Posted 9/4/2003 05:02:37 PM by Edward Driscoll
THE BROTHERS JUDD BLOG has moved to a new URL. (and to a Movable Type-based platform. Will the last person to leave Blogger please turn out the lights?) Adjust your links accordingly.

Posted 9/4/2003 02:23:49 PM by Edward Driscoll
FALL FASCISM PREVIEW II: Jonah Goldberg and Byron York have articles on the Bush=Hitler crowd. Does Godwin's Law work in real life? How many people have tuned the left out because of their hyperbole? UPDATE: Speaking of Godwin's Law... ONE LAST UPDATE: I just read Jonah Goldberg's syndicated column, after getting home. As he says, "'Bush equals Hitler' adds up to holocaust denial".

Posted 9/4/2003 02:04:32 PM by Edward Driscoll
JURASSIC ED: Jeff Taylor is right: To feel perfectly ancient, check out Beloit College's Mindset List for the incoming class of 2007, born in 1985. UPDATE: Scott Ott has a few more additions to the list.

Posted 9/4/2003 01:13:06 PM by Edward Driscoll
IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID: Jay Bryant has some thoughts on the candidates running against President Bush. And Glenn Reynolds wants to know what their plans on fighting "the Klan with a Koran".

Posted 9/4/2003 01:09:37 PM by Edward Driscoll
WHY ESTRADA QUIT: Byron York writes, "The unprecedented Democratic filibuster simply wore him down". It will be interesting to see how this plays--if at all--in November of 2004. UPDATE: Randy Barnett has some further thoughts.

Posted 9/4/2003 01:07:26 PM by Edward Driscoll
TIME FOR JANKLOW TO STEP DOWN: Michelle Malkin writes, "It's all a big joke to Rep. Bill Janklow, the South Dakota Republican with a lead foot, a hollow heart, and an ego the size of his Cadillac deathmobile."

Posted 9/4/2003 12:17:17 AM by Edward Driscoll
UPBEAT GROWTH NUMBERS: Donald Lambro writes, "The Democrats' chances of beating President Bush in 2004 were sharply reduced last week by one closely watched economic number."

Posted 9/3/2003 03:33:27 PM by Edward Driscoll
REYNOLDS ON BUSTAMANTE: The InstaPundit writes, "Attacking Wal-Mart shows that he's not a populist, but rather a slave to anti-globo-bobo fashion. Which his sad devotion to MEChA also suggests."

Posted 9/3/2003 03:14:59 PM by Edward Driscoll
REQUIRED READING: The Onion interviews the great P.J. O'Rourke.

Posted 9/3/2003 02:04:00 PM by Edward Driscoll
WHAT WAS IN THOSE BROWNIES? "Maybe it was the ginger tea or the homemade brownies", the Washington Post notes, but John Kerry has delivered the first tears of the 2004 presidential campaign. Can the ponytail guy be far behind? UPDATE: Orrin Judd has some thoughts. UPDATE: Did Kerry lie about knowing Bush at Yale?

Posted 9/3/2003 11:13:03 AM by Edward Driscoll
FALL FASCISM PREVIEW: Even as James Lileks wonders why the left keeps calling Republicans Nazis, Stephen Green wonders why Maureen Dowd is comparing Bill Clinton to a Nazi general! (I think I'll go watch The Producers.) UPDATE: Here's more.

Posted 9/3/2003 12:12:37 AM by Edward Driscoll
BUSTAMANTE AND THE MEChA MESS: John Hawkins has some thoughts.

Posted 9/2/2003 05:36:12 PM by Edward Driscoll
THE ANTI-DEAN: John Fund explains why Hillary opposes the Democratic front-runner. Incidentally, this is as good a place as any for a question I have about Dean. InstaPundit has quoted him as saying he's for keeping troops in Iraq and aiding its reconstruction. Since that clearly makes him "an echo, not a choice" compared to President Bush (to coin a paraphrase), why would someone sitting on the fence vote for Dean, and not the man who's been leading the war on terror since 9/11?

Posted 9/2/2003 03:30:52 PM by Edward Driscoll
"TWO YEARS OF GIBBERISH": Geoffrey Wheatcroft examines how 9/11 finished off the intellectual far left.

Posted 9/2/2003 02:53:29 PM by Edward Driscoll
NICE WAY TO BEGIN AUTUMN: "Stocks at 14-Month Highs on Economy Hopes".

Posted 9/2/2003 12:08:31 AM by Edward Driscoll
THE BLEAT THAT ATE MINNEAPOLIS!!! James Lileks is back with a new "Bleat": Michelangelo meets Queer Eye For The Straight Guy meets "Pimp Eye For The White Guy" meets Steve McQueen meets Gnat meets a bee. No, really!

Posted 9/2/2003 12:00:39 AM by Edward Driscoll
PURITY OF ESSENCE: The CounterRevolutionary lists the "Top 5 Myths that Leftists believe about themselves (and want others to believe, too)".

Posted 9/1/2003 03:08:22 PM by Edward Driscoll
FOXANOIA FILE: Byron York ponders why Rupert Murdoch is so reviled by the left.

Posted 9/1/2003 11:08:24 AM by Edward Driscoll
GREAT SUBJECT, WRONG WOLF(E): I have a brief review of Wired - A Romance at Blogcritics. Speaking of Blogcritics, thanks to Virginia and Glenn for linking to my Blogcritics piece on Les Paul! (Is it kosher for one guy to call another guy's article "delightful"? (Not that there's anything wrong with that, as Jerry Seinfeld would say. I'm just checking.)

Posted 8/31/2003 07:33:44 PM by Edward Driscoll
CHARLES BRONSON DEAD AT AGE 81: I'm sorry to read that Bronson has passed away. But every time I passed by a supermarket checkout in the past couple of months, the National Enquirer or The Star had cover stories that he was in bad shape. Those magazine are certainly full of hype, but over the years, I've noticed, if they report a celebrity is ailing--he's a goner. I once read an interview with Brian Garfield, the original author of Death Wish. Ironically, he wanted a liberal milquetoast actor--specifically Jack Lemmon(!) to play the Paul Kersey character when it came time to shoot the film. And I can't say I blame him; you're too busy waiting for Bronson to go nuts, instead of watching this timid, urbane architect being transformed his wife's death into a vigilante. But the film's timing was perfect, the script and direction by Michael Winner surprisingly good, and it properly made Bronson into a legend. (Neat score by Herbie Hancock, too.) Good actor--great persona. He'll be missed.

Posted 8/31/2003 03:47:05 PM by Edward Driscoll
SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM: Having gotten more than my share of penis enlargement, Viagra, gambling, refinancing and Nigerian money laundering ads, I'm experimenting with Matador, a spam-blocking program. If you've written me before, and you're either in my inbox or address book, you should be A-OK. But otherwise, don't be surprised, and try not to be too upset, if you write me, and you receive an email that looks like this. Assuming you're not trying to spam me, or you're an email 'bot, just answer the challenge, and email will flow freely to me.

Posted 8/31/2003 02:45:36 PM by Edward Driscoll
SUMMER BOX OFFICE FLOPS: Some studio executives think that it's all your fault, if you used a text-enabled cell phone to instantly tell your friends the film was bad!