[Lurker]

This Steyn fellow writes pretty well.

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[MarMema]

It's a recruitment video -- join the jihad, meet interesting people, and behead them

Brilliant. Thanks for this post.

[SuziQ]

He can try to ride the tiger, or resolve to kill it and hang it in his trophy room.

Good Grief! Steyn just keeps getting better and better! I love his term "Fiskal responsibility"! Fisk does come off as a 'vain buffoon' in his comments about the mob that attacked him. I went back and read an article about his whooping. To paraphrase his comments, "It wasn't me they were mad at, you understand, it was that mean old USA! If they weren't bombing everything in sight, these people could go back to their lovely peaceful lives!" YEAH RIGHT!

I saw an interview with that famous 'war slut' Christianne Amanpour a couple of weeks ago. She said even considering Pearl's kidnapping, she STILL would go out as he did for a story. She thinks she can help the Islamic fanatics (my description, not hers, mind you) get 'their story' out. That's just INSANE!

[aculeus]

Excellent. His analysis of Pakistan is spot on.

[beckett]

You really have to respect Steyn. The catalog of his knowledge is impressive.

[Southern Federalist]

You know, it's been interesting watching pundits and columnists adjust, first to the post-Clinton era, then to the post-9-11 era. Some of them can do it, some can't, and there are conservatives and liberals on both lists. Stein has been a real surprise for me. I always enjoyed his gonzo-journalism, sometimes hilariously obscene, take-downs of the Clintons and their retinue. But since January, and even more since 9-11, he's shown a remarkable ability to add layers upon layers of moral depth to what he writes without ceasing to be frequently hilarious.

Think only of Aging Chick Journalist Maureen, another columnist who made her mark being amusingly flippant about the Clinton Era. Contemplate - though only for a moment, it's not healthy over prolonged periods of time - her complete inability to find a key appropriate to the world we are suddenly living in, or even to realize she needs to do so, and Stein's real achievement becomes clear.

[Naked Lunch]

good writing bump

[Gritty]

When Steyn is writing with his incisive wit, nobody can beat him.

In this case he dispenses with his wit and depends exclusively on his incisive insight and superb writing ability. He's laserlike in his observations and commentary.

Nobody can top him. Nobody.