The U.S.'s Iran Policy

Nicholas Kristof's Op-Ed today nicely puts how I feel about President Bush ordering some sort of military stike on Iran:

"Seventh, put aside those thoughts of a military strike on Iranian nuclear sites, and make it clear to Israel that we oppose it conducting such an attack. A strike would set back Iran’s nuclear programs by only five years or so, but it would consolidate hard-line rule there for at least 25 years."

FYI, the "seventh" is among the 10 suggestions Kristof has for President Bush. The thing I love about Nicholas Kristof's writing is he can write about politics without seeming political. I wish I had that gift.

Michigan should be in the national championship game!

I keep saying it, but I'm right damnit. Michigan should be in the national championship game with Ohio State. My reasons are as follows: Michigan has only one loss (to Ohio State on Ohio State's home turf). There's no doubt that winning on OSU's home turf is an extremely difficult task and no other team in national championship contention has had to face such a difficult task. USC lost on the road to Oregon State and could barely finish off Arizona State at home. I mean, really, who are these teams? If USC can't perform well against Oregon State and Arizona State, how do they expect to do well against Ohio State. Another complaint against USC, how is it possible that they get all their ranked opponents at home? And still they have one loss. Michigan had a very difficult schedule (much more difficult than OSU's) and still only has one loss. For these reasons, Michigan deserves another shot at OSU on neutral territory. The entire media is so biased in favor of USC, it's unfair. I would give USC credit if they've done anything to merit it, but they have not yet done so. All I can say now, is Go Bruins!

The Departed

I finally saw "The Departed" and I think this will finally be the film that gets Martin Scorsese an Oscar. If it doesn't I'd be very very surprised. The film was done very well. Good story, good acting, etc. I enjoyed the movie a lot and I would recommend it to anyone. The movie was quite long at 2.5 hours, but I hardly noticed this fact. I also think that Leonardo DiCaprio is becoming (or has already become) quite the seasoned actor. He was excellent in the Aviator and didn't let down in the Departed. I'll be looking forward to seeing him in Blood Diamond, the new film that DeBeers is all in uproar about.

Another interesting point of the Departed -- it's set in Boston and I enjoyed the many references to Boston, the Boston accents, etc.