Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
London, one of the greatest cities in the world for the last 1,000 years or so, continues to slide down, down, down. If you’re unlucky enough to live in the wrong section of London, this is what it’s like to do business: A corner shop run by an Asian couple
Continue readingLife imprisonment for a crime you didn’t commit is a bad thing, but it’s a lesser evil than execution for that same uncommitted crime. The nurses and doctor in Libya, originally sentenced to death for allegedly transmitting HIV to children, have had their sentence commuted to life in prison: Death
Continue readingThis post doesn’t actually have anything to do with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but it falls in the genre of people elevating animals over humans — hence the post title. If you’re at all familiar with San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, you know that it is an
Continue readingThe definition for “goon,” from Dictionary.com: American Heritage Dictionary – Cite This Source goon (gōōn) Pronunciation Key n. Slang A thug hired to intimidate or harm opponents. A stupid or oafish person. [Probably ultimately short for gooney, simpleton.] ********************* That pretty much sums up the 9/11 Truthers behind this dreadful
Continue readingCan anyone explain to me why Britain is taking such a hard line with regard to Russia right now, while it’s taking the weakest approach possible in the face of rising and real Islamist violence?
Continue readingI’ve had a few thoughts swarming my brain, so I thought I’d jot them down. Have you ever watched a conversation between one of those people who talks without pause (indeed, without even breathing), and a person who interrupts compulsively? It’s part painful, part humorous. Incidentally, the hands-down winner in
Continue readingYou all remember Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, don’t you? It is a book so good that even high school and college English classes can’t spoil the pleasure of reading it. If you haven’t read it, or no longer remember it despite having read it, let me refresh
Continue readingThe press is full of stories today about Olmert’s deal with Fatah to free hundreds of Palestinians currently in Israeli prisons. During all these maneuverings, no mention is made of the three Israelis held prisoner for over a year — Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. The UN is
Continue readingI don’t need to tell you how about Islamism (that is, extreme Islam aimed at reinstating Sharia law worldwide), nor how dreadful I think it is. I also don’t need to tell you how I admire Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Nor do I need to tell you that many in the
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