"The Television War" An essay after my own heart, by Brendan Bernhard in The LA Weekly: If the first 10 days of the war had been a tennis match, the....

At Lex Communis & Lead and Gold A worthy blog at Peter Sean Bradley's Lex Communis. (If the archive link doesn't work, look on the main page for the blog....

Ain't That the Truth Bill Cork blogs today a couple of articles (one by Robert Fisk, another by Scott Ritter) you have to see to believe: Unreal.

Advice for George McGovern And some for the Republicans, too. Re: The Reason Why. Advice for George McGovern: spend the rest of your days reading Chesterton, Lewis, and Tolkien. Maybe....

Striking at Baghdad The assault on Baghdad is well underway: the international airport is 12 miles from downtown. The invasion proceeding towards the heart of the city is in progress.....

Through the Gates of Baghdad As told to Jed Babbin by Ollie North: .... He said the pilots were amazingly cool under fire, but his highest praise was for the....

One Hundred Thousand Iraqi Military Casualties? That's what Bill O'Reilly and Col. David Hunt said on The O'Reilly Factor this evening. 100,000 Iraqi military casualties. One. Hundred. Thousand. Lord, have....

Being Martin Sheen A fine putdown of the actor by a poli-sci professor: .... Sheen is an actor, and a good one at that. His political thought, however, rivals that....

"Seeing is Believing: And It Always Will Be" The Wall Street Journal, too, has a good article on the LAT doctored-photo debacle. One bit especially caught my eye: .... Photojournalists....

Nonchalant Bureaucratic Bullsh*t Is Going to Get More People Killed Margaret has called my attention to an article at phillyBurbs.com. We must be on guard against the accumulation of too....

"L.A. Times Photographer Fired Over Altered Image" A long analysis at Poynter, including some interesting downloads. (Thanks, Susanna.)

Michael Kelly, RIP I am seeing reports that WP columnist and Atlantic Monthly editor Michael Kelly has been killed in Iraq. I will blog more as I find it. Requiescat....

"Rediscovered Optimism Puts the United Back Into USA" A fine column by David Brooks in today's London Times: Let the over-exuberance recommence! Washington is in the grip of a series....

Journalists Get Better Acquainted With Iraqi Methods Than Had Been Planned In The London Times yesterday: “We kill, we kill,” muttered the Iraqi driver of the pick-up truck speeding through....

Corrie vs. Lynch At Pro Deo et patria.

Rummy the Poet I like this.

"The Grim View from the Times" Thanks to Rachel DiCarlo for so kindly providing evidence of what I was talking about in War and Life: It shouldn't surprise anyone that....

Mork And... Mufti? Vide at The Mighty Barrister.

Mark Steyn, Brilliant as Usual At National Post yesterday: .... I tuned in to the CBC the other night and saw the pews of a church. No church in particular,....

Is Andrew Greeley Really This Dumb? As revealed in his Chicago Sun-Times column today: .... The American plan was to ''decapitate'' Iraq in the first air attack, then to ''shock....

Mike Farrell the Marxoid Revealed in an article at FrontPage Magazine yesterday: By now, Mike Farrell probably figures he’s got the nation fooled. For over 20 years, the Hollywood actor....

A Very Helpful Primer on Military Command Diction Vide. (Thanks, Peter.)

"The Truth as Only a Liar Can Tell It" Dom, bless his heart, is at it again. Don't miss it.

Rod Dreher Hears From a Reader I know some of you, Faithful Readers, will not want to miss this at The Corner today. Update: correction and apology (priest identified as....

From Michael Kelly at the Front Line And an editorial at The Washington Times. A splendid illustration of what I wrote about yesterday. God bless Michael Kelly and all the....

Thanks for the Notices of "War and Life" Thanks for the notice of War and Life: What the Naysayers Seem to Be Missing to Eric Belk at The Mighty Barrister,....

Pfc. Jessica Lynch: You Go Girl! 'She Was Fighting to the Death' (WP) How Daring 'Midnight Ballet' Brought Pfc. Jessica Lynch Back From the Enemy's Evil Clutches (NYP) Saving Private....

Upscale Neighborhood Responds With Signs of Patriotism Mark Sullivan reported the other day that an upscale neighborhood, home to a "thoroughly cloying and off-putting aggregation of anti-American twit pacifists", is....

"It's Time to Toughen Up, Unify, and Rally the Home Front" A most worthy article by Victor Keith Williams at FindLaw's Writ, Mar. 29: .... In the eighteen months since....

Los Angeles Times Fires Photographer Who Altered Photo Good on them. For a change. little green footballs has it covered.

2002 GIRM The long-awaited English translation. (Thanks, Bill.)

"Where Do They Get Young Men Like This?" "Where do they get young men like this?" America, for one place. [Follow-up: "Where Do They Get Young Men Like This?" Seems....

War and Life What the Naysayers Seem to Be Missing E. L. Core “It’s a Bad Plan Leading to Disaster!” One can sense a disconnect among the crowd that spouts....

2002 Floral Flag An old friend of mine e-mailed this to me today: It was accompanied by the following text, for which (of course) I cannot vouch: Between the field....

Smiles and Cheers for Coalition Troops In Najaf, Iraq. In The New York Times today: Hundreds of American troops marched into town at midday today and were greeted by its....

O'Brien vs. Botean The battle of the bishops. Today's Washington Post has an article delineating the different approaches to the War Against Saddam Hussein by Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, of....

Why Can't American Journalists Root for the Home Team During Wartime? Good question from David Frum today: I am not a believer in journalistic “objectivity” in wartime. Journalists who cover....

West Virginia is Ecstatic Over Jesse Lynch's Rescue And so is everybody else! :) Vide. (Thanks, Kevin.)

"Text of Slain Soldier's Last Letter Home" By Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, who was killed Saturday, March 29, 2003. The letter, dated Feb. 22, was published in an AP article....

Hurrah! Jessica Lynch Rescued! This news just made my day. :)

Pop Quiz If anybody can explain this — of which I have had no knowledge until this very hour — please let me know. (Unless, of course, you think it....

"The PR War" A good column by Debra Saunders in today's San Francisco Chronicle: When mainstream journalists report both sides of racism -- pro and con, with equal weight --....

Finally, a Crown Vide.

A Level of Sanity From a reader: I appreciate the work you are doing to keep a level of sanity available & accessible. Also enjoyed the "protestwarriors" link; have a....

"I'll Take It From Here" A drawing ascribed to a GI. Margaret sent me this today, which had been forwarded to her as the work of a GI. There seems....

More on the Pope and the War A reader forwarded the following e-mail message: Dear Correspondent, One has received the impression from the media that the Pope is against our....

"War in the Gulf: What the Pope Really Said" A valuable compilation by Sandro Magister at L'Espresso Online: There’s war in Iraq. A war strongly opposed up to the last....

"Don't Ask the Media Who's Winning the War" A good article by Bobby Eberle at FrontPage Magazine today: The United States military is truly one of the marvels of the....

Blog Stuff I have made a few more changes to the Links column on the main page: added Remember September 11; and, added Columnists. I am thinking now about switching....

"This is Not Vietnam - the Allies Are Well on the Way to Victory" In today's London Telegraph by military historian John Keegan: Somewhere in my collection of First World....

"We Can Take It" Yes, we can. Wisdom from Peggy Noonan at OpinionJournal today: .... The second Gulf War will not be quick. And one senses no one will doubt,....

"Hear No Victory, See No Victory, Report No Victory" Hugh Hewitt slams The Los Angeles Times today at The Weekly Standard: .... The Los Angeles Times and other papers and....

"War and the Eclipse of Moral Reasoning" I highly recommend this remarkable paper by Dr. Philip Blosser, August 16, 2002, at the Ratzinger Fan Club: .... The greatest challenge to....

Another Take on Embeddeds Another look at, and from, embedded journalists, from Howard Kurtz in today's Washington Post: John Roberts, the CBS newsman traveling with the 1st Marine Division, is....

"What's Wrong with the Arab World?" A thoughtful column by Jonah Goldberg at NRO today: .... The Arab world is a basket case, economically and politically (morality we can debate....

Spam I have received 34 e-mail messages so far today. Every one of them spam.

Fallen Warriors The roll, at Defend America, of all the military personnel who have died in the War on Terrorism. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat eis.....

Holy Baptism I was baptized this day, Palm Sunday, 1958. Here are selections from Ven. John Henry Newman's Parochial and Plain Sermons concerning the mystery: Regenerating Baptism Infant Baptism Infant....