Author: boris

  • Iraq Is Free! Rejoice!!

    Hooray!! Iraq is now a free, sovereign nation! Let me repeat that because it just sounds so sweet… Iraq is free!!! What a blessed day! I woke to the news yesterday morning and ran out into the street, heart and bathrobe aflutter, waiting for the throngs to join me in spontaneous celebration… Hmm. Well, it…

  • Reagan, Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War

    I feel that someone in this space needs to comment in some way on the Reagan legacy, so I guess I will. The two biggest things that will linger in memory are clearly the end of the cold war (good) and Iran-Contra (not good). The Cold War ended on his watch, and he certainly deserves…

  • Air Fair

    My buddy Sean Hannity loves to talk about John Kerry’s private plane and multiple SUVs as a way of blowing smoke over any sort of talk about environmental or oil issues. In fact, his smoke screens alone have probably added significantly to global warning, but I digress… In today’s Chronicle, there is an article I’ve…

  • Abu Whaa???

    How do you pronounce “Abu Ghraib”? I’ve heard a few different variations. I use a long “A,” as in the word “brake.” Regardless of what is most correct, anyone who has discussed the prison abuses there has by now settled on a way to say it. So why was the President still trying to figure…

  • Sheriff Woody Reaches Out to the Iraqi People

    “Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way. As they do, Iraqis can be certain a free Iraq will always have a friend in the United States of America.” – President Bush, May 25, 2004 I’m reminded of Robin Williams years ago describing doing an impersonation of then-President Bush, Sr., saying you…

  • This is my show, so shut up!

    Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Richard Holbrook was on Hannity & Colmes Laugh-In last night, and provided for us a classic Hannity moment. I forget exactly what point was being made, but Holbrook was questioning something about Bush’s speech and policy and of course, midway through making a salient point, Sean tried to shut…