http://www.amconmag.com/blog @TAC Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:15:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A question. Has anyone yet attempted to leverage yesterday's tragedy at Fort Hood into a defense of the Patriot Act's "lone wolf" provision? Maybe the question is not if, but when. I'm thinking of starting a pool. Of course it may not be necessary. Yesterday [correction--last month] the Senate Judiciary Committee voted ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/06/lone-wolf-tickets/ In keeping with the theme of the current issue of The American Conservative, we've newly made available some select reviews from years past. Be sure to check out a.) George Carey's review of Bertrand De Jouvenel: The Conservative Liberal and the Illusions of Modernity, b.) John Lukacs's review of Equality, Decadence, ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/06/books-for-all-seasons/ For the Blue Dogs, Tuesday was a fire bell in the night. Virginia Republicans led by Robert McDonnell crushed the most conservative Democrat nominee in decades, rolling up a victory that rivaled Ronald Reagan's rout of Walter Mondale. ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/05/gop/ Whenever someone uses the term "mainstream media," you can almost be certain it will be meant derisively. For folks on the right, "MSM" is convenient shorthand for talking about a nefarious elite bent on imposing radical leftism, both of the economic and cultural variety, on America. Indeed, despite the journalism ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/05/thinking-about-the-mainstream-media/ Three cheers for the smug. No doubt Michael Steele and Newt Gingrich had a lot to celebrate last night as not only two company men like Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell were elected to governorships in their respective states, but Doug Hoffman's loss of Congressional District that was in Republican ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/04/independent-mars/ Today, the White House issued a statement about Iran saying that it "hope[s] greatly that violence will not spread." Whatever one thinks about Team Obama's approach to Iran, surely everyone can agree with that statement. Violence is bad, right? Wrong, says Michael Ledeen, in blog post entitled, absurdly, "more from the ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/04/a-sad-day-to-be-michael-ledeen/ My recent trip to the Baltic included a week with the Royal Swedish Navy and the Swedish Marines, the First Amphibious Regiment. The hospitality of both surpassed anything I could have expected, including a chance to conn one of the superb Class 90 patrol craft through the skerries. At 40 ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/04/war-the-swedish-way/ At Hit & Run, Matt Welch points out a classic piece of so-bad-it's-actually-quite-weird journalism, from that mustachioed hippopotamus of globo-lib twaddle, Thomas L Friedman: How is it that a president who has taken on so many big issues, with very specific policies — and has even been awarded a Nobel Prize ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/04/flatulent-and-crowded-with-mental-garbage/ Don't assume they're not thinking about it. In fact they are. Seriously. Noah Shachtman at Wired found this scoop at Inside Defense (subscription only). One retired Lt. Col. George Crawford has written a report for the U.S Military's Joint Special Operations University calling for a "National Manhunting Agency," to train ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/03/team-america-global-police-force/ CNN Headline: Karzai calls for unity, end to corruption in Afghanistan It is astounding to see the western media treat Karzai like a legitimate winner and someone who has any credibility to fight corruption. This is akin to how the Soviet media treated the election "victories" of Stalin's puppets in East Europe. At ... http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/11/03/jesse-james-calls-for-ban-on-robbing-trains/