Monthly Archives: September 2007

Global Warming – it might get up to minus 10

I got braced by a global warming alarmist on the street the other day, who wanted to know if I liked polar bears. “Uh, not in my neighborhood.” “Excuse me?” “I said I don’t want polar bears in my neighborhood. … Continue reading

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Ahmedinejad and Columbia

Posted at The Right Angle http://humanevents.com/rightangle/— 09-24-2007 @ 04:19 PM I admit to being somewhat torn about Ahmedinejad speaking at Columbia. Like Cal Thomas in today’s front page article at Human Events, I’m irritated that he got invited to Columbia … Continue reading

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Right versus Left, versus Right versus Right

Note: I recently got to cover the press conference with General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, and wrote about it for Human Events here: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22371 The post-Petraeus report period is a great example of how hard it is to have a … Continue reading

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Saw the Lincoln Memorial by moonlight

I haven’t actually been doing a lot of sightseeing in D.C. yet, probably because I really like to save these experiences for when I’m with my family, but I had to take the opportunity to see the Lincoln Memorial at … Continue reading

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Where were you 9/11/2001?

That question is said to be the defining one for this generation, the way “Where were you when you heard President Kennedy had been assassinated?” was for mine. So, I was in my apartment in Warsaw with my wife Monika … Continue reading

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It’s not the people – it’s the system

It’s odd, but I’ve been reading the same political stuff I’ve been reading for quite some time now – but living and working in D.C. really does give you a different perspective on it. Of course, coming from Oklahoma gives … Continue reading

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