Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This story, about Thomas Quasthoff, a world renowned bass-baritone is an amazing and wonderful one: Thomas Quasthoff titled both his autobiography and a recent CD compilation “The Voice,” underscoring the bass-baritone vocal instrument that has made him an internationally acclaimed singer. But it is safe to say that the main
Continue readingOne of the frequent themes I see from the anti-War crowd (including a theme in my own Comments sections) is the belief that Iraq has created terrorism. This view conveniently ignores the fact that the single greatest act of terrorism against Americans happened before the Iraq War, as well as
Continue readingVictor Davis Hanson, in a must-read article, rises to poetic heights as he surveys civilization’s end: But now all that hard-won effort [toward Enlightenment] of some 2,500 years is at risk. The new enemies of Reason are not the enraged democrats who executed Socrates, the Christian zealots who persecuted philosophers
Continue readingMr. Bookworm still finds troubling my political transformation, which is actually something I understand. After all, when we stood under the chuppah so many years ago, he knew what he was getting — a stalwart Democratic life partner. It was bad enough when his siblings, after 9/11, betrayed him by
Continue readingThere are no words: A hardline Muslim teacher who caused a furore by denouncing pupils for celebrating Christmas has been made a Government schools inspector. Israr Khan’s Ofsted appointment was described by a former colleague as ‘absolutely astonishing’. Mr Khan, now headmaster of an Islamic school, launched into his tirade
Continue readingSomething bad and embarrassing happened to someone I know. I’ve now been told the story three times in complete confidence by three people who heard the story from the source and promised not to pass it along. I myself have not passed the story on to anyone, but it is
Continue readingMark Steyn just got back from a Gitmo visit. In his most recent column, he describes what he saw there (better living than my “neighbors” in San Quentin, that’s for sure), and contrasts it with Leahy’s unhinged rant over trials for military terrorists: [I]t surely requires a perverse genius to
Continue readingI’ve now watched two episodes of Aaron Sorkin’s new show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Well, to be completely honest, I sort of watched two episodes, sinced I slept through most of the second. The show has the usual Sorkin trademarks — incredibly rapid-fire dialogue, some of it clever;
Continue readingMr. Bookworm came home from work yesterday quite excited. A friend had introduced him to one of those interactive online worlds, this one called Second Life. Here is how Second Life describes itself: Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to
Continue readingAl-Zawahri has emerged has the newest spokesman for the “Bush lied, people died” meme. Frankly, if I were a major party during a time of war, I’d kind of prefer to distance myself from the enemy’s rhetoric and I’d be deeply disturbed to find that the enemy is echoing mine.
Continue readingLovely, lovely writing from Jonah Goldberg [updated link that might actually work]: Every serious analysis of the Islamic world today describes a genuine tectonic shift in a vast civilization, an upheaval that cuts across social, religious and demographic lines. This phenomenon dwarfs transient issues such as the Iraq war. Are
Continue readingTo switch from Malthus to Hobbes, if you want to to be depressed by communities in which life for the average citizen is nasty, short and brutish, read this rundown of late twentieth century death tolls in Muslim nations (sometimes with help from the holier than thou French and Russians).
Continue readingThis had me rolling on the floor laughing — NOT! This kind of “humor” is so puerile and obvious, not to mention being divorced from reality and completely illogical, that it staggers me that its creator not only gets paid to write this stuff, but that he has a prominent
Continue readingJennifer Loven is a lady with a reputation — one that the Power Line team has carefully documented. I’m sure she comes by her biases honestly– her husband, after all, worked for Bill Clinton and advised John Kerry during his run for office. Coming by your biases honestly, though, is
Continue readingMike, at Mike’s America, has started a slogan contest for the upcoming elections. Check out what he’s posted, and start adding some comments of your own. As everyone knows, I’m no good at pithy, but I’d love to see what others come up with. This is especially true because I’ve
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