Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Sometimes a person will open a fascinating little window into his thinking, and you’ll find yourself looking into an ugly, illogical world that the person completely denies exists. This time, that person is Howard Zinn, well-known as one of the best-selling, most-taught, anti-American authors in the market right now. A
Continue readingIn a slap in the face to Larry Summers (indeed, the New York Times includes many face slaps in its report), a special panel for the National Academy of Sciences has issued a report in which it says it’s entirely the fault of scientific institutions that there aren’t more women
Continue readingMy mother is very excited. A man in Australia has put together a whole website devoted to, Tjideng, one of the camps in which she was interned. What especially thrills her is the camp roster, which has so many familiar names, each one with a complex memory attached. Mom always
Continue readingFor quite a while, the fanatic Islamists have been in the catbird seat. No matter what they did, as long as it was directed against (a) Israel; (b) George Bush; (c) America; (d) the American military; (e) the West; or (e) disrespectful cartoons, the West gave them a free pass,
Continue readingThe media buzz tonight is about Aaron Sorkin’s new show, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” What’s been a bit interesting to me is how the show lends itself to different interpretations from different sides of the political spectrum. The first thing I read about the show was Brent Bozell’s
Continue readingMe: So, what did you think of the President’s 9/11 speech? My son’s friend: That was terrible, wasn’t it? Me: What did the President say that he should not have said and what did he not say that he should have said? My son’s friend: Uh, I didn’t really listen
Continue readingPicture some super, super power trying to force the United States, Mexico and Cuba to join together as one country. Better yet, because of the religious ramifications, picture trying to forcibly unite Great Britain, France and Italy at the time of Henry VIII. I suspect such moves would meet with
Continue readingWife: How about if I have dinner ready in about a half hour? Husband: Good. I’m really hungry. I haven’t eaten all day. What are you making? Wife: Chinese chicken. Husband: I hate chicken, especially when you just put a slab on the plate. Wife: I’m not putting a slab
Continue readingOne of the things that strikes me about public school is how self-referential it’s been so far. I know this is early days yet, and the school is doing this in the name of getting the kids to know each other. Still, it’s amazing how all of the projects are
Continue readingI live in fear that the Pope will apologize. He will then join what is becoming an endlessly long list of people who have done nothing wrong, who have caved in to Muslim or Leftist hysteria. For examples of the former, see about every story you can think of lately.
Continue readingGuess who wrote this sentence: “Please help guide your child as they complete the poster.” If you guessed that a teacher wrote that sentence, you are correct! You win a free trip to the depressing world of public education.
Continue readingMy daughter spent the last two years with her nose cheerfully buried in a book. She read with abandon, anything and everything. She polished off short kids books in an hour or two, and read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in a wild Saturday frenzy. And she was
Continue readingI only just got around to reading Marc Sheppard’s superb article about Shari’a, its rise in the West among Muslim communities, and these communities’ demands that Shari’a law be generally introduced to the West. The article is, as I indicated, fantastic, but I almost wish I hadn’t read it. It’s
Continue readingI have just witnessed a single change in local voter demographics. My mother, who has always voted Democratic, says that she does not intend to vote for the Democrats any more. She is “disgusted” with them, since they seem ineffectual and have absolutely no plan about any of the woes
Continue readingYou can’t make this stuff up. With regard to the Muslim outrage at Pope Benedict’s comments about aspects of Islam’s inhumanity, we get this: “Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. I think that statement — from the most moderate
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