Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Muslims have a history of targeting their enemies children. One of the worst acts of Islamic violence against children occurred under Arafat’s old PLO in 1970: Nahariya/Avivim School Bus Attack, 1970 On May 8, 1970 there was a brutal attack on an Israeli school bus by Palestinian terrorists who crossed
Continue readingA lot of people are wondering why Lee Bollinger, having invited Ahmadinejad to Columbia, then turned around and attacked him. Certainly, in the initial exchange between the two, it was Ahmadinejad who came off sounding more intelligent and reasonable when he politely expressed bewilderment that he would be invited into
Continue readingNote: I originally posted this bit of family history in August 2006. I’m reposting it now, inspired by two things: Ken Burns’ excellent “The War” (I swear the man’s a conservative) and Ahmadinejad’s pretending that the Holocaust’s historical reality is open for some sort of debate. I think both —
Continue readingYou might have noticed that, aside from a few asides, I haven’t had anything to say about Ahmadinejad’s little kaffee klatch at Columbia. Frankly, anything I’ve even thought has been said better and louder at some of my favorite blogs. For lengthy analysis, you should check in with American Thinker
Continue readingI blogged earlier about the new album of photographs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the ones showing Auschwitz guards frolicking during their off hours. I’ve got a couple of things to add. The first is a link to the entire album, here. And the second is Roger Cohen’s
Continue readingDaniel Hannan was riding a train in England when he found himself under a fusillade of saliva. You might find enjoyable, as I did, how he handled it. Many of the commentators shared the same thought I did, which was that he took quite a risk doing what he did
Continue readingThe kids’ school is closed for a teacher in-service day, so blogging will be light. (On the other hand, I’ve already discovered that I’m quite a good soccer coach, since I had the kids’ running around the field actually thinking about what they were trying to do, and not just
Continue readingKen Burns’ new series about World War II is off to a good start although his stately pace can often be somewhat sleep inducing. It’s one of those slightly bizarre situations where it’s worth your while to force yourself to stay awake. Part of the first episode includes a run-down
Continue readingAfter pointing out Hillary’s draconian get insurance or be unemployable, Steyn analyzes the numbers of uninsured: Nobody really knows how many “uninsured” there are: Two different Census Bureau surveys conducted in the same year identify the number of uninsured as A) 45 million or B) 19 million. The first figure
Continue readingI think unions were an absolute necessity in the early days of the industrial revolution. Workers were so spectacularly abused in those days, in part because they had limited mobility when it came to looking for greener employment pastures, that only by united action were they able to change the
Continue readingA few weeks ago, I did a “what is art” post. Aaron Johnson, an artist who uses a cartoon panel for social commentary at What The Duck, must have caught that post, because he was kind enough to send me a link to today’s cartoon. I have to say, “by
Continue readingWhat kind of sick person explodes a nail bomb outside of a school? Right now, we don’t know, but police in Liverpool are looking for the man who did it. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but it’s so easy to think of the damage that could have been inflicted. Since
Continue readingI’ve read a lot of posts and columns about Dan Rather’s lawsuit, and have concluded that I think Jonah Goldberg has written the best one yet. How can you not like a column with this kind of writing: Dan Rather seems divinely inspired to crash more times than a Kennedy
Continue readingDQ here. Greg posted the following comment recently: Hi Don, I see you’re not quite in DQ overdrive but on the way. I wish I had the time to respond to your self-denial. But, as the good swampman pointed out, the issue isn’t the applicability of the label (I mean,
Continue readingAs far as I’m concerned, this was a very good week at the Watcher’s Council. It’s not just that I placed second, which was nice. More importantly, the non-council post I nominated placed first (and that in itself is a first for me). So, without further ado, let me introduce
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