VDH in the Washington Times via Power Line.

In fact, 2005 is a culmination of dying ideas. Despite the boasts and threats, almost every political alternative to Western liberalism over the last quarter-century is crashing or already in flames.

Read the whole thing.

And then read VDH from National Review Online.

Imagine that a weak Hitler in the mid-1930s never planned conventional war with the democracies. Instead, he stealthily would fund and train thousands of SS fanatics on neutral ground to permeate European society, convinced of its decadence and the need to return to a mythical time when a purer Aryan Volk reigned supreme.

From the WSJ (wsj.com, wsj.com!)online e-newsletter, Friday afternoon's edition, a story I must have missed elsewhere:

French Land in New Jersey; Charge Fails

Low on fuel and struggling in bad weather, nine French fighter jets and a radar plane couldn't return to their aircraft carrier during maneuvers with the Canadian military and landed at the Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey instead. The Federal Aviation Administration helped the jets land, and French marines and translators were sent to the airport to help the pilots, Philadelphia TV station WPVI reported. The U.S. State Department also got involved when one of the French pilots had his credit card rejected when he tried to buy fuel, the TV station reported. The FAA couldn't confirm the failed credit-card transaction.

Noted without comment. By me. The rest of y'all know what to do.

Here is an obligatory link to the WSJ's OnlineJournal, since the article comes from the subscriber service...

A Koran was "splashed" with urine at Gitmo?

Gentlemen, Gentlemen.....if you want a NEA grant you are going to have to do better than that!

"Maybe it's a generational thing but this Deep Throat orgy, er, extravaganza is supremely uninteresting. The Washington Post's wall-to-wall treatment smacks of self love and journalistic hero-worship - a huge media circle jerk, in keeping with the theme.

Maybe they're indulging in this unseemly spectacle because recent developments have been less kindly to the media establishment: Dan Rather, Eason Jordan, Newsweek, et. al. This is the perfect chance to relive - in Al Bundy-like fashion - the Big One."

Yes, yes, this is kind of interesting.

Is anyone but the mainstream/has-been media making such a big deal out of it? No. Woodward and Bernstein have been aced out of a book deal by Vanity Fair. That's quite amusing to me, but... But.

The best part of this story is recognizing that the MS/HB Media are celebrating this 30 year old story which clearly marks the point at which their plateau of influence reached a cliff. It has been a long, downhill slide since then. Thank you, Mr. Felt!

The WaPo, The NewYawkTahms, CBS, NBC, ABC, Woodstein, every '70s and '80s journalism graduate that matriculated wanting to change the world, having entered school wanting to play the lead in "All The President's Men"...enjoy your reverie this week. It's back to the cellar with you come the weekend.