Category Archives: Agora

Watched

Posted on May 20, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Who said it? I’m struggling with seeing the deployment of cameras in our local villages as being a benefit to policing. If it’s in our villages—are we really moving towards an Orwellian situation with cameras on every street corner? I … Continue reading →

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Fallout

Posted on March 8, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The New York Times ran an analysis of the Libby case today that argues the verdict will change the way the press covers the government. Would that it does. “Every tenet and every pact that existed between the government and … Continue reading →

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Armenophobia

Posted on March 8, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Thomas Nephew has done such a fine job demolishing the insipid op-ed by Jackson Diehl in the Washington Post on H.R. 106 (the Armenian Genocide Resolution) that it seems almost sufficient to merely point to his blog entries (here and here). … Continue reading →

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Libbyphilia

Posted on March 7, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

It’s been a banner week over at the Washington Post. On Monday they run a rotten op-ed piece pooh-poohing the Armenian genocide (more on that later this week). And today’s Post brings a truly execrable editorial on the Libby verdict. … Continue reading →

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Stunning

Posted on February 20, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Captain Kirk to Chekov and Sulu: “Phasers on ‘stun’ …” It’s not a handheld device … yet. Raytheon’s Silent Guardian™: Your tax dollars at work. William Saletan at Slate reports: Three weeks ago, the U.S. armed forces tested it on … Continue reading →

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Scary

Posted on February 2, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Photos by Vanderlin “Looks like a bomb t’me. Whaddya think, Mick?” “Yuh, could be. Better blow id up just in case.”

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Protest

Posted on January 29, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

It’s progress of sorts. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post described how “tens of thousands” marched in Washington on Saturday in protest against the Iraq war. In September 2005, an even bigger march was characterized by the … Continue reading →

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Blame

Posted on November 29, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

It looks like Phase I of our new Iraq exit strategy is going full bore. The US foreign policy poobahs are now singing a new choral tune: “It’s All the Iraqis’ Fault.” It’s the 2006 version of the smash hit … Continue reading →

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20/20

Posted on November 9, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Apropos Rummy’s departure, a pundit had this to say (among other things): Indeed, Rumsfeld’s dominance of the cabinet and the Bush administration may have guaranteed that America chose the entirely wrong paradigm for the past five years. Notwithstanding the spectacular … Continue reading →

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Better

Posted on November 8, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

So far, so good. The House falls from the GOP’s grip. The Senate may end up with 49 Republicans. Fingers crossed for Jon Tester in Montana. Fingers crossed less tightly for Jim Webb in Virginia—it looks like he’s also headed … Continue reading →

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