Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Ken 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 readingThank you as always for your insightful and thoughtful comments. I always love throwing out topics and seeing the wonderful places you take them. Today, I’d like to ask another question that relates to faith. One thing that cannot be denied about the Islamists is that they have a deep
Continue readingNeo-neocon is an elegant writer, so I like her summary of the theater in which the Democrats engaged last night when they called for a slumber party to dramatize their desire to withdraw from the Iraq War immediately. I left a comment at her blog, which I like enough that
Continue readingI’ve never liked the idea of John McCain as a presidential candidate. He’s a little too iconoclastic for my tastes and, as with so many senators in the run for President, he has way too much baggage trailing behind him and too little administrative experience. Another reason I don’t want
Continue readingLondon, one of the greatest cities in the world for the last 1,000 years or so, continues to slide down, down, down. If you’re unlucky enough to live in the wrong section of London, this is what it’s like to do business: A corner shop run by an Asian couple
Continue readingMost of us envision mass killers as stone cold nut jobs, like Cho Seung Hui, who carried out Monday’s Virginia Tech carnage. By all accounts, he was an angry, lonely person, obsessed with violent death. Small wonder that, given the means and the opportunity, he would act out his vengeful
Continue readingFjordman, who is not afraid to “out” jihadist violence in Europe has a long, long post at Gates of Vienna about the violent crime wave in Europe that has its root, not in socio-economic factors, but in jihad. The following paragraphs are just the beginning: Although the European Union warns
Continue readingThe Muslim Brotherhood dreams of bringing shari’a law to America. It’s occasionally useful to remember what that would mean for Americans on a daily basis: Residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an Islamic courts official said Wednesday, adding the
Continue readingWatch this, and you won’t be surprised that “progressives” are trying to ban it from YouTube: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Qx4u-Uua8] I’d like to add something profound, but I can’t. The video pretty much says it all. Hat tip: Flopping Aces del.icio.us | digg it
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