Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Bush didn’t, Obama wouldn’t, but the next president should: Call into the Oval Office the leaders of Muslim communities throughout America to say, “Because of the First Amendment, the fact that you and the people in your community practice Islam is irrelevant to us in America. Your faith is your
Continue readingI do believe that one of the funniest things ever shown on TV is the episode of Fawlty Towers (a show that ran from 1975-1979) in which Basil Fawlty welcomes four German guests to his seaside hotel. He’s told not to mention the war, lest he offend the Germans, but he
Continue readingWe went to Hamburg today. And that’s pretty much all I have to say on the subject. My back is a lot better, though, so that’s very good news indeed.
Continue readingWe landed in Warnemunde today, which is the closest port to Berlin. Rather than making the three hour trip to Berlin, we opted to stay in Warnemunde, which is one of the Hanseatic cities. We signed up with a tour called “Friends of Dave,” which offered a tour of Warnemunde
Continue readingThe mosque debate in America has been instructive when it comes to Leftist rhetorical tactics. Ordinary Americans make an argument — “the mosque is inappropriate on secular sacred ground.” The Left then responds, not substantively, but with personal attacks — “you’re racist, Islamophobic, xenophobic and stupid.” If you think this
Continue readingSo often, there are what I call “matched sets” of stories in newspapers. This happens when one article makes a point, and another article perfectly illustrates that point. Today, Spiegel provided the perfect pairing of the way in which the modern Western (that is, Leftist) world refuses to learn lessons,
Continue readingThis month marks the third anniversary of Gilad Shalit’s long imprisonment with the Palestinians who kidnapped him. Although it doesn’t seem to show up in American press, German and Israeli outlets are reporting that the Germans (!?) have brokered a deal for his release. Here’s Der Spiegel: Three years ago
Continue readingMichael Knox has an absolutely fascinating bio of the amazingly decadent and recently deceased Count Gottfried von Bismarck, great-great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck, the man who took fractured German duchies and, for better or worse, united them into a single country. In a relatively short essay, he manages to walk
Continue readingThe reason people are disgusted with politicians, politics and committees is because of the time they waste on things like this: Berlin’s first major international airport may be far from finished — opening day is at least four years off — but politicians have already started squabbling over its name.
Continue readingTruther madness has invaded Germany at the highest levels: one of the government-run TV stations ran an “investigative” show that examined whether it was OBL or the US government that took down the Twin Towers and tried to destroy the Pentagon and other buildings in D.C.: Have you heard this
Continue readingDebate will always rage about the purpose of imprisonment and the reasonable length for prison sentences. Some people think prison exists solely to punish people, while others believe that we need to use prisons to rehabilitate people, and stop being so gosh darn punitive. I tend to fall in a
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