[Congressman Billybob]

Peggy Noonan is a fine writer who's usually spot on, however,.... She was way off base in her criticism of Bush's Second Inaugural. Bush did not neglect history. To the contrary, he learned well from it.

He learned from the strength and style of the best of his predecessors, including Lincoln especially. And regarding history, he learned from Jefferson's War against the Barbary Pirates, a war declared in almost the same language now that Congress used to authorize Jefferson to pursue those Muslim bandits wherever they might be found.

Congressman Billybob [TWO different columns this week]

Click for latest, "Homer, Shakespeare, Pope, and George Bush"

Click for latest, "Dusty Rhodes, a Death in the Family"

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Do you really think she's usually spot on? She's close a lot, but spot on? I wouldn't say so. And she talks in circles sometimes, like she has no real point to make or she hasn't thought it out yet. Just my opinion. I think she would be a good fiction writer. As for politcal opinion, I'd rather read Congressman Billybob.