Exile in Portales

James S. Robbins in NRO : So how do the revelations in the Times help the terrorists? Think it through — if you were a terrorist and you bel...

" Snoopgate ." If I weren't part and parcel of the generation in question I'd fervently pray that all journalists of whate...

Nope, I'm not misquoting the man . As Steve Green sez, "(Bork) just scored some major points." Me? I'm having a seasonal ...

Why did the President authorize the NSA to conduct surveillance on U.S.-based communications? People familiar with the process say the probl...

Via blogdex : It's a Wonderful Internet! Very Cool.

I watched both, paying much more attention to last evening's speech than today's presser. My opinion? The President did a pretty goo...

But not much. The Zark-Man has a new (12/15) " Special Iraq Election Coverage " post up over at IowaHawk, complete with a separate...

Of Representatives, that is. I'm on my way to bed around 0115 this morning and click the channel one up from the Weather Channel to C-SP...

As is the case a lot (most?) of the time, last night's weather report was pessimistic. I raised my blinds about ten minutes ago and look...

Uh Oh I was gonna put up a post this past week about ice storms and the fact we don't have them here on the High Plains of New Mexico. ...

Home is Where You Park It (Click for Larger) The German Ambassador and his wife tour the Northeast US in an RV . I was drawn to this article...

The WaPo, in an article today (" Pushing the Limits Of Wartime Powers "), discusses Friday's revelation that the NSA has been ...

Random Thoughts... The ol' RV is gonna smell good in about an hour, it's already on the way. That pot of navy beans I was talking ...

The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) Houston, Texas. April, 2000. It’s somewhere just after 9:00 p.m., the weather is warm and humid,...

I thought the timing was fishy . The AP reports : The Senate on Friday refused to reauthorize major portions of the USA Patriot Act after cr...

I Just Can't Keep Up... Old news, I'm sure to those of you who are on my wavelength, but Iowahawk's favorite guest blogger put u...

via Protein Wisdom : Top Ten Kos Kidz Reactions to Today’s Elections In Iraq Un-flipping-believable. Make sure you read Jeff's summary o...

I enjoy reading E.J. Dionne from time to time, and my liberal friends never tire of sending me links to his columns. The man, rarely insigh...

Read Charles Krauthammer's column . Sample: To be sure, Holocaust denial and calls for Israel's destruction are commonplace in the M...

Nancy Pelosi (D-SFSSR*) quoted in the WaPo about a unified Democratic position on an "Iraq Exit Strategy": "There is no one ...