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Some of our favorites express their Ahmadinejad opinions.
The Captain is first.
… No one will learn anything from Ahmadinejad’s visit today that they didn’t know before. He’s an uneducated buffoon who serves as a convenient mouthpiece for the Iranian theocrats who hold the real power in Iran. Unfortunately, Columbia has given the buffoon more prestige for his rambling and disjointed discourse. They have bestowed academic legitimacy to Holocaust denial, as well as to rabid anti-Semitism. Will Bollinger next invite the Imperial Wizard of the KKK to speak as an honored guest at Columbia, and will a rude introduction be seen as enough to justify the appearance? …
… It appears that for too many universities, “intellectual freedom” really represents the freedom to hear ideas the reigning liberals on campus consider acceptable and to flout the sensibilities of ordinary Americans by showing radical-chic tolerance for the likes of Mr. Ahmadinejad. But when it comes to a serious exchange of views with distinguished Americans who happen to differ with them, that’s beyond the pale.
… Fortunately, there are other and better solutions being developed than anything in the works at Columbia to deal with Ahmadinejad’s nuclear-weapons program, elements of which are buried deep underground in hardened facilities across Iran.
Defense Daily reports today that Northrop-Grumman is making rapid progress in bringing on board a new weapon. Here is its dispatch based upon an interview with Harry Heimple, a company spokesman:
By next year a 30,000-pound bomb capable of blasting into subterranean tunnels will begin operating in the Air Force’s bomber fleet, according to industry officials. …
Peter Wehner has more on the MoveOn ad.
Gordon Chang on the obsequious apology by Mattel.
Nicole Gelinas reviews Greenspan’s book for NY Post.
The Economist obits a parrot.
And a better than average humor section.