Mailvox: a lieutenant sounds off

LT sends a similar response to Ben Shapiro’s recent columns from an Air Force intelligence officer on active duty: Kind of like un-Patriotic conservatives, Benjy Boy? I’m referring to David Frum’s screed in the National Review attacking Paul Craig Roberts, Robert Novak, Joseph Sobran, Pat Buchanan and other members of the Old Right. The NeoConservatives […]

Chickenhawk or not II

Is Ben Shapiro a chickenhawk? YES (I am a civilian) YES (I am a veteran or active-duty military) NO (I am a civilian) NO (I am a veteran or active-duty military) view results Easy online poll builder – free! $5 Web Hosting! Although I am notoriously skeptical of all things democratic, I am curious to […]

Mailvox: chickenhawks and other 11-letter words

GT expresses a veteran’s view: Thank you! I am a veteran who shares your sentiments regarding Boy Shapiro. I had even considered sending an email. But now I don’t have to since you have done so far more effectively than I could have. Not to mention the fact that the said email would only been […]

Mailvox: outside the Asylum

Scintan queries my consistency: Vox told me that I was over the line when I wrote that Cedarford was a known racist and anti-semite. This was in the same thread where Nate had wondered how Cedarford would find a way to prove both sides wrong since they were jews and where Vox had said that’s […]

Mailvox: chickenhawk or not

Craig has a theory: “I also notice that it seems the majority of people throwing around the term chickenhawk are not in the military and I think that says a lot.” I imagine that’s only because almost no one in the media is or was in the military. But let’s take a poll and see […]

The chickenhawk clucks

Ben Shapiro really, really doesn’t want to go to Iraq: Richard Bradley, one of the many cynical Sheehan-users over at Arianna Huffington’s website, expresses the “chickenhawk” argument this way: “Thanks in large part to Cindy Sheehan, people are starting to raise the issue of why Jenna and Barbara Bush aren’t serving in the military. It’s […]

Too close for chickenhawk comfort

Jonah Goldberg defends himself: Anybody who’s been on the receiving end of the “chickenhawk” epithet knows what I’m getting at. Various definitions of chickenhawk are out there, but the gist – as if you didn’t know – is “coward” or “unpatriotic hypocrite.” The accusation is less an argument than an insult. It’s also a form […]

Mailvox: But I LIKE my life

Lupa has the solution: I’m a woman, thank you very much, and to be completely honest with you–I’m perfectly happy with present marriage trends. I don’t want to get married. I have a BA in English; I graduated Magna cum laude. I’ve been living completely by myself and have maintained good credit doing so since […]

The empire of freedom

Ben Shapiro dreams of Rome: But now, America faces a crossroads. Since the death of the Soviet Union, we are unquestionably the world’s only superpower, the world’s remaining empire. Acquiring an empire requires a different mindset than maintaining and expanding one. Empires either decline or they grow. If America is to survive and flourish, Americans […]

What I learned in San Francisco

This is not a Ben Shapiro column, this is just a tribute. I’m a Midwestern boy, born and bred. I’ve lived in host of very small cities of which you’ve probably never heard, sometimes near live animals. Even though my parents are from the East Coast, the closest I’ve ever come to big city living […]