intelligence record


The Invasion of the EU Body Snatchers


A recess from Senators Kennedy and Leahy


Does Iraq need a strongman?


So far, not so good


There's no substitute for competence


Some unhelpful reporting by the Washington Post


Euro-justice


The Miranda Waltz


What, if anything, does it mean to "lose the peace"?


The darling of a vanishing constituency


Winning the peace


The McCarthyite left


Double or nothing with Iran


The Long March to nowhere


Ignorance is no excuse


The Shiite quagmire


Business as usual at the State Department


Jim Sleeper, poseur


The soft bigotry of low expectations


Dissidents and professors, then and now


The Post's postcard to Justice O'Connor


The latest Iraqi "quagmire"


Of guts and a woman at Yale


With malice towards few. . .


Who is Ahmed Chalabi and who are his enemies?


A pleasant surprise


Credit where credit is due


Adios


They no play-a the game, they no make-a the rules


The future of U.S. - Russian relations


Not a white-lights guy


These days, it's not just the economy, stupid


What's in store for Israel?


Making post-war Iraq safe for Saudi Arabia


Tony Blair Democrats?


Has the New York Times reported this?


Bakke redux?


See you in a few days


Good sense from an unexpected source


More on hearts and minds


In the Middle East, no good deed goes unpunished


Was it three field goals and a safety or four field goals and a missed PAT?


Witch hunt, liberal style


Whose miscalculation?


Point taken, Trunk


Friday's second worst Washington Post op-ed


Hearts, minds and mindlessness


Fixing to fix one thing


The more things change. . .


Failing to clear the media's bar


How's it going in Iraq?


If you can't take the heat. . .


Sleep well, Rocket Man


Conservative triumphalism and public mood swings


Free speech, not a free pass


The sorrow and the pity


Straight talk


The "diplomatic failure" that wasn't


He really does drive them crazy


Al Gore's national security adviser


Peace in a few days


Fear the turtle?


Ignorance was bliss


Narcissism impersonating patriotism


Thanks, Trunk


Stretched to the breaking point?


Liking the war while dissing its architect


E.J. Dionne seeks his pound of flesh


President Bush sticks to his guns -- and to his subject


Signs of the times


The intellectual failure of Bush's "yes, but" critics


The Washington Post's Israeli-Palestinian project


Moran gives up leadership post


A sad end to civilized edifices


Restoring the U.N. to its rightful place


A U.N. with fewer scoundrels?


A new way of doing business with the world?


A costly excursion


Eye on the Post


Jim Moran -- Sleazy, non-contrite, and probably anti-Semitic


Making a virtue of necessity


True words from an unexpected source


Europe -- a lonely and treacherous place


As France buys more time for Saddam. . .


Bennett on why we must fight


Michael Ledeen's conspiracy theory


Winning the peace


The Washington Post throws some crumbs to its liberal readers


The sources of European anti-Americanism


Tom Friedman explains it all, "okay?"


Some harsh realities about North Korea


From cowboy to evangelist


Uncivilized, toi


Uncivilized, moi?


The phantom Hispanic opposition to Estrada


More proof that liberalism has lost its way


The power of the done deed


Will the British public come around?


Why Chirac wanted the Czechs to keep quiet


More on Ms. Clinton's intentions


Ahead of the curve at last?


The musings, and threats, of a French poseur


Ms. Clinton's calculation


The Prince of Algiers


The Washington Post exposes more "nonsense" from Senate Democrats


Teach your children well


Tough times ahead for Israel


Multiculturism strikes again


The most important counter-terrorist arrest to date


It depends on what the meaning of "gang shooting" is


The party of Churchill and Thatcher comes through; the party of De Gaulle thinks twice


The importance of Estrada


The world has gone off the deep end


Et tu, Washington Post


"Pop" foreign policy commentary


The Democrats' Mutt and Jeff act


A liberal calls out Kucinich


This one needs no commentary


Gray skies are going to clear up


The revolt of the lilliputians


War is not the answer


Lessons learned?


The infantilism and arrogance of the former Western Europe


Wanted, a liberal with ideas


Not Ramsey Clark, but close enough


More Excuses for the Estrada Filibuster


For France, Iraq is not the issue


Michael Kelly's moral case for war with Iraq


Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser Stays True To Form


Choosing sides over Estrada


In Search of a Schumer conservative


Who is next, Ramsey Clark?


Dennis Prager for Senate


It was almost like being in Alaska


From the Washington Post toy department


The latest Belgium joke -- justice for Sharon, not Saddam


America gets it


Will the State Department "do" Israel Next


Not Dead Yet


Our bold president


Calculated gamble


My Conservative Cousin


Sanctimonious irrelevancies


Standing with Saddam


Gonzales Supreme Court Bound?


FRIENDS OF RACISM INDEED


Kissinger's history lesson


York on Estrada


Better without France


Democrats versus reform


Republicans for reform


Whom to thank


The market for home schooling


Faculty diversity


Worse than a crime


Unlike its sports page, the


More madness from the Washington


The Washington Post reports that


I can't think of any


Michael Ledeen on Nelson Mandela's


Rocket Man, I think the


Stanton Brown, one of our


Former Senator Bill Bradley shows


Geroge Will on how events


Gregory Kane is a columnist


Wow, Rocket Man, I feel


One of the pioneers of


Of all the distortions of


Here, also from National Review


Byron York of National Review


Last fall we watched with


The Washington Post got one


The Washington Post on the


I'm not into the "corrections"


Tony Blankley wonders which of


To expand on my point


To reinforce Rocket Man's analysis


Having fluffed one campus civil


Rocket Man, you are largely


Here, from National Review Online,


Here is the Washington Post's


Here, courtesy of the Washington


Rocket Man, I agree completely


James Robbins of National Review


Real Clear Politics also directed


Courtesy of Real Clear Politics


This column by Jackson Diehl


Another issue that President Bush


Michael Ledeen for National Review


Hadley Arkes for National Review


Deborah Orin in The New


The editors of the Washington


E.J. Dionne is at his


This Q&A about next week's


The headline in the Washington


This piece in the Washington


Let's not get too alarmed


Hey, Rocket Man, thanks for


The National Review editorial posted


Trunk, it will come as


Courtesy of our friends at


Byron York of National Review


Today's Washington Times carries this


Rocket Man, are you sure


Wow, Rocket Man, Hillary Clinton


Here is an excellent piece


Ward Connerly a courageous leader


In the interest of balance,


Paul Craig Roberts pays tribute


I have read Kirk Kolbo’s


The fact that the Bush


Also from today's Washington Post,


Although President Bush has brought


Rocket Man, in response to


I have quickly read over


The editors of National Review


I haven't read the briefs


Then, again, President Bush's policy


Charles Krauthammer on the descent


Also worth reading in today's


Today's Washington Times contains two


All I can say, Rocket


The irresolute and dishonest Blix


The Washington Post continues to


Linda Chavez, who but for


Roger Clegg of National Review


While I'm on the subject


I'm not surprised, Rocket Man,


Today's Washington Post has two


Trunk, my reaction to Will's


Here is the National Review's


While we wait to find


This week Eddie Murray and


Frank Gaffney shares my disgust


One of my pet peeves


I'm staying out of the


This column by Jim Hoagland


The renomination of Charles Pickering


Great line from Ann Coulter


Joe Lieberman cyncially joins the


George Will on the


Bruce Bartlett in the Washington


E.J. Dionne in the Washington


In renominating Pickering, President Bush


Stanley Kurtz in National Review


John Fonte of the Hudson


Fred Hiatt of the Washington


Michael Ledeen, in National Review


Byron York, in National Review


The Washington Post also deserves


This Washington Post editorial calls


The Washington Times ran a


No one here at Power


Ted Galen Carpenter of the


Desperate times call for desperate


Jonah Goldberg, in the Washington


David Frum on three domestic


I can't link to it,


Reader Stanton Brown passed along


A few days ago, the


Here's a Washington Post story


I tend to be a


In this Washington Post op-ed


Rocket Man, another possible explanation


My reaction to the Washington


Mona Charen, in the Washington


Jackson Diehl of the Washington


Power Line readers have probably


President Bush has hardly put


Trunk, let me join in


George Will reports on a


Today's Washington Times offers two


To follow up on the


When last I blogged about


Rocket Man, I'm not aware


One of our reader's, Casey


Former White House Counsel and


George Will on how President


Rabbi Aryeh Spero, in the


Trunk, we obviously have shared


The Samizdata post on Marxism


A while back, after reading


Trunk (and Mrs. Trunk) the


The Washington Post, on an


This editorial by The Washington


Notwithstanding the comments of Deputy


Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul


The Washington Post credits Virginia


Sixty-six percent of Americans approve


Victor Davis Hanson returns to


If the Republicans decide to


Rocket Man, interesting speculation on


E.J. Dionne of the Washington


My friend David Harlow pointed


Here, thanks to Mrs. Trunk,


I have nothing as powerful


Our loyal reader, Stanton Brown,


Historian Arthur Herman for National


Lame duck Maryland Governor Parris


The Washington Post reports that


The Washington Post has interviewed


John Podhoretz courtesy of Real


English footballer John Mackie shows


Courtesy of Real Clear Politics,


Joel Mowbray of National Review


While I'm talking about the


Here is an unsentimental look,


From today's Washington Times here's


David Frum's take on Gore's


Al Gore has said he


Bruce Fein in the Washington


In today's Washington Post, Mary


George Will describes the failed


Rocket Man, I think you


The other day, in discussing


Jim Hoagland of the Washington


R. Emmett Tyrell, Jr. reports


Some of the best correspondence


Gary Andres in the Washington


David Frum writing for National


Thanks to reader Michael Sharon


Just a few thoughts about


Now that the Supreme Court


Mark Levin in National Review


One of the pleasures of


I'm back from my job-related


Here, along the same lines


Linda Chavez, in the Washington


Alan Dowd of the Hudson


The editors of the National


Wes Pruden of the Washington


I agree with you completely


Roger Clegg of the Center


The Cato Institute's Doug Bandow


The best piece I found


This Washington Post piece by


The Washington Post's Jim Hoagland


Rocket Man, I agree that


Here, courtesy of FrontPage Magazine,


The Washington Post seems to


I think Fox tilts conservative


Good theory, Rocket Man. I


Mark Steyn in Jewish World


Tim Hames of the Times


Diana West of the Washington


Here's the Fox News report


Good posts from Nugent and


Bret Stephens of the Jerusalem


I've just heard on Fox


Victor Davis Hanson on the


Earlier today, Trunk discussed Let


Rocket Man, I wouldn't know


This piece from the excellent


Calev Ben-David in the Jerusalem


FrontPage Magazine's symposium on Europe


In addition, there is this


In contrast to the Post,


There's not much of value


I know I should be


William Safire on the contest


Late last night I saw


Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria on "why


Jules Witcover of the Baltimore


National Review Online's Rod Dreher


Thomas Edsall of the Washington


Shortly after the arrest of


Rocket Man, the person here


Rocket Man, I enjoyed your


Trunk, thanks for posting Schickel's


Speaking of Nixon, yesterday was


Several readers took exception to


E.J. Dionne, on behalf of


David Brooks of the Weekly


Beth Henary of the Weekly


Victor Davis Hanson on what


Reader Greg Nesmith reports from


Michael Ledeen on how the


Reader Cory Skluzak tells us


Rocket Man's brother has written


Thanks for pointing me to


George Will on Al Gore's


Blogger Eugene Volokh is a


Here is National Review Online's


Robert Samuelson on "Asbestos Fraud".


Rachel DiCarlo of the Weekly


Our loyal reader Gene Allen


Mark Riebling in National Review


Michael Kelly does his usual


Llike Ha'aretz, Gil Hoffman of


Mohammad Parvin is the head


Trunk, they say you can


Here's the take of Ha'aretz


One of the clearest voices


Speaking of constitutional law, here


Nice post on Harvard Law


HonestReporting.com also blows the whistle


The man had an alternative


This piece by Caroline Glick


Reacting to Woodward's book Bush


David Frum on why "Colin


The title of this Washington


Did Neville Chamberlain get op-ed


The Washington Post's editorial board


Here's a surprise: the United


I'm laughing out loud at


I think the Krauthammer piece


Charles Krauthammer considers the pronouncements


Governor-elect Bob Ehrlich will rescind


I agree with Rocket Man's


G. Chimes is my "conservative


Speaking of the Jerusalem Post,


The Washington Post denounces the


Al Gore has just come


Charles Krauthammer on the U.N.


Rocket Man is right about


Here's the Washington Post's take


The Washington Post reports that


It's one of those silly


The Jerusalem Post reports that


We at Power Line can't


Yes, Rocket Man, I recalled


The Jerusalem Post reports that


Several readers have gently told


Thanks for posting the full


Byron York of National Review


Stephen Hayes of the Weekly


HonestReporting.com identifies the latest outrages


David Brooks of the Weekly


Michelle Malkin on the refusal


Today, while driving home through


Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings


Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan


The excellent Bret Stephens of


Thomas Sowell on what happens


Here is a report from


Professor Robert George of Princeton


The Washington Post urges President


Rocket Man has also hit


Victor Davis Hanson hits another


Here's a Washington Post story


Last night, I posted a


Trunk, your distinction between Luther's


More on the South Dakota


Yesterday morning, I suggested that


You know, Trunk, Luther's trick


Sam Schulman for Jewish World


Jonah Goldberg of National Review


The Sioux Falls Argus Leader


This morning at my train


Here's Mickey Kaus' take on


A few reflections after a


It looks like the Republicans


John Kline, Rocket Man's guy


The path to Senate victory


A bad night for venerable,


Connie Morella, who has been


Van Hollen leads Morella 52-48


The Republicans are having a


Well, the T-Wolves have just


The Weekly Standard's Jonathan Last


Here is Fred Barnes' guide


Here in the Washington, D.C.


I should have made it


Gene Allen, another of our


One of our readers, Joshua


Stephen Moore of the conservative


I've been predicting that Connie


I voted this morning amidst


More on the Mondale/Coleman debate:


As the campaign draws to


More on the Mondale/Coleman debate:


More on the Mondale/Coleman debate.


More on the Mondale/Coleman debate:


The National Review's Byron York


The Weekly Standard's Jonathan Last


David Broder is the Washington


Robert Kagan on how France


For those of you who


Speaking of politically correct


I hope our readers took


With the Labor Party's exit


Our friends at Real Clear


I love this story from


For those who missed it,


Liberal columnist E.J. Dionne presents


The excellent Victor Davis Hanson


While control of the Senate


Last night on Fox News,


Michelle Malkin is a great


James Robbins, a National Review


Speaking of George McGovern, my


More on the Wellstone death


Trunk's comments on Alan Page


The Economist is no friend


Don Lambro of the Washington


Two polls sponsored by the


The Denver Post reports on


Usually we rely on Rocket


Here's the Jerusalem Post's report


The Washington Post on how


The Washington Times on why


Bill Whelan of the Hoover


The Washington Post reports on


Here is an important piece


Dick Morris notes that President


Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review


Thanks for the response on


Here is an excellent piece


As Trunk likes to say,


Mark Steyn on the theme


Rocket Man, I agree that


Speaking of geriatric former Senators


Here in Maryland, I had


I'm not really qualified to


This Wall Street Journal editorial


The Washington Post thinks Mondale's


The Jerusalem Post has another


I am indebted to Rocket


Here is Michelle Malkin's piece


It looks like I was


I don't see Michelle Malkin's


There has been speculation that


This is the Gitell column


I just saw Michelle Malkin,


There is a great sense


National Review's political reporter John


Tod Lindberg of the Washington


As we have reported, Maryland


Christopher Horner on Tom Daschle's


George Will does not appear


Douglas MacKinnon warns that campus


Bill Kristol and Gary Schmitt


Here is a disturbing piece


We talk a great deal


Good blog on North Korea,


One of the best pieces


Hey, Trunk and Rocket Man,


More on Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's


Trunk, thanks for posting Lowell


While searching the Baltimore Sun


The Democrats are looking to


Case clinched, Rocket Man. Meanwhile,


A few weeks ago (on


This Washington Post article is


Connie Morella, the Republican (in


Thomas Bray of the Detroit


Dick Morris looks at the


Reuel Marc Gerecht responds to


In honor of Jimmy Carter


The link Rocket Man perceives


Rocket Man, your insight that


Rocket Man has asked me


Did Carter seek U.N. permission


Rocket Man, I checked out


In these pages and elsewhere,


I agree with you on


The Jerusalem Post reports on


Rocket Man, the Ann Coulter


Byron York reports on another


This piece by Michael Kelly


Tony Blankley provides a characteristically


Fred Barnes' take on the


Whatever one thinks of Dick


This piece by James Robbins


Right, Trunk. Before starting with


Trunk, I take a back-seat


I spent yesterday in Fredericksburg,


Ramesh Ponnuru agrees with Rocket


I concur with Gene Allen's


Here is the Charles Krauthammer


The latest Maryland poll, commissioned


Thomas Sowell on the taboo


Here's an analysis of the


Mark Steyn's latest on the


Dennis Prager is as insightful


The other day, I speculated


Donald Lambro of the Washington


The Associated Press confirms that


Here's a nice piece about


Here is a tribute to


Maybe I shouldn't cancel my


George Will calls for tort


Rocket Man, excellent blog about


Al Gore's speech, and the


I live in one of


Here is Byron York's take


The Senate Democrats may have


Here's another fine column by


Yesterday, I posted a piece


According to Stanley Kurtz in


This news item in the


The Weekly Standard has collected


During the past few weeks,


Several days ago, I noted


Fareed Zakaria expands on one


The article by David Brooks


Rocket Man, discrimination against whites


Things keep going downhill for


E.J. Dionne a leading shill


The Weekly Standard's Noemie Emery


In this piece, Michael Ledeen


Jonah Goldberg examines the sources


Absolutely, Trunk, although it might


For those who haven't seen


You're right, Rocket Man. The


One of my favorite sites,


Susan Schmidt, who did some


Retired Marine General Bernard Trainor


My response to Mark Helprin's


Christopher Caldwell in the Weekly


This Washington Post editorial is


Rocket Man, I found the


George Will touches on the


Trunk and Rocket Man have


Michelle Malkin in the Washington


Grover Norquist, in an article


I should have guessed that


Byron York, for National Review


The other day I blogged


Fred Barnes presents a good


Here, Bob Kerrey, former Democratic


One hates to post anything


Here is Tony Blankley's sobering


Rocket Man, my main thought/emotion


This article by Stephen Hayes


Professor Kesler's speech is excellent,


The HonestReporting web site does


"Jimmy Carter Rides Again," to


Frank Gaffney in today's Washington


The eminent historian of the


Excellent analysis, Rocket Man. I


The Washington Times reports on


Michelle Malkin exposes the efforts


Many of you will have


National Review Online contributing editor


In today's Washington Times, R.


Mickey Kaus has an intriguing


Our war on terrorism began


Stephen Hayes in the "Daily


Yes, Rocket Man, and the


Writing in the New Republic,


David Horowitz denounces political indoctrination





My musings on racial preferences


Michael Ledeen reports on the


You invoke some painful memories,


Ha'aretz reports that Syria "has


Excellent point, Rocket Man. It


I can't link to it


Two pieces of commentary in


In today's Washington Times, African-American


Rocket Man, as I recall,


It's game, set, and match


Following up on the topic


The National Review's John O'Sullivan


The September issue of Commentary


Rocket Man, thanks for reminding


In today's WorldNetDaily, Jon Dougherty


Trunk, Keegan's column certainly is


An editorial in today's Wall


My former colleagues attorneys David


The "war with Iraq only


A Washington Post editorial finds


Here's liberal columnist E. J.


Terry Eastland's piece on the


Garment's autobiography, Crazy Rhythm is


WorldNetDaily today recounts the revealing


The Washington Post finds that


George Will is at his


Today's Washington Post contains an


You're right, Rocket Man. Deconstruction


Back from two great days


I will be in Williamsburg,


The lead story in the


Trunk, thanks for your response


Thanks for the introduction, Rocket


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