November 11, 2006

More Corner Follies.....

With the exception of Stuttaford and Brookhiser (oh, and getting to read the Administration talking points Lowry dutifully passes on), I only read The Corner for its comedic factor these days (Bill Buckley, in private moments, must be dismayed by the ludicrousness of it all). But, it must be said, the burlesque has really been quite something of late, not bad as cheap entertainment, as far as it goes. Why, even Michelle Malkin has felt compelled to comment on some of the passing show, addressing Michael Rubin's latest high-brow musings. She called them silly, in fact, which is rather a damning charge coming from Michelle. But yes, as Malkin points out, mistaking run of the mill forum shopping for some dark Teuton stab in the back (pull our bases East to Bucharest!) is rather silly, indeed idiotic. Perhaps it's just that Michael is still traumatized somewhat by his tempestuous Icelandic passage? I know Michael, it's a big, scary world out there, isn't it? But please, let's separate navel-gazing umbrage from policy recommendations, OK?

(Bill Buckley, in private moments, must be dismayed by the ludicrousness of it all

Not such private moments, as I recall. Didn't he take an offhand shot at the current roster of writers recently? Perhaps it was a different old conservative.

Posted by: SomeCallMeTim at November 11, 2006 05:55 AM | Permalink to this comment

I missed the debate over the eastward expansion of NATO, which seems to have been open for less than a day. For a long time all I heard on the subject was that the possibility was too remote to be worth discussing. Then one day, all I heard was that the expansion was a foregone conclusion, and there was still no point in discussing it.

Since the purpose of NATO expansion is presumably to enable projection of power yet further east, the eastward shif of US basing seems to be overdue.

Posted by: David Tomlin at November 11, 2006 11:52 AM | Permalink to this comment

James Wolcott has a marvelous take-down of the present shenanigans of the Corner, particularly K-Lo.

Posted by: grumpy realist at November 11, 2006 08:58 PM | Permalink to this comment