Jun 28th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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National Review has an obit for Kurt Waldheim who was perfect for the United Nations.
Kurt Waldheim was one of the most despicable — and most despised — public figures in the West since 1945. His whole career was an exercise in craft and evasion. As secretary [...]
Jun 27th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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John Stossel was so good today, he gets to go first. He takes exception to a David Brooks column. Pickerhead likes internecine warfare on the right.
… In the true Hamiltonian spirit, Brooks also doesn’t trust the market — which means he doesn’t trust free, peaceful individuals [...]
Jun 26th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Joshua Muravchik who we most often see in Commentary or it’s blog Contentions, was in the WSJ with concerns Iran is making the mistake many authoritarian regimes make when they are toe to toe with the US. They see us as weak and irresolute.
… Democracies, it [...]
Jun 25th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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This is a good night. We have Mark Steyn, Gerard Baker, David Warren and Christopher Hitchens. Later, an extraordinary picture of an aurora borealis from the shuttle.
Mark Steyn was in National Review commenting on events in Gaza. He suggests Hamas should not have stolen Arafat’s [...]
Jun 24th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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WSJ’s weekend interview is with Mario Vargas Llosa Peruvian novelist and part-time politician. He touches a subject that is often a Pickings theme.
… There is another disturbing current in Mr. Vargas Llosa’s work that is less often discussed–mistreatment of women, ranging from disrespect [...]
Jun 21st, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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The father of the Iranian Revolution is - Jimmy Carter. Jerusalem Post has the details.
We just don’t get it. The Left in America is screaming to high heaven that the mess we are in in Iraq and the war on terrorism has been caused [...]
Jun 20th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Mark Steyn was in the Western Standard. He starts out thinking about Vermont - all environment, no people.
In St. Albans, Vermont, just south of the Quebec border, I happened to find myself behind a car bearing the bumper sticker “TO SAVE A TREE [...]
Jun 19th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Fred Thompson does a number on Harry Reid.
… The problem is that every one of Reid’s comments I’ve noted here has also been reported gleefully by Al Jazeera and other anti-American media. Whether he means to or not, he’s encouraging our enemies to believe [...]
Jun 18th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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The New Editor posts on the 67th anniversary of Churchill’s “finest hour” speech.
John Fund writes on Harry Reid’s union card-check bill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to hold a vote this Wednesday on perhaps the most unpopular element of the Democratic agenda. [...]
Jun 17th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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WaPo has something today that’s really rich. Pickerhead has often asked his liberal friends if they hate W so much because he’s stolen Wilson’s thunder. A former Clinton dude asks WWWWD. What would Woodrow Wilson do?
Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Harry S. Truman and John [...]
