War

I've written a few posts about 9/11 over the years. My wife used to work for Aon, which lost over 170 people on 9/11, and she'd met at least one of them, a nice guy named Jim Berger. And a few years ago, I stumbled across the memoral for U.S. Navy Commander Dan F. Shanower in Naperville. Then last year, I wrote about my discomfort over the 9/11 memorial in Manhattan, and I … [Read more...] about A Few Thousand Other People Worth Remembering

In an effort to keep you up-to-date, Windypundit has sent its spy satellite (WindySat) to check out the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan to see if we could spot the downed Black Hawk helicopter. Sure enough! There it is. That black "X" shaped object to the left of the building. OK, I admit it. WindySat is down for repairs so I had to get this from GeoEye. Still, pretty … [Read more...] about Exclusive WindySat Imagery!

I know this is very, very wrong, but... (Hat tip: Matt Welch) … [Read more...] about Best Osama Death Reaction Ever

Yes, the Wicked Witch is dead. The world is certainly a better place without Osama Bin Laden in it. I would have preferred that Bin Laden had been captured and put on trial, but I suppose he had no intention of allowing that to happen. A capture and trial would have highlighted the difference between vendetta and justice. It also would have softened the inevitable images of … [Read more...] about Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead!

For almost a decade we have had heavy-handed rights abuses all in the name of keeping people safe from threats which kill far fewer people than traffic accidents do each year. We allow the files on your laptop to be perused with no cause. We take for granted that people can be detained indefinitely without being tried or even accused of a crime. The United States now … [Read more...] about Police State Security Meets Puritan Morality