Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
When my son was born, I agonized a lot about circumcising him. As a Jew, I felt it was appropriate. However, as someone horrified by female circumcision (which I do know is a much more extreme procedure), I wondered how I could justify cutting into a new baby's healthy flesh
Continue readingI'm a huge proponent of vaccination. The last two generations of Americans have lived complacently without the spectre of childhood killers such as measles and polio. I always get irked by — and will challenge — suburban mothers who think homeopathy will protect their children from deadly epidemics. At the
Continue readingMark Steyn writes repeatedly about the West's self-immolation on the pyre of low birth rates. While it may still be a trend in many places, it has become a practical reality in Japan: This mountain village near the Sea of Japan, withered to eight aging residents, concluded recently that it
Continue readingI've had an unusually (and delightfully) lazy day today, and can't bestir myself to any serious blogging. Fortunately, others are willing to do the heavy lifting. For example, here is James Lewis, at the American Thinker, writing about the fallacy between the attacks on Israel's nuclear weapons that seek to
Continue readingKevin Sites tells the appalling story of the tortures visited on a child in Afghanistan when, at 5, she was married into a family of sadists. Although he doesn't say so, I can't help but believe that her tortures were a product of life under the Taliban, and the fact
Continue readingIf you're feeling down, you have to check out one of Phibian's latest, which will cheer you up in a minute. Indeed, I was cheerful right until the last paragraph where he boasted about his splendid physique. Clearly, this man has never been pregnant!
Continue readingYou only have to turn on the news, open the pages or the New York Times or attend an urban rally to know that Iraq is Hell on earth , comparable only to the Sudan or Rwanda. This is so because Iraq, which used to be such a peaceful place
Continue readingIf you want to know why I have a benign attitude towards American small towns, go here.
Continue readingThis is a dreadful story, with grotesque pathologies bursting out all over the place: A woman charged with killing eight of her newborn babies has gone on trial in a case that has shocked Germany. The bodies were found buried in a fish tank and in flower pots and buckets
Continue readingThis NPR story addresses the Day of Silence gay kids are holding today at American schools and the Day of Truth that Christian kids are countering with tomorrow at American schools. I think both are proselytizing, and I'd like to see both out of the school. However, to the extent
Continue readingYou know Eliza Doolittle's complaint in "My Fair Lady": "Words words, words, I'm so sick of words." I thought of this when I saw this snippet that Congressman Tom Tancredo posted on his website. (Thanks for the tip, Kevin.) Pythagorean theorem: 24 words The Lord's Prayer: 66 words Archimedes' Principle:
Continue readingI'd finished writing a really beautiful post about al-Zarqawi's latest pronouncements, in a newly released video (you can find it here, at Centcom). I then did the intelligent thing, hitting the "save" button, only to do see my magnum opus vanish entirely. Sadly, I don't have the time to recreate
Continue readingI could — as others already have — devote my blog to portraying the insanity that passes for higher education at so many American Universities and Colleges. I've opted not to, since there are other things I want to maunder on about here. Nevertheless, occasionally something going on at one
Continue readingMy son belongs to a music group that functions in a large urban area, but has suburban satellites. My son trains with one of those satellites. In the days leading up to performances, all of the satellite groups descend on the urban center for final rehearsals. I got to audit
Continue readingTo a hammer, everything is a nail. Currently, I'm hammering away at the idea of manly men. I did so yesterday in a post that alluded to early posts and articles I've written. Today, I'm doing it in connection with a New York Times article about Paul Greengrass's United 93.
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