Only in Iraq, of course. Jim Henley explains. For more on the theory of the unitary executive, see Jennifer Van Bergen.

Jonathan Schwarz thinks this takes the cake, but perhaps he should have waited for the follow-up, in which Jim Geraghty denies being an "imbicile." UPDATE: Michael Ledeen thinks we're all idiots.

For those of you who've been jonesing for a dose of unreported awesomeness in Mesopotamia ever since Chrenkoff quit dealing, here ya go. The Rackees are totally standing up! Of course, you'll never hear that from the treasonous U.S. officers actually in Iraq. (Via.)

Arthur Silber cuts through the  BS.

You've been imbecilized. Go here and type "Kerry" in the FIND feature on your browser.

Letter of the week comes from Zev Berkovich, who could be the next great warblogger: Subject: You guys are crazy (and extremely misinformed) Hi, I’m sorry to say, but you guys don’t seem to understand anything about what’s going on in the Middle East. Are you...

There's a strict taboo in the column-writing business against recycling ideas. So let me start with something fresh. Jonah Goldberg is a lying sack of bad arguments. I know, I know. I've said it before. And I enjoy saying it now. So, what's fresh about my...

Most commentary on North Korea, by hawks and doves alike, posits a false dilemma: either "get tough" with Kim Jong-Il (thus far, this has meant talk tough, because there's no military solution that doesn't end with Seoul in ashes), or send him money. This naturally...

Last week, a mortar attack on a U.S. ammo-storage site in Baghdad "set off a series of explosions … that shook buildings miles away." If you're wondering what such a thing looks like, watch the video below. Note in particular the explosion at 3:57....

In Japan, that is – one of our closest allies, whose discussion of developing nukes was only a response to Kim Jong-Il's growing arsenal – but, hey, let's go ahead and chalk this up to Dubya's refusal to tolerate Saddam's WMD.