Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Apparently one of the best weapons Khomeni had in the Iran-Iraq war that raged during the 1980s was children. He organized units of children that were nothing more than religiously inspired cannon fodder: After Iraq invaded in September, 1980, it had quickly become clear that Iran’s forces were no match
Continue readingWell, it's official and it's dreadful: The bodies of two U.S. soldiers reported captured last week have been recovered, and an Iraqi defense ministry official said Tuesday the men were "killed in a barbaric way." The U.S. military said the remains were believed to be those of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca,
Continue readingDo you remember the music of the 1980s? I listened to it obsessively right up until 1987, when a switch turned off in my brain and I tuned off music and onto news. Music from that era, though, triggers a gazillion memories in my brain (mostly pretty good ones, fortunately),
Continue readingA few weeks ago, I noted that astute bloggers had figured out that the NY Times' Bob Herbert has been stuck in a rut for years, often recycling sentences and, even, whole paragraphs. It turns out Herbert isn't the only Times writer who has dug himself a shallow little rhetorical
Continue readingNot to put too fine a point on it, where the heck is everybody? I only got three comments on my blog today. I know that I wasn't putting forth my most scintillating writing (it's one of those days) but I still expect some scintillation from you guys. I love
Continue reading. . . from the Best of the Web Today: Having Already Achieved the Decline "Democrats Outline a Platform for the Fall"–headline, New York Times, June 17
Continue readingJason Lee Steorts, writing at the National Review Online, suggests the possibility that Iran, like Poland in 1980, could be poised for a worker-triggered regime change. Apparently despite the vast oil wealth pouring into Iran, the Iranian economy is in chaos — something not uncommon under a regime that stifles
Continue readingIt seems as if, just about every week, one of the MSM outlets has a story about an Israeli attack on the Palestinians. You know, the stories where you hear that this bomb builder, or that Hamas leader, was killed while driving in his car. Or perhaps you'll hear that
Continue readingI mentioned attending a graduation on Friday. One of the speakers gave a beautiful speech about his hope that the children leaving the school would become leaders, not necessarily by becoming famous, but by doing the right thing. His point was that those who act morally are inevitably leaders. I
Continue readingTo celebrate Father's Day, the NY Times published an op-ed by a physician pointing out that women have it much better physiologically. In Western culture, since modern medicine made childbirth a relatively safe endeavor, it's men who struggle against biological destiny: What emerges when one studies male biology in a
Continue readingSometimes, people make just wonderful connections. Patrick, the Paragraph Farmer, made such a connection the other day, when he sewed together, on the one hand, events at George Lucas's special effects factory and, on the other hand, a culture of disbelief (and make believe) in the modern political world. Read
Continue readingI commented a few days ago about a news headline that showcased the usual Hamas threats of revenge. Today, A-Qaeda is issuing a threat to avenge Al-Zarqawi's death, to wit: Al-Qaeda threatened to avenge the killing by US forces last week of the terror network's chief in Iraq, Abu Musab
Continue readingMichael Barone has been thinking about the hits the MSM took this week (Al-Zarqawi killed, Rove not indicted, primaries that were not a Republican death knell), and he reaches this conclusion: Historians may regard it as a curious thing that the left and the press have been so determined to
Continue readingWe're having one of our periodic heatwaves here, and I'm just miserable. I have a fairly narrow comfort range, and 90+ degree days do not make me happy. So far, the only time I've been comfortable today was driving around in my air conditioned car. Sadly, these temperatures are supposed
Continue readingSorry for the blog silence today. In many communities, today is the last day of school before summer began. That's certainly the case where I live. I spent the morning and mid-day attending a very beautiful ceremony at my kids' school. Now, I've got my kids and a couple of
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