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Saturday, July 05, 2003

One of the great mysteries of our day: why does Ann Coulter have a career? A brief, highly partisan, and amusing review of her newest tome Treason (in which she professes her deepest admiration for Joseph McCarthy) can be found here (note: it's on Salon, so you may have to click through some ads to see the whole article). And a less partisan, but no less trenchant, analysis of some of the more ridiculous claims she makes can be seen in a Spinsanity entry. The intro paragraph from the latter:

Screed: With Treason, Ann Coulter once again defines a new low in America's political debate
By Brendan Nyhan
June 30, 2003

With her new book Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, syndicated pundit Ann Coulter has driven the national discourse to a new low. No longer content to merely smear liberals and the media with sweeping generalizations and fraudulent evidence, she has now upped the ante, accusing the entire Democratic Party as well as liberals and leftists nationwide of treason, a crime of disloyalty against the United States. But, as in her syndicated columns (many of which are adapted in the book) and her previous book Slander: Liberal Lies Against the American Right, Coulter's case relies in large part on irrational rhetoric and pervasive factual errors and deceptions. Regardless of your opinions about Democrats, liberals or the left, her work should not be taken at face value.

posted by jeev | 2:03 PM |

Friday, July 04, 2003

Go to Google, type in "Weapons of Mass Destruction", click "I'm feeling lucky".

posted by jeev | 9:40 AM |

Thursday, July 03, 2003

From the fashion pages of today's New York Times:

But last week in Milan, on the same runway where he had criticized the president, Mr. Ford struck an image that symbolized the virile Texas cowboy in boots and broad hat. Other tried-and-true symbols of American strength and power appeared at Prada, as correct displays of 1950's country-club attire; at Jean Paul Gaultier, as waistcoats inspired by James West, the 1960's television cowboy version of James Bond; at Junya Watanabe, as battle jackets and cartridge belts fashioned from banker's broadcloth; and at Louis Vuitton, as well-scrubbed young men in tennis whites and navy blazers.

You couldn't make up the world we live in - war as a fashion statement.
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posted by jeev | 9:46 PM |

Sunday, June 29, 2003

Katharine Hepburn died today. She was 96. Rest in peace, Miss Hepburn. We shall not see your like again.

posted by jeev | 8:12 PM |