Did Blogs Start “Polarization”? No….

An amusing article, from Gene Lyons, which was reprinted in the Northwest Arkansas News this morning…

It’s no exaggeration to say that the establishment media’s initial response to the blogosphere was panic. The idea of mere citizens talking back to

Being a railfan this one caught my interest:

PARIS, Nov. 21 — As a national transit strike stretched into its second week, arsonists disrupted high-speed train service on four main routes on Wednesday. Government officials called the fires a “coordinated

From Eliot Spitzer’s Never-Never Land:

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — The base fare for New York City’s subways and buses will stay at $2 through 2009 after the state authority that operates the network found $220 million in additional

I don’t see what Maggie is so surprised about. Europe is the continent that brought you papal infallibility, the divine right of kings, nationalism, fascism, communism, and so on and so on. Europe’s faith in big solutions by big institutions

Just some thoughts on this Thanksgiving day.

Perhaps some of you are unaware of the origins of this day being set aside as a national day of Thanksgiving.

Also, you may not know that Ol’ Ben Franklin wanted to make

I note Boortz, yesterday, looking at this Michael Vick business with his usual jaundiced eye:

Now .. here’s the laugh of the week. Vick’s attorney is Billy Martin.  Here’s what Martin had to say to the press after Vick disappeared

The question is, repeatedly of late when Ron Paul was going to denounce the tinfoil crowd led by Master Troofer, Alex Jones.  The answer, apparently is “not very soon”.

Which is approximately the same time he’ll have my support.

Rick Moran over at Pajamas Media discussing what went wrong with Fred Thompson’s campaign, as if it’s a post mortem. it’s a worthy read, which I commend to you.

Personally I am not quite so convinced that the whole situation

After about 24 hours of watching the left trying to make something of a snippet of Scott McClellan’s new book… it turns out out that there wasn’t any ‘there’ there…

WASHINGTON -(AP)- Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan does not

An amazing admission from Paul Krugman:

As for what I wrote in 1996: the world looked very different then. On one side, Social Security projections were much more pessimistic than they are now, basically because the projections assumed that the

Bryan at HotAir

 And he says this as tangible progress is being made toward victory.

The Washington Times has led on this story all day and now provides video along with a roundup of reaction.

This week, around our Thanksgiving

Uh-Oh… It appears DiFi is up to her knees in serious trouble with her own supporters. Says Michelle:

The nutroots are unhinged over Calif. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s recent votes to confirm Bush attorney general Michael Mukasey and federal appeals court

Lest anyone think the Oil for Food business has gone away, The NY SUN will disabuse you of that notion straight away:

A Switzerland-based oil trading company has pleaded guilty to paying $13 million in kickbacks to the Iraqi government

Jim Wren, who runs PoliSat.com, passes this one along...

It’s video…. great stuff.

(Side note to Jim… You’re better off using the feedback address.)

If you want to know what the Democratic presidential candidates and the Democratic Party believe, the debates, often derided as intellectually inconsequential, reveal a great deal. The problem is that news media almost never report the most important statements the