Month: July 2005

The Bang-Bang Border

In his July 18 recommended diary, “Syria: The Next Cambodia?,” Steven D warns of U.S. talk about “regime change” in Syria and its plans to defend against a hyped Sunni counterinsurgency to be launched...

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Fit To Print Me – Day 5

I only skimmed the NYTs this morning.  It is like eating gruel.  Boring. These are the page one things that you would know on Friday morning, if your entire world-news view was shaped by the NYT front page.  A...

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Today’s Topical Limericks

In London, two weeks to the day, Faux bombers seemed to say “bombs away!” Suicide nuts, Or misguided futz, `Tis not safe, either way, safe to say… (four more after the fold)Scooter and Blossum have lied. In a...

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