David Holman

I am watching the Allen-Webb debate today on and off. Just caught the last couple questions about gun control and Iraq funding. Webb echoed Allen’s support for robust gun rights. He then said would not vote to cut off Iraq…

Oriana Fallaci, a truly brave journalist, died in Italy today. Michelle Malkin has a comprehensive roundup of her jeremiads against jihad. George Neumayr wrote last year about her troubles with the Italian authorities.

I missed this earlier in the week (it’s been a busy one of supplementary jurisdiction, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and mens rea), but Judge Harvey Wilkinson had an eloquent op-ed in the Post Tuesday arguing against the Federal Marriage…

Larry, from that point of view, he probably won’t hurt me. But by that standard, neither would just about any president who promised not to raise taxes. If you throw in constructionist judges (and there is room for improvement over…

Philip, you are absolutely correct to highlight the importance of 9/11, terrorism in general, and national security in the 2008 vote. We haven’t had a Republican presidential primary since 9/11, so this one is hard to call. But anyone who…

That Zogby poll isn’t a traditional phone poll — it is the “Interactive” version, a self-selected sample of junkies through email. Zogby defends the methodology, but I will wait for the next SurveyUSA poll to weigh the extent of the…

Those insensitive astronomers are at it again, writes the New York Times: Pluto, with its small size and oddball orbit, should never have been deemed a planet in the first place. Henceforth there will be eight planets, at least three…

Philip, you are correct that it is a slur previously unknown. In that Washington Post story you linked to, the photo caption drops any nuance about the word: “Sen. George Allen had called S.R. Sidarth, a staffer of foe James…

New Republic senior editor Ryan Lizza finds it difficult to accept any evidence that contradicts his George Allen narrative. The Virginia Senator is an unrepentant racist hick who beats up his siblings, except when he’s faking it (which he must…

WUSA Channel 9 has apparently created a special graphic for every George Allen story, whether or not it is related to his “macaca” incident. For a story about President Bush campaigning for the Senator in Virginia Wednesday, WUSA includes Allen’s…