Jonah Goldberg drew a lot of ire for this post, joking that the people huddling in the Louisiana Superdome should prepare for the worst by growing gills a la Waterworld and forming tribes a la Lord of the Flies .
After taking flak for it, he backed down, emphasizing that he had been joking about it [...]

My heart goes out to the hundreds of thousands who have left their homes along the Gulf of Mexico, and the many who have had their homes destroyed by hurricane Katrina. I really don’t know what to say other than that. Stranded people must be rescued. Looters must be stopped. Evacuees tended to. I [...]

Thomas Kilgannon claims leftie opinionator Eleanor Clift called U.S. soldiers mercenaries on The McLaughlin Group. If true, Clift’s statement is remarkably stupid, in particular as she ties her argument to the “market rate” of attracting recruits. If America had had a mercenary army, employing whoever was willing to serve, then it could have paid [...]

When I first heard of the protesters outside of military hospital Walter Reed, I assumed they were protesting the hospital’s potential closure, or budget cut backs, or some such, but no, they are, in fact, protesting against the war. Wounded warrior Chuck Ziegenfuss is currently being treated at the hospital, and he has some thoughts [...]

It isn’t likely that American universities will ever again develop any particular appreciation for our war heroes, but I hope they can at least show some - what is that word left-wing professors like to drape themselves in? - ah, yes, tolerance. Will that happen? I’m not optimistic, even though this story on National Review’s [...]

An amazing report by Michael Yon in Mosul. I guess I should write another amazing report, but this time Yon pretty much outdoes himself.
It’s a long piece, but it is absolutely worth reading.

A group of comedians led by Drew Carey arrived at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan today to entertain troops, after spending most of yesterday meeting and greeting the Air Force’s 379th Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia yesterday. Carey, along with Dave Mordal, Jimmy Shubert, Steve Byrne, and Pedro Hernandez are scheduled to perform at Methar, [...]

Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is reportedly meeting with his advisors and contributors to discuss his prospects of running for U.S. President in 2008 on an independent ticket, in an attempt to tap into voters who are frustrated towards both political parties. Some don’t believe that Hagel will be able to one-up Senator John McCain, who [...]

In case you’re still listening, Huffington Post blogger Cindy Sheehan is going back to Crawford, Texas to President Bush’s ranch, stating that “As long as the president, who sent him to die in a senseless war, is in Crawford, that is where I belong.” Cindy went to Crawford two and a half weeks ago to [...]

President Bush spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Salt Lake City yesterday, stressing that the only acceptable outcome for the war in Iraq is “total victory” over terrorists. The president said that insurgents wish to establish a Taliban-like regime in Iraq from which they can launch new attacks on the U.S, but “will [...]