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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 BOYCOTT AHMADINEJAD The Editors encourage the students of Columbia University to take a stand: The young men and women of Morningside Heights aren’t being asked to risk their lives for their country, but they should be expected to stand in solidarity with those who bravely do. Mark Goldblatt reminds NYC officials that he’s the enemy. Travis Kavulla doubts he’ll say anything worthwhile at Columbia. Mark Hemingway spots a “fake but true” headline. Greg Pollowitz suggests that Columbia invite Salman Rushdie to debate him. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IRAN. The Editors :What emerges from these details is a simple story: Iran is striving mightily to defeat the U.S. in Iraq because it knows that only by doing so can it impose its designs on the Middle East. Those designs include the rollback of American influence in the region, the formation of alliances to challenge U.S. power, the expansion of rule by sharia, and the destruction of Israel. Iranian dominance within this order is to be guaranteed by the atomic bombs that no one seriously doubts the mullahs are trying to build. Today’s Senate amendment won’t do a lot to stop all that. But it will give senators a chance to tell us whether they think it should be stopped. NUKES AND RUMORS OF NUKES. Charles Krauthammer insists upon knowing what, precisely, Iran is brewing. ROUNDING UP THE NEWS. Michael Rubin has the latest happenings in Iran. W. Thomas Smith is tracking the headlines in the military. RIGHT ON. Mona Charen thanks Norman Podhoretz for his much needed book, World War IV. SUSPICIOUS BLACKWATER. Mark Hemingway examines the allegations against military contractor Blackwater. YOU THE MAN, DAN. Jonah Goldberg delights in the beauty and necessity of the Rather case: Frankly, we need this. And by “we,” I mean a grand coalition of people who delight in watching one of the 20th century’s most pompous gasbags fall from the top of the laughingstock tree and hit every branch on the way down. These are dour times, and if Gunga Dan and Hurricane Dan and What’s-The-Frequency-Kenneth Dan want to trade their Afghan robes, yellow windbreakers and enormous tinfoil hats for some baggy pants, bright-orange wigs and floppy shoes, I say let them. I just hope all of the Dans show up at the courthouse in a teensy-weensy clown car. WHAT THEY SPEND YOUR MONEY ON. Pat Toomey rebukes Congress for making peace gardens and bike paths their top financial priority. NO DEAL, AL. Iain Murray deduces that Al Gore’s latest global warming proposition is just more snake oil. CHEERIO, RUDY! Giuliani visits Britain, but native Brit Tim Montgomerie wonders if the U.K. that Rudy described is the same one he sees. ON TARGET. Jim Geraghty has the play by play of how the candidates are playing at the NRA Convention. POVERTY MAKES US SICK. Rich Lowry implores us to embrace global capitalism “for the children.” DERB RADIO. Listen as John Derbyshire discusses Nepalese goat sacrifices, Sarkozy on immigration and Ahmadinejad in New York. THEY SAVED THE WORLD. Rebecca Cusey recommends Ken Burns’s new WWII documentary, The War. I’VE GOT A MAN-CRUSH ON YOU. Hollywood’s greatest couples include Rhett and Scarlett, Rick and Ilsa, and…John and Jeremy? Justin Shubow unveils the next iteration of rom-com flicks. BAD DAY FOR A HIKE. Deroy Murdock warns Democrats that this is not the season for a tax hike. SUPPLY-SIDED BY BUSH. Larry Kudlow on the president’s economic self-analysis. NO FOOLIN'? Mandela's not dead?! False outrage from White House watchers. BECAUSE IT’S FRIDAY. Mysterious illnesses in Peru brought about by a meteorite strike! Brady Bunch gone wild! The vocal stylings of Mark Steyn! And forget about Bushitler, Bushussein is the new slur of choice! NRO, EASY. SIGN UP FOR “NRO DIGEST” E-MAIL DELIVERY. Just enter your e-mail address below to sign up for e-mail delivery of this feature every weekday and we’ll do the rest: |
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