En Passant

Recent Posts from En Passant

• The decision to try war criminals in U.S. civil courts

  will be looked upon as one of the biggest mistakes of the Obama administration.

• Great correction in today's New York Times

  "An article on Monday about difficulties for Muslims serving in the American armed forces described incorrectly the background of Michael A. Monsoor, a member of the Navy Seals. Mr. Monsoor was a Christian of Lebanese…

• Amazing how CNN commentators repeatedly brand the Fort Hood killer as a loner,

  while FoxNews commentators repeatedly brand him as a terrorist.

• In one New York weekend --

  Halloween, the Marathon, and the World Series. Wow.

• I'm in Costco Heaven.

  I can see Costco (in Long Island City) from my Manhattan apartment, I can drive to Costco in 10 minutes from my summer home near the Canadian border, and a new Costco is opening this…

• With Google trading at about 550,

  the media are ooh-ing and ah-ing a buy recommendation this morning, with a target of 700. Yet if Google were trading at 55, with the same market capitalization, no one would marvel at a target…

• Because he pushed through a health plan as governor,

  Mitt Romney will never become President of the United States.

• This may be the first time the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded

  to someone for not being George W. Bush.

• Jimmy Carter has done the impossible.

  He's shown that he could be worse as a former President than he was as a President.

• Hard to believe

  that the Empire State Building is lit up to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Chinese Communism!