Rabe Ramblings

Though I'd vowed to myself I wouldn't, I turned on the convention last night. I couldn't help myself. Some quick thoughts: ...

The always-funny conservative writer Rob Long has a piece in the liberal Slate magazine about how weak the Republicans' "celebrity...

The Kerry people can't have it both ways. For the past 18 months, when anything-- anything --good happens to Bush or bad happens to t...

Josh Elliott from SI nails the landing . I give him a 9.9. (Thanks to Anne for the tip.)

Rodney Dangerfield had a great line the other day as he was preparing to undergo surgery to replace a heart valve. When asked how long h...

Russian officials have now found traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of the two airliners that crashed within four minutes of each ...

John Kerry today issued a ridiculous challenge to President Bush to debate him once a week, every week, up until the election starting now....

Let me see if I understand this correctly: Two Russian airliners taking off from the same terminal crashed within four minutes of each other...

As I've mentioned before, I can't recommend the writings of John Piper highly enough. The folks at Crossway books have done ever...

I haven't had much to say about the whole Swift Boat thing because there just hasn't been much to add. But I will say this: the r...

Jeff Jacoby offers his own beautiful defense of "price-gouging" . Mine was first, but his is better.

It occured to me that I might be suspected of harboring undue cynicism towards the Olympics. But I don't. Not undue cynicism, anyway. ...

Well, it's the Olympic season again, which means it's time for the predictable, inevitable judging controversy . Why does this al...

As you can imagine, the topic of "price gouging" is rather huge over in Southwest Florida right now. Tensions are high, which mea...

I'm back from Punta Gorda, and as you've seen on the news, the area is devastated. There's not a building in the area left un...

Heading over to Punta Gorda later this morning to pitch in. Should be back on Thursday if all goes well. If you haven't done so alre...

Hey, did you realize the Olympics began on Friday? Me neither. I haven't cared this little about something since the musical career ...

William Saletan of the liberal online magazine Slate provides some much needed clarity in the stem cell fog being generated by the Democrat...

Would it be going too far to say that I think Americans ought to actually consider taking up arms to oppose the "international monitors...

I started reading Kenneth A. Myers' All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes last night, and nearly devoured the whole thing in one ...