Good news from Iraq, part 34
Note: Also available at "The Opinion Journal" and Winds of Change. Many thanks to James Taranto and Joe Katzman for providing the venues for good news, and many thanks for all the readers and fellow...
View ArticleIraqis - keen and optimistic
Our special correspondent Haider Ajina translated the results of the latest opinion poll published in the August 29th edition of the Iraqi Arabic newspaper “Alhayat”:"New Iraqi Poll shows 88% will vote...
View ArticleHitch = Hitler
You haven't quite made it until you've been called a fascist.So - welcome to the club, Hitch. Glad to have you with us.That this life-long Trotskyite and a mortal and vocal enemy of bin Ladenism and...
View ArticleUnloved in the hour of need
With Katrina devastating the South, many, from Fox’s Neil Cavuto to blogger California Conservative, ara asking the question: where is the foreign humanitarian aid?To be sure, the trendy...
View ArticleNight Trains: a free sample
Before TwilightI put the gun to the back of the woman’s head. The muzzle almost brushes against her bronze hair, once glorious, now matted and lifeless after al l the sleepless nights and the long...
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Solidarity, 25 years on
Rafal Malko/Agencja GazetTwenty five years ago a seed was planted in a little crack on the communist monolith. That day, August 31, 1980, no one expected that the seed would grow to be a huge tree...
View ArticleA bit more loved today
Katrina – the world responds, sort of. Mostly with words, which are always nice, but not much action.The rest is indifference, combined with the “America had it coming” attitude and debates whether...
View ArticleHurricane exploitation - the quotes
Update: More here.Arguably not as stupid and inane as some of the quotes following the Asian tsunami (see here and here), one of the biggest natural disasters in American history has nevertheless...
View ArticleKathleen versus Katrina
Life imitates Chrenkoff:It will be interesting to see whether the left, which criticised the Bush team for not getting the US military to stop the looting in the post-liberation Iraq, will now call for...
View ArticleIraqi shenanigans
An intriguing report from "Al Dostoor" that the former interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has met with figures from the Association of Muslim Scholars and the Iraqi Islamic Party, and done a deal...
View ArticleMississippi versus Louisiana
One of Chrenkoff readers reflects on different responses to the Katrina devastation throughout the South:I read Gov. Blanco's (D-LA) statement too with some weird bemusement. Free tip - contrast the...
View ArticleCaravan of fools
Some things are beyond parody:The controversial MP George Galloway, who is to tour America this month accompanied by Jane Fonda, the Hollywood star, will be sharpening his critique of the Iraq war in...
View ArticleLike a dream come true
New Orleans - just like Baghdad, only crunchy. Well, everyone seems to agree:Iraq's deputy ambassador to the United Nations yesterday drew a comparison between the way U.S. troops have been sent to New...
View ArticleHurricane quotes continue
Updatedand moved to the top: Scroll down.Katrina might be a spent force, but it still continues to loosen lips and bring forth torrents of strangeness even - or particularly - in jurisdictions...
View ArticleThe big one
This is probably the biggest single hurricane donation so far:The oil-rich Persian Gulf state of Kuwait said Sunday it will donate $500 million in aid to U.S. relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.The...
View ArticleGood news from Afghanistan, part 16
Note: Also available from "The Opinion Journal" and Winds of Change. As always, big thanks to James Taranto and Joe Katzman for their support of the series, and to all my readers and fellow bloggers...
View ArticleTwo tribes
In the absence of information and outside assistance, groups of rich and poor banded together in the French Quarter, forming "tribes" and dividing up the labor.As some went down to the river to do the...
View ArticleThe sins of (a) commission
The inevitable happens:With many blaming the growing scope of Katrina's devastation on the Bush administration, Sen. Hillary Clinton called yesterday for a 9/11-style probe into how the federal...
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"The Flight That Fought Back"
The story of Flight 93 is extraordinary. "The Flight That Fought Back" is an extraordinary documentary.On September 11, at 9 PM (ET/PT), Discovery Channel will screen this documentary in the United...
View ArticleConversion on the road to Huston
In the last week, Joseph Brant lost his apartment, walked by scores of dead in the streets, traversed pools of toxic water and endured an arduous journey to escape the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in...
View ArticleBlogs aren't enough
John at Powerline is writing about the latest AP/Ipsos poll numbers, which show President Bush getting hammered on just about every issue, from the response to Katrina, through Iraq and war on terror,...
View ArticleAll the "Good news", all in one spot
Even though the links to all my "Good news from Iraq" and "Good news from Afghanistan" round-ups are available on the side bar (and yes, I finally got around to updating them), many readers have asked...
View ArticleGood news from Iraq, part 35
Note: Also available from "The Opinion Journal" and Winds of Change. As this is my last contribution to the series, an extra special thanks to James Taranto and Joe Katzman, as well as to countless...
View ArticleThe last post
Here we go - as foreshadowed a few week ago, it's the time to say good-bye.I'm not one for making speeches (at least not for myself), so let me just say: thank you. Thank you for all your support and...
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Night Trains
"Night Trains" is now available from Amazon and major bookshopsRead the first few chapters of the bookPeople are talking about "Night Trains":Robert Ferrigno, the bestselling author of "Prayers for the...
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