Wonder of wonders, the Saudis themselves are starting to wonder where Wahabism went wrong.

Gee, you don’t think it might be all the hate and intolerance you preach in the madrassas that you fund, do you?

Naaahhhh…

Wonder of wonders, the Saudis themselves are starting to wonder where Wahabism went wrong.

Gee, you don’t think it might be all the hate and intolerance you preach in the madrassas that you fund, do you?

Naaahhhh…

Wonder of wonders, the Saudis themselves are starting to wonder where Wahabism went wrong.

Gee, you don’t think it might be all the hate and intolerance you preach in the madrassas that you fund, do you?

Naaahhhh…

For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position … and it’s all in the balance, it hasn’t happened yet … and that moment doesn’t need even a fourteen-year-old boy to think This time. Maybe this time …

— From “Intruder in the Dust” by William Faulkner

One hundred forty years ago today, General George Pickett and his gallant men made their tragic charge up Cemetary Ridge, thousands of men died uselessly (half of his division), and the Confederate cause began to unravel.

The fall of Vicksburg to Grant the next day would sunder the South, and these two events in early July, in Pennsylvania and Mississippi, would lead inexorably to the defeat of the rebellion.

Mark Steyn, who’s been observing from across the border in New Hampshire for years, says that Howard Dean (sadly, for those Bushophiles who’d love to see him as an opponent) won’t survive the south.

The Chicken Littles at the WaPo are wringing their hands (in glee, since they’ll think it will hurt Bush’s approval ratings) over the June unemployment numbers, which increased to 6.4% (a number that used to be considered relatively low during previous downturns).

Isn’t it just terrible for all of those recent college graduates, new on the job market, to see unemployment spiking just as they’re seeking work?

(And yes, lest anyone ask, that is indeed sarcasm at the WaPo’s ignorance of the seasonality of last month’s number.)

The Chicken Littles at the WaPo are wringing their hands (in glee, since they’ll think it will hurt Bush’s approval ratings) over the June unemployment numbers, which increased to 6.4% (a number that used to be considered relatively low during previous downturns).

Isn’t it just terrible for all of those recent college graduates, new on the job market, to see unemployment spiking just as they’re seeking work?

(And yes, lest anyone ask, that is indeed sarcasm at the WaPo’s ignorance of the seasonality of last month’s number.)

The Chicken Littles at the WaPo are wringing their hands (in glee, since they’ll think it will hurt Bush’s approval ratings) over the June unemployment numbers, which increased to 6.4% (a number that used to be considered relatively low during previous downturns).

Isn’t it just terrible for all of those recent college graduates, new on the job market, to see unemployment spiking just as they’re seeking work?

(And yes, lest anyone ask, that is indeed sarcasm at the WaPo’s ignorance of the seasonality of last month’s number.)

Evan Coyne Maloney talks about the democratizing effects of open-source media.

My Fox column is up, but it’s basically the same 4th of July piece as the post a couple down, on rockets and freedom.