Archive for March, 2005

Saturday, March 26th, 2005

Miscellanea - Moving Day Edition

Two friends of this blog have recently made moves, and I’ve updated them on the blogroll. So, if you’re looking for Carpe Bonum or Mover Mike (and shouldn’t you be?), look for the updated links on the right…
You’re supposed to see a little animated ballot box next to my blog name now, as part of […]

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Saturday, March 26th, 2005

The First Ticket is Punched…

…and it’s #4 seed Louisville heading to the Final Four in St. Louis, after defeating West Virginia in overtime, 93-85. Congrats to Rick Pitino and his club. Fantastic game, and a great effort from West Virginia…

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Saturday, March 26th, 2005

Today’s Must-Read: Revolution Is In The Air

It may be the case, twenty years from now, that 2005 will join 1989 and 1968 as one of those pivotal moments in history when the call of freedom proves too strong to ignore. In addition to the remarkable events in the Middle East, there has been a lot of activity in Central Asia […]

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Saturday, March 26th, 2005

Breaking News…

…with no editorial comment: the (apparently) last legal appeal has been exhausted for the parents of Terry Schiavo…okay, one editorial comment: regardless of where you stand (and if you read this blog regularly, you know I haven’t really expressed an opinion one way or another), it wouldn’t hurt to send a prayer and good thoughts […]

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Saturday, March 26th, 2005

Cry Me a River…

From today’s New York Times…

Professor [Ward] Churchill’s lawyer, David Lane, said he believed that the inquiry [into Churchill’s alleged academic misconduct] was “blatantly unfair” because the professor was given no opportunity to present a defense, and that the decision to continue the inquiry was driven by politics.
“If they had bothered to call Ward Churchill, they […]

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Saturday, March 26th, 2005

The Elite Eight is Complete

Last night’s winners: #1 Seed North Carolina, #5 seed Michigan State (who knocked off Duke here in Austin), #2 seed Kentucky, and #6 seed Wisconsin…by Sunday evening, we’ll have our Final Four for 2005….

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Saturday, March 26th, 2005

Miscellanea: A Salute to the Physicists Edition

I’ve been linking lately to Lubos Motl, without even realizing who he is; oh, I knew he was an Assistant Professor at Harvard, but I didn’t realize until today his great accomplishments. All I can say is: wow!…I wish I had studied more in college and spent less time at the bar, but it’s […]

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Friday, March 25th, 2005

Change is Inevitable…

Trying out a new font (do you like it better? worse? indifferent?) and a new poll…as I mentioned previously, I am saving the results of the Democratic candidate poll and will run it again periodically; as 2008 gets nearer, I’ll put up some cumulative numbers…
I’m going to play with other template features some over the […]

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Friday, March 25th, 2005

Oil-For-Food Update: Kofi Met With Son’s Employers, Mismanaged Program

I’m saving a full-blown update until after the report is released next week, but today the Wall Street Journal (subscribers only, so we’ll have to make do with this link) leaked some very damning details from the Volcker investigation. Kofi Annan met with Cotecna, the oil-for-food contractor that paid his son Kojo over $300,000 (a […]

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Friday, March 25th, 2005

The Reach of Karl Rove Knows No Limit

The Instapundit has posted today on interesting developments in Turkey, with the clear implication that something is in the works regarding the Incirlik airbase. Why do we need Turkey, when we’ve got Lebanon?
From the Yemen Observer:
According to high-level Lebanese intelligence sources�Christian and Muslim�former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was reportedly assassinated in a sophisticated explosion-by-wire […]

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Friday, March 25th, 2005

Quick Shots: Brilliant! Edition

Like Funny To Stupid…this is an absolute gem…
For your Friday enjoyment, a little redneck haiku…
Congrats to Rusty Shackleford at the 20th most influential conservative blog (I didn’t make the list, but I suspect I would come in at a still respectable 3,987th place)…

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Friday, March 25th, 2005

Having Learned Nothing, I Wade Back In…

My initial insticts to stay out of the Terry Schiavo affair were sound; unfortunately, I’m not smart enough to keep my mouth shut completely. One quick point: Schiavo supporters of the ‘right-to-life’ persuasion are often criticized for being pro-death penalty. Let’s drop that argument, please…it’s insulting to compare this poor woman, or […]

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Friday, March 25th, 2005

Today’s Must Read: Why Hillary Will Win Edition

For a good example of why I think Hillary Clinton is the Democrat candidate most likely to get the nomination, see this article in the Boston Globe on how she is wooing away big-time Kerry supporters (already). I don’t think Hillary can win the general election, but it would be a huge mistake to […]

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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Halfway to the Elite Eight…

…and the first four survivors are: #1 seed Illinois, #7 seed West Virginia, #4 seed Louisville, and #3 seed Arizona (who knocked the last remaining Big 12 team, Oklahoma State, out of the tournament). For the remainder of the tourney, I root for Duke. The Blue Devils play tomorrow night here in Austin at a […]

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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

The Bitter Taste of Defeat

Well, my dream is over…but it was a great run. The outcome wasn’t really decided until the last couple of minutes, but my Red Raiders, alas, came up a bit shy. The final: West Virginia 65, Texas Tech 60.
I’m crushed, of course, but that’s the beauty of the tournament…one and done, and […]

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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

I May Have a Heart Attack…

At the half: #6 Texas Tech 32, #7 West Virginia 32…

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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Dare I Dream?…

#1 seed Washington from the Albuquerque region has just lost to #4 seed Louisville…in the event Tech beats West Virginia (and I’m not saying they will), that means we could, in a long shot, make the Final Four without going through the #1, #2, or #3 seeds…it’s a dream, I know…half an hour till tip-off!…

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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Miscellanea - Humor in All Things Edition

The Therapist is a great, undersung (not for long, though, I predict) satirist, and this one is priceless (warning: not for the humor-impaired)…
The Ward Churchill decision: we choose not to decide (never do today what you can put off until tomorrow)…
Glenn Reynolds posts again at his home away from home: the topic? Small government conservatives […]

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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

In Lebanon, The Death Throes of Syrian Domination

Like a cornered animal thrashing indiscriminately about, the pro-Syrian forces in Lebanon are growing increasingly desperate. They must not prevail.
From Lebanon’s Daily Star:

Leading opposition MP Walid Jumblatt said the security services were guilty of organizing a “theater of blood” and reiterated his demand that the top security chiefs resign.
Opposition member Simon Karam added: […]

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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Today’s Must Read: Great Minds Think Alike…And Mediocre Ones, As Well

We have deacon at Power Line to thank for this wonderfully appropriate post on MoDo and Juan Cole racing for the bottom. Seems I’m not the only one amazed at how quickly the ‘theocracy’ slander has surfaced re: Terry Schiavo. Enjoy your Thursday…

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