MEMORIAL DAY READING: If you haven’t already, you should read this piece by Victor Davis Hanson, which reminded me a lot of this book by Jack McCall.

TAPPED is on the warpath about the Minnesota Green Party, which is running a candidate against embattled Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone. Being of Native American extraction myself, I’m particularly offended by the Greens’ comments on Native Americans’ mental abilities.

DANIEL WIENER says that the Drudge story about Administration unhappiness regarding the Clancy Sum of All Fears movie is the real story. The only reason to leak stuff like that, Wiener suggests, is to get the movie more publicity. He draws some interesting conclusions about why that might be the case — and he’s got comments enabled, so you can add your own observations.

MEDIAPUNDIT says he/she predicted that it would turn out Democrats had as much advance warning about bin Laden’s plans as Bush did, back on May 16th. Advantage: Mediapundit!

I JUST RAN ACROSS this interesting interview with Ralph Peters on homeland security. (Via Cockalorum).

WOW. I can’t remember a President delivering a public dressing-down to a reporter like this one delivered to David Gregory of NBC. First Rumsfeld, now Bush: it must seem unfair. The rule is supposed to be that reporters ask dumb and slanted questions, and politicians don’t call them on it.

How are you going to be a media bigfoot if people actually start mocking you when you deserve it? But, you know, the press has been acting like the press in a Saturday Night Live skit for years. They shouldn’t be surprised that Bush is picking up on his role. And this indicates that the White House isn’t scared of the press, because it thinks Americans don’t respect the David Gregorys of the world — which should scare the press most of all

DAVE KOPEL says that “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh has chutzpah.

I KEEP CHECKING OVER AT SAMIZDATA to see if Dale Amon has posted a report from the International Space Development Conference in Denver, where enviro-wackos are supposed to have been pushing for a ban on lunar development. So far, nothing. What, they don’t have internet access in Denver?

SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL: The next installment is up on Dodgeblog.

MICKEY KAUS says that political conventions will be after Labor Day, and suggests that they should take place in mid-October, since everyone knows who the nominee is anyway.