True Wealth: Kid Cred
Children: The new status symbol. So says Simon Doonan at The New York Observer: Onto the landscape of Manhattan, a new and lethal status symbol has alighted—and it’s causing the J.A.P.’s and WASP’s of...
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Abraham Lincoln. . . John Edwards?? Wow, Tough Call.
For today’s history exam: “The relative merits of Abraham Lincoln. . . and John Edwards.” Please discuss. The Discovery Channel and AOL have just released a list of nominees, based on an online poll,...
Tom DeLay Dinner: Shiva or . . . Hootenanny?!?
Monday’s Washington Post article about tonight’s dinner in honor of Tom DeLay quoted Marshall Wittman, (former Republican-now DLC staffer) as saying: “Tribute dinners are how politicians sit shiva for their dead.” Well, maybe that’s often true, but the event tonight at the Capital Hilton was pretty festive and, as Brent Bozell said, had more the air of an old-fashioned hootenanny. . . for over 900 people.
Chastity in Iraq; Chastity for Top Gun — Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise and Enduring Values
Sex and virtue . . . Men across cultures: Are good-girls back still in style? Maybe there are some customs so enduring they sell in both Hollywood . . . and Iraq. Army Colonel...
Breaking News: Congress Addressing Women in Combat
Just got word: Congressional Republicans are finally moving to address the problems we’ve been highlighting with the new Army policy of assigning women to Forward Support Companies. I wrote about the FSC issue here....
Sharing a Smile
A dear friend called today to say that she is moving. Great news for her and her family; not so great for those of us who love them. So I set off for the...
The Alamo and Linda Ellerbee, Nickelodeon's New Historian
Linda Ellerbee strikes again. Linda Ellerbee, Nickelodeon’s new historian She’s now hosting a “news bump” for Nickelodeon, the kids’ television channel. The segment recently ran a piece on the Alamo. The short clip feautured...
Abracadabra at Abu Ghraib: the Tragic Story of Lynndie England, Charles Graner and Megan Ambuhl
A reader, Martha, a former Air Force enlisted, who has been following the thread on women in combat with concern, writes to explain the “Abracadabra” issue: I have heard horrid stories from deployed friends...
Howard Kurtz quotes Reasoned Audacity
Howard Kurtz quotes our review of the new blog, the Huffington Post today in Media Notes Extra. Howard begins: “A rather mixed reception in the blogosphere:” Then quotes, American Mind, Jack Shafer at Slate,...
Women in Combat – Elaine Donnelly on NRO Today
For those of you following the women in combat issue, you’ll want to be sure to see Elaine Donnelly’s piece on women in combat on NRO today: The blueprint appears to be a “Women...
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