from the 'conservative wit' department

Here's a question for all the bloggers at The Corner: with all the disdain you show for your pet targets -- France and soccer being two -- what would you say to anyone who dismissed, say, NASCAR or Wyoming with your level of vehemence? For that matter, how many prominent writers can you name who mock 'Heartland' pasttimes with this much vitriol?

That isn't a rhetorical quesotion. I'd genuinely like to see examples. Because what John Podhoretz just wrote about the World Cup finals isn't worthy of a college magazine.

World Cup Observation [John Podhoretz]
Instead of playing the match and losing, why didn't France simply surrender the way it always does?
Posted at 5:12 PM


More World Cup Observations [John Podhoretz]
This is astounding: A French player assaulting an Italian player during the finals match. I gather that the incident began when the Italian player said, "You know what? I like Jews."

attention, all hands attention

The 80s are over, and we live dreary lives devoid of innocence.




That is all.

photo courtesy of Jack Black's Body