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The Cheney School of Parenting
Harlan Coben takes to the op-ed pages of The New York Times to recommend parents install spyware on their kids’ computers. Make no mistake: If you put spyware on your… Continue reading
2 CommentsConstantine’s XI
You didn’t think I’d forgotten did you? After Armstrong and Benaud we come, logically enough, to Chappell Constantine. [Updated after much dithering. To hell with it, however, romance demands that… Continue reading
6 CommentsPresumption of Innocence? You’re Having a Laugh Mate…
The most dismal aspect of this, shall we say, innovative proposal is that it is not in the least bit surprising. Equally, one ought not to be astonished when politicians… Continue reading
0 CommentsDick Holbrooke as Captain America?
Dan Drezner’s at a high-powered conference in Brussels from where he relates this interesting tidbit concerning Richard Holbrooke: I have it on good authority that, not only does the former… Continue reading
0 Comments“The bonhomie of a high-school health teacher”
Brilliant Ryan Lizza piece on Hillary in this week’s New Yorker. Key paragraph: Unlike Hubert Humphrey, Al Smith, or even her husband, Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail has never… Continue reading
1 CommentIt’s his world, we just suffer in it
LOL-Cats are so yesterday. The new sensation sweeping the British blogosphere is the LOL-Blair. No wonder, given the former Prime Minister’s modest ambitions: After accepting a job as Middle East… Continue reading
1 CommentDepartment of Appropriateness
From James Fallows’ Tibet-blogging: CCTV coverage (that’s state-run China Central TV) Lots more interesting stuff here and here.
0 CommentsBah humbug
Italy 23 Scotland 20 England 33 Ireland 10 Wales 29 France 12 What an utterly lousy afternoon. Six hours of TV, three games of rugby and scarcely an encouraging moment… Continue reading
0 CommentsSplitters!
Highly entertaining developments from our old pals at Daily Kos. Seems the Clintonites are taking their ball home and boycotting the site. What larks! DailyKos is not the site it… Continue reading
2 CommentsHillary and Rwanda: A Study in Cynicism
Annoyed though I am by Hillary’s claim to have solved the Irish Question, it’s nothing compared to her – how to put it? – revisionist claims about the Rwandan genocide.… Continue reading
2 CommentsThe First Global Political “Reality” TV Show
The Politico’s Ben Smith is an excellent reporter and blogger. Which makes this post rather rum: The global interest in the Clinton-Obama contest is really quite amazing. Marc Ambinder finds… Continue reading
1 CommentMahmoud Ahmadinejad: SNP Sympathiser or Labour Agent?
Crivvens. Whatever next? An apology for 1978? IRAN sought to ally itself with Scotland last night, praising Alex Salmond’s administration for its anti-war stance and suggesting Tehran has more in… Continue reading
1 CommentMamet reads Friedman: Obviously Can’t Write Anymore
Marvellous stuff – to the point of self-parody- from the Guardian’s Michael Billington: I am depressed to read that David Mamet has swung to the right. In an essay for… Continue reading
3 CommentsIf Holland is being “Islamicised” how can this happen?
Lisa Schiffren at National Review: The famously tolerant Dutch, whose nation has the highest emigration of any European country as the native born flee the effects of multi-culturalism, Islamisation, and… Continue reading
0 CommentsIs Boris Johnson the Tory Party’s George W Bush?
Ordinarily the useful rule is that the answer to any question asked in a headline is a resounding "No". ("Can Illegal Immigrant’s Guinea Pigs Give You Cancer?" or "Was Princess… Continue reading
0 CommentsShamrockery: Hillary’s Travesty
Lord knows there are plenty of reasons to be appalled by Hillary Clinton, but her claim to have been "instrumental" (I kid you not) in bringing "peace" to Northern Ireland… Continue reading
0 CommentsBad Korma*…
There’s plenty of scaremongering about immigration these days but, even allowing for a proper degree of skepticism, this constitutes a clear and present danger to our way of life: The… Continue reading
1 CommentThe Foreign Journalist’s Path to Enlightenment
As we all know, Americans’ love affairs with God and guns baffle foreigners. In that respect this Reuters story is obviously not aimed at the wires’ US clients. It’s meant… Continue reading
1 CommentObama Fisks Clinton!
At last! An amusing campaign memo. Ben Smith has the details of the Obama campaign’s bloggish response to a ridiculous Clinton memo. It’s all worth reading, but here are some… Continue reading
1 CommentToo Late It Should Be, Too Late
I’m indebted to an old college buddy for alerting me to this description of David Irving’s recent appearance on Irish TV’s venerable The Late, Late Show. As the programme’s website… Continue reading
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