Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This time, Bombay took the hit from the religion of pieces (AP calls the actors in this drama “Kashmiri militants”) in the latest chapter about the jihadist assault on the civilized world. Only in the story’s last paragraph does AP carefully reveal the truth about these “militants”: Seven explosions hit
Continue readingI wanted to remind you, if you haven’t already signed up, that there’s still time to be part of D.Challener Roe’s lovely tribute on the 5th Anniversary of 9/11. Roe is assigning to each volunteer the name of a 9/11 victim. The volunteer, in turn, undertakes to write a tribute
Continue readingI’m always fascinated, when visiting my favorite bloggers, to see the things they find on the liberal blogs. I’ve never had any success reading some of the most popular liberal blogs, though. Many are written in a kind of shorthand that reminds me of the bulletin board at my high
Continue readingOne of today’s most emailed NPR stories discusses a book by Robert Jensen, a professor of media ethics and journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. In his book, Jensen purports to explain why all white people are in fact racists. I haven’t listened to the story, nor have
Continue readingAs I’ve noted before, feminism keeps reinventing religion in a feminized version. The latest example, courtesy of NPR, is the feminist rediscovery of the mikvah — the ritual bath Orthodox Jewish women take every month after their period before resuming sexual relations with their husbands. Here’s the feminist take on
Continue readingI was on the freeway this morning and ended up behind a motorcycle with a side car. In the side car was a woman with luxurious red hair. On the back of the side car was the ubiquitous “Dog is my co-pilot” bumpersticker. I’ve never really gotten this slogan. It’s
Continue readingWith Israel making incursions into Palestine, we’re already getting the obligatory stories about the Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire: With mourners chanting calls for vengeance, the funeral procession wound its way through dusty streets on Sunday, bearing the shrouded bodies of a Palestinian mother and her two children. Civilians
Continue readingGovernments don’t make money; they just print money. It’s people who make money. In other words, if government will stop being so greedy and let people keep their money, people will, in turn, make more money resulting in, yes, I’m gonna say it — more tax revenue. This is so
Continue readingI am indebted to Laer, at one of my faves, Cheat Seeking Missiles, for leading me to a Gates of Vienna post about the attraction jihadist Islam holds for all the world’s nihilists. To fully appreciate the post, you have to pay close attention to the blog’s masthead, which is
Continue readingThose of us who believe in Israel’s right to exist are tired of the old trope that the new anti-Zionists are not also the old anti-Semites. It’s easy enough to point out that these are not people who are simply criticizing a State’s — any state’s — policies vis a
Continue readingI’m pretty careful with my Hitler analogies. I tend to reserve them for people who, through their acts, have proven that they are willing to do precisely what he did (Pol Pot, for example), or for people who, through their rhetoric, indicate a willingness to act precisely as he did
Continue readingWhatever the word is, it’s nice to see the Japanese showing some in the current North Korean crisis: Over Chinese and Russian objections, Japan introduced a draft Security Council resolution Friday that would impose sanctions on North Korea for its series of rocket test-launches and also order a halt to
Continue readingMy theory about wars is that one fights them to win. The EU’s theory, apparently, is that they should be fought for Israel to lose. How otherwise to explain its most recent criticism: The European Union accused Israel on Friday of a disproportionate use of force against Palestinians in Gaza
Continue readingI don’t like marijuana. I think it smells bad and that it’s bad for people. I’ve tried it once (yes, I was curious and I did inhale) and hated, just hated, how it made me feel. I had no inclination to revisit it. Of course, I don’t like alcohol either.
Continue readingThe title of this post is part of the title of an article Rick Perlstein wrote for The New Republic: “What is Conservative Culture? Mass Martyr” is the full title (and you can read it if you register). Although I no longer agree with its politics, TNR is, I think,
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