April 2003 Archives
Andrew Bostom writes in Front Page magazine:
On April 24, 1915, the Turkish Interior Ministry issued an order authorizing the arrest of all Armenian political and community leaders suspected of...Armenian nationalist sentiments...
Well, I made it. Fifty years old today.
And even though I've now reached the mid-point of my life, I still feel like this (left) on some mornings.
But, on the whole, I'd have to say I'm enjoying being alive, now, more than ever.
Because it's like Satchel Paige used to say:
"Age is just mind over matter -- if you don't mind, it don't matter."
If you're not watching "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, you're missing a very funny show:
When Mr. Stewart asked Mr. Colbert for his take on whether Saddam was dead or alive, the correspondent answered, "One thing is certain: If Saddam is dead, it greatly reduces his ability to control Iraq."
But wouldn't his death end his control entirely? asked Mr. Stewart.
Not necessarily, argued Mr. Colbert: "When this man appears in public no one is sure it's actually him, and yet he's held an iron grip on power since 1979 — 24 years of brutal dictatorship, all while only maybe existing.
"The point is we can kill Saddam Hussein but we won't win the war until we kill the idea of Saddam Hussein. So what we need to do is develop bombs that kill ideas."
(Link via The New York Times; account name=epluribusunum1, password=freepass)
Sigh. How can I explain this without sounding like a total geek?
I can't, so here goes...
Recently Dean Esmay, my good friend, was tickled that one of his readers presented him with a model of a Federation Starship dubbed "USS Esmay NCC-1865."
Biggest. Geek. Ever!
But wait, it gets better...
From MSNBC:
David Bloom, an NBC News correspondent embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division outside Baghdad, died Sunday, NBC announced. Bloom, a 39-year-old husband and father of three, died of an apparent pulmonary embolism, the company said. He was the second American journalist to die in Iraq since the war began.
I am shocked and saddened to read of David Bloom's death. I can only hope that his family will find the strength to go on.
I liked David Bloom and was familiar with his work.
Many voices have asked the question: can the war on terror be won purely by military means? The answer is certainly debatable. But if you answer yes to the question, then there must be a "USS Missouri moment" in your future.
More on that in a moment. But first, here is what POTUS said today:
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