Rabe Ramblings

We've lost William F. Buckley, (arguably) the most important conservative of the 20th century. In the coming days, many will try to su...

At the risk of sounding self-congratulatory, here's something I wrote the morning after the 2006 elections, about a year and a half ago...

I don't exactly know why, but every time I watch this, I find myself laughing uncontrollably:

Well. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and I hope you had a nice Valentine's day. It looks like I needed a little bit of a blog break....

Here's my favorite headline of the day, from the AP (via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch): Report: Abstinence not curbing teen sex Ummmm......

I haven't had any free time to post in ages, but I couldn't let one addition--er, subtraction--go unnoticed on my "I Can't ...

A new change to the "I Can't Believe They're Still Alive" list. Everyone who is still alive on this list, please take on...

From a question & answer column in TIME Magazine with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin: Given what happened with Lisa Nowak, should astr...

D. James Kennedy died yesterday at the age of 76. I had the privilege of working for Dr. Kennedy for the past six years. A lot has been wri...

Yesterday morning on XM Satellite Radio's "Home Plate" baseball channel, host Mark Patrick read this column on the air, and I...

One of Newsweek's own columnists , Robert Samuelson, publicly de-pantses them over their tendentious and insipid global warming cover s...

I was saddened to hear yesterday of the death of Phil Rizzuto. I am among those who believe he was a shaky Hall of Fame selection; indeed, h...

Last week, Newsweek magazine soiled the bed over the so-called global warming "denial machine," demonizing as money-tainted obscu...

A few months ago, it was TIME magazine that pooped its collective panties over the current global warming frenzy. This week, it's Newsw...

For some strange reason, in the last 24 hours I've heard Barry Bonds referred to as "Barry Lamar Bonds" half a dozen times in ...

Last weekend, I did something I didn't think I'd do: attend my 20 year high school class reunion. Now, I happen to have loved high s...

There have been several notable deaths this week. First, legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman scratched himself off my "Can't ...

From Will Leitch at Deadspin.com, which I won't link to because of some language violations: Yes, Tony, we understand, the game could ha...

I've had it with Tony La Russa. I just can't take it anymore. Yes, I wrote some wild-eyed accolades in the heat of the World Series...

I've been out of town on business and then on vacation, all of which has kept me away from here for the last couple of weeks. But while ...