THAT’S THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, FOR THOSE WHO TAKE NOTES. DANNER HAS SOME HUGELY INSIGHTFUL (INCITEFUL IF YOU ARE A BUSH PARTISAN) ABOUT MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS AND MISTAKES…..WILLIAM PFAFF HAS TO MOVE OVER. THANKSTO T. ZANIN FOR HIS INTEREST AND SUGGESTION. COMMENTS, OF COURSE, ALWAYS WELCOME!
Volume 53, Number 20 […]
SEASON’S GREETINGS, FOLKS, AND BELOW I INCLUDE MY RECENT RESPONSE TO AN E-MAIL POEM, GENERATED PERHAPS BY RUSH LIMBAUGH OR ANN COULTER, OR SOME SUCH.
MY RESPONSE COMES BEFORE THE POEM, SO GO DOWN AND READ THE POEM BEFORE THE RESPONSE.
COMMENTS, AS ALWAYS, WELCOME!
I must step up to the plate for this fat pitch (below)……first, if
anyone […]
Pfaff has been a solid observer of the international and Middle East scene for many years. His assessment of the current impasse in Iraq, its sources and problematic meanings, makes one think that President George W. Bush has been in over his head for a long, long time. We’ve made this point again […]
HERE’S THE OBITUARY, IN TODAY’S WHIG STANDARD……..
HOPWOOD, Robert Frank Queen’s Emeritus Professor of History Veteran of the Korean War With deep sadness the family announces Robert’s passing at Rideaucrest Home in Kingston, November 9, 2006, at the age of 77. Devoted husband to Jolene for 35 years and wonderful father to Tobin, a gift to […]
It’s the day after and the Republican Party is nursing a bad hangover after an even worse party. The GOP took it on the chin yesterday, losing control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994, and at this writing, just hanging even in the Senate–the outcome could end up 50-50 […]