Jun 30th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Stuart Taylor has words for those who accuse Bushies of war crimes.
… Among those calling explicitly or implicitly for criminal investigations are 56 House Democrats; retired Maj. Gen. Anthony Taguba, who headed the Army’s investigation into the Abu Ghraib torture scandal; liberal groups including Human Rights Watch, [...]
Jun 29th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Gerard Baker of the London Times says, “Cheer up. We’re winning this War on Terror.”
“My centre is giving way. My right is in retreat. Situation excellent. I shall attack!”
If only our political leaders and opinion-formers displayed even a hint of the defiant resilience that carried Marshal Foch [...]
Jun 26th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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David Warren offers a prayer for Mugabe’s removal.
… The West, and in particular, former Rhodesia’s departed imperial master, Britain, can take no satisfaction in the turn of events. In the Lancaster House Agreement, of almost thirty years ago, Lord Carrington and the panjandrums of the British Foreign [...]
Jun 25th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Daily Telegraph editors say there is finally some movement against Mugabe in Africa, and that it’s time for Nelson Mandela to do the same.
John Stossel wonders if McCain understands how markets work.
… This is not the first time McCain has displayed what I would call an anti-capitalist mentality. [...]
Jun 24th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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David Brooks says finally Bush got something right in Iraq.
Let’s go back and consider how the world looked in the winter of 2006-2007. Iraq was in free fall, with horrific massacres and ethnic cleansing that sent a steady stream of bad news across the world media. The [...]
Jun 23rd, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Today is Kelo Day. We have contemporaneous columns from three of our favorites Mark Steyn takes us back with his July 3rd, 2005 column for the Chicago Sun-Times.
… A couple of days beforehand, the majesty of the law turned its attention to “eminent domain” — the fancy term for [...]
Jun 22nd, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Don’t forget, Monday is Kelo Day at the Institute for Justice.
David Warren reduces Israel’s current problem to one simple right, that of self-defense.
It will be recalled, by readers who follow world news, that the President of Iran has on many occasions unambiguously declared both the desire to [...]
Jun 19th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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We’re very long today so as to include Weekly Standard comparative biographies of Frederick Douglass and one of Pickings favorites - Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Sorry, but at least the weekend is upon us.
Manchester Guardian columnist with praise for things Bush got right.
Jimmy Carter was cheered when he visited Newcastle [...]
Jun 18th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Christopher Hitchens says Hillary’s defeat can’t be blamed on sexism.
Posterity may well remember the Hillary Clinton campaign as the nearest that a member of the female gender had thus far gotten to the nomination of a major political party. But the episode will be recalled for many other [...]
Jun 17th, 2008 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Mugabe has sealed his doom with one sentence. He has mocked the world’s scribes with, ”How can a ballpoint fight [against] a gun?” How is that for one of Jimmy Carter’s guys?
Robert Mugabe gave warning yesterday that he would not cede power if he loses next week’s election to [...]
