Waiting
What’s the point of waiting for General David Petraeus’s report from Iraq on how the newish US policy is faring?…
The Cheney Primary?
Not a great surprise that Dick Cheney should look kindly on Fred Thompson’s odd campaign for the Presidency, given that…
Scandal? What scandal?
Memo to Senator David Vitter: This is how you do it. Paddy Agnew, reporting from Rome for The Irish Times…
Whatever happened to Robert Millar?
Naturally I should have mentioned this a month ago before the Tour de France began, not now that it’s finished…
Nobody defeats Rupert Murdoch…
It looks like the Dirty Digger has won his battle to take control of The Wall Street Journal. Unlike many…
Progressives vs Liberals: or why the Bush years are not a revolution in foreign policy affairs
As so often I’m late to a brouhaha. The vexed question of the day is whether American Democrats should call…
US to UK: You Think We Care?
Remember that book, He’s Just Not That into You: The No-Excuses Guide to Understanding Guys? There are times when I…
Pour encourager les autres? Oui, monsieur…
Of course I agree with Megan that dog-fighting is a bad, even wicked thing. Still, I was struck by her…
The Diversity of the British Press
One of the other great glories of the British press is cartooning. Drawing (ha!) their inspiration from a tradition that…
Does the GOP want to be the Nasty Party?
David Frum looks at the GOP’s slide in support amongst voters under 30 and doesn’t like what he sees: White…
The George and Gordon Show Begins Its Run
UPDATE: Welcome TNR Plank people. Nice to see y’all again… Gordon Brown’s approach to the United States has followed the…
This Washington Life
Quote for the Day: “In Washington, achievement is measured by how much legislation is passed and how much money is…
Why vote Tory?
While Gordon Brown visits Camp David for the first time as Prime Minister (on which more later), David Cameron takes…
While Smeaton watches, Scotland never sleeps…
Memo to terrorists: you’ve missed your opportunity. It’s too late now. Just pack up and go home. John Smeaton –…
Embro to the ploy…
Sunday’s New York Times travel section has a 36-hour guide to what to do and see in Edinburgh. Unfortunately it’s…
Baltimore-Limerick connections…
This interesting story about jury duty in Baltimore brought to mind that old and favourite line from an Irish judge:…
Flipper Romney stumbles onto truth…
Romney in Iowa: “America is not happy with how the war in Iraq is going, and is angry. But…
Can we please lock up the prosecutors instead?
If you only read one thing today, read this. Then weep. Of course, don’t expect this sort of thing to…
Shambo RIP
It’s official. A nation mourns. Mr Eugenides strikes a mournful, plangent note: Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent…
James Bond vs. Jason Bourne
Peter Suderman and Isaac Chotiner each highlight an interview with Matt Damon (who is promoting the latest Jason Bourne thrilla,…
Department of Dangerous Books
Does this sorry tale demonstrate a) the dangers of reading, b) the extraordinary idiocy of local government or c) both?…
The Greatest Non-Reader of Them All
As a coda to yesterday’s posts on Not Reading Books, it was remiss of me not to quote the man…
Department of missing the point completely
Good grief. Jonah Goldberg makes this argument: I think, even if broadly accurate, Frank made a mistake in running these…
Shock troops latest:
Much gnashing of teeth in conservative circles over a TNR piece written by a soldier in Iraq that catalogues various…
The School for Scoundrels
On Turkey’s lobbying to prevent Congress recognising the Armenian genocide, TNR’s Mike Crowley notes that people such as Dick Gephardt,…
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