Hijab or Helmet

One continues to read stuff like this and it doesn't help but make one wonder if there is anybody in the Pentagon that has the foggiest idea what is going in the world. I am not one that is big on women fighting in the front lines, but that isn't the point. Either they are soldiers and treated like soldier or they aren't, and it seems to me that this directive does not exude the image that the woman in uniform is a soldier in hostile territory.

56

Yes, that is how old I am. But that doesn't have anything to do with the title of the post. If you are a baseball fan, then this book 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number In Sports is a great read, especially as Spring Training is underway and Opening Day is a week away or so. Not many of us ever saw DiMaggio play. Most of that generation is gone or going. I did see him in some Old Timer's games in the 60's and early 70's.

The book details the hitting streak. The author does a good job a describing many minute details, relationships and the stress on Joe and his teammates and manager. I recommend it. It does expose some of the human weaknesses of the Yankee Clipper but nothing you wouldn't expect especially compared to the man who replaced him in centerfield, Mickey Mantle.

A Courageous Man

Geert Wilders from the Netherlands is one of the bravest men I know. He is a politician so that may sound contradictory, but in this case it isn't. He delivered a speech in Rome yesterday dealing with multiculturalism and the problems in Europe. You can and should read it in its entirety right here.

Steyn This Week

Mark Steyn is back from a 2 month hiatus and this article shows why he is a delight to read.

USA Inc

We know that the country has a fiscal crisis that is worse than anything in it's history. This report is eyeopening. This is much worse than radioactive clouds working their way across the ocean.

China Syndrome

For any interested this may be more informative than anything you have heard or read on the nuclear power plant situation in Japan.

Grandkids Take Some Effort

So, our daughter and her husband had a meeting to attend for a couple of days. That means we were able to watch the two grandsons overnight. Here you can see them in action playing with some trucks borrowed from one of our great neighbors. They came Friday afternoon and left Saturday afternoon. We had a lot of fun. Saturday afternoon our daughter arrived to pick them up. Little Adelaide was tired of riding in the car so laying on the carpet was great. She is two months old and starting to get some weight on her. She thinks she is talking already and has started smiling a lot. It's tough to be a grandparent.

You Read About this Stuff and Cannot Believe It.

I can see just a small, dim, hint of rationale behind the policy that this is based on. It is really quite dim though. I seems to me if a young man sees a woman with her hands full, trying to come through the door, that the young man would hopefully open the door for the woman. I would be disappointed if he didn't. How many female gunpersons have we had in schools anyway?

Semper Fi

This goes without saying. I understand the Supreme Court decision on free speech and the Westboro clan, but I must say that Westboro has no common decency.