Category: Bits and Pieces

Quite a rogues gallery at At the Zoo.  Check it out, but try not to throw up over the picture of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakin. Hat tip:  Ymarsakar

What happened to Michael J. Fox is a tragedy — but tragedy is not a good basis for deciding broad-reaching moral issues, such as stem cell research. Much more useful is actual information, such as Mary Davenport’s accessible science writing explaining why stem cell research has so far failed completely

If you agree with me that Paul Krugman is an idiot (I always say that his columns were one of the things that helped me abandon my lifelong Democratic affiliation), you must read Paul Greenberg’s article about that man’s wonky, confused thought processes.

…for Christmas, Chanukah and my birthday.  This.

David Zucker, a Hollywood neocon, has produced another video, this time about the Dems’ promise to increase taxes. You can see it here, at Flopping Aces. It’s quite funny, although I’d prefer something showing that, while Dems and Republicans are equally profligate with our money (although for entirely different agendas),

I’m sure you’ve heard about the 9/11 memorial in Arizona, which manages to intermix with the names of dead repeated insults to America and her culture, all of which imply that the dead deserved their collective fate. If you live in Arizona, and would like to voice your dismay about

If you are, as I am, a fan of Crossing the Rubicon, a literate, witty blog that focuses on politics and Jewish issues, you’ll want to know that Gail has moved her blog. You’ll now find it here. If you haven’t yet been there, check it out, and I’m sure

Jon Sanders, who is working to challenge the 9/11 Truthers, wrote an article about how that same crew is trying to build a conspiracy theory about Cory Lidle’s plane crash.  It’s a fascinating deconstruction of conspiracy mythmaking in action.  I particularly appreciated this lucid paragraph about the impossibility of bringing

Considering it manna from Heaven, the Dems have been beating the values drum in the wake of the Foley kerfuffle.  They, not the Republicans, are the party of values, they assure us, especially when it comes to protecting children.  Brent Bozell argues otherwise, and compellingly too.

This is a copy of an important CAMERA press release about a brave Muslim man who is being persecuted to death for taking a stand against Jihad: Letters and calls do matter; they can save a life. Even if you rarely write letters due to a busy schedule, we urge

Do you remember the Kingston Trio’s song Merry Minuet? I always liked its mordant humor. I’m reprinting the song here, with a few out-and-out changes (highlighted and hyperlinked), as well as hyperlinks to original text that’s aged presciently. They’re rioting in Europe. They’re cowards in Spain. There’s hurricanes in Florida

Since I’m in the midst of promising myself not to blog for at least three hours (those #%@*! work projects), I figure the least I can do is to direct you to stuff worth reading. Two of those things worth reading are at this morning’s American Thinker. The first is

Sorry for the unusual blog silence.  Yesterday fell apart when I got called to my daughter’s school for an emergency that was a false alarm.  I got back in time to head off to a business/social meeting with a delightful colleague.  Traffic caught me on the way home, so I

A little mini scandal brewing in Tennessee is that Harold Ford Jr., a Democrat who hopes to become a U.S. Senator, called himself a lawyer even though he didn’t pass the bar.  Folks — he went to law school and graduated.  He is a lawyer.  He’s simple not a licensed