Author: Attila Girl

A graphic memoir, of course. But the subject would have to be suitably stirring to warrant the treatment usually accorded superheroes. You’d want a real-life hero: someone like William Ayers. William Ayers? Of course. Calvin Reid of Publishers Weekly writes: Teachers College Press, a scholarly, professional and trade publisher focused on the theory and practice […]

WSJ has the accounts of some passengers from Flight 1549 who held onto a life raft that was trying to escape the scene, and we now have video of the landing. If I’m getting this right, the vid that AllahP posted is from the New Jersey side of the river; the plane comes into frame […]

It was my nose: it found another book, and dived in. This time it’s Professor Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions, which encapsulates rather perfectly many of the philosophical differences behind what we call “liberalism” and “conservatism” today. There is, among progressives, a long and abiding belief in the perfectibility of human nature, which leads many […]

I had told my 72-year-old mother exactly how to get to the parking lot at the Petersen Building in Los Angeles, right between Beverly Hills and the Miracle Mile. I had forgotten that it is right across the street from the Israeli Consulate. When I entered the parking lot I first saw what appeared to […]

And right in the nick of time: NEW YORK CITY, NY – In deep financial trouble , the New York Times has ceased printing news stories and, instead, begun selling a variety of home-baked pies. “Some of our staff have experience making such things,” said Times spokesperson Julian Van Dyke. “As a result, we’ve laid […]

It isn’t important when the Dems nominate Barack Obama for the Presidential Election. Then it is important when McCain picks Palin as his running mate. Then it isn’t again, when the Democrats vote Obama into the newly minted “Office of the President-Elect” (I added a hyphen; I could not help it). Then it isn’t again, […]

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Ah, yes. Sarah Palin’s latest “misstep.” The media are on her like poultry farmers on a hapless little chickie: “If this had been Biden . . .” I heard about it first; when I saw it, it seemed pretty mild. I’m of the mind that anyone who isn’t a vegetarian shouldn’t be complaining. Where do […]

The economy is affecting everything. HOWLING FJORD – High above the Great Sea, once the site of fierce battles, Valgarde settlement now sits empty. Stung by plummeting real estate prices, Alliance and Horde forces have returned to Kalimdor, leaving behind foreclosure signs and broken dreams. All across Northrend such depressing sights abound. In Dragonblight, Wyrmrest […]

Uh-oh. Someone’s been sliming Joe Biden: WASHINGTON D.C. – Best known for verbal fumbles, gaffes, and crazy talk, Democratic vice president elect Joe Biden often uttered quiet, self-aware statements in private. An anonymous aide to the senator recalled Biden saying, “My helicopter was never forced down in Afghanistan by terrorist gunfire. I guess I wanted […]

a nice essay on the history of oil in Alaska—and a reminder that even if we can buy time by utilizing fossil fuels from ANWR, the Gulf, and both coasts—and we must—it’s important to move forward with alternative energy sources and alternative liquid fuels. And there is, indeed, a “gold rush” going on with respect […]

Slublog over at Ace of Spades HQ: You know who I love most this election season? The PUMAs. Their blogs have been the most consistently optimistic and yet full of a gleeful disdain for Barack Obama and his campaign. They tear into Obama with a contagious mirth, and they love Sarah Palin more than certain […]

. . . a vote to legitimize terrorism? The Republican Jewish Coalition reminds you to think it over carefully before you vote: Via Hot Air.

Kathy Shaidle of Five Feet of Fury has completed her ad about the connection between Barack Obama and Bill Ayers: I’m not so sure about the music, but I think she gets the point across. Personally, at the moment I’m more fixated on Obama’s economic shortcomings, but they are both important issues. Via Right Girl. […]

No, not just a Zogby poll (sometimes too optimistic for our side); Reuters and C-Span also participated. I’m hoping that means the methodology was reasonably balanced. The good news: margin of error is 2.9 points on this. So we’re in a dead heat. Of course, I need to go back and check on the Electoral […]

A new site is being put together by a colleague of Ace of Spades to keep track of reporters who do not fact-check their stories adequately, who display undue bias, or who go after less-newsworthy targets (e.g., Jodi Kantor serving up warmed-over gossip about Cindy McCain as “news”). The project is very likely too late […]

The reason the mainstream media have jumped on “Joe the Plumber” is that his question exposes the essential socialism of Obama’s tax policies. I’m Joe the Plumber, too, as is Jimmie from JThe Sundries Shack. There are a lot of us out there, of all creeds and colors, and representing both sexes. There’s more good […]

From Glenn Reynolds’ mail bag; a missive he finds “depressing”— I consider myself a libertarian/conservative. Like many people of that bent, I was uncomfortable with Bush when he was nominated. But Al Gore’s increasingly-erratic behavior during the 2000 election made me hope Bush [would win]. Once Bush won, and it became clear that the Florida […]