Obscene amenities
WaPo writer said that part of what he loathes about our mercenary military is the “obscene amenities“
Continue readingConservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
WaPo writer said that part of what he loathes about our mercenary military is the “obscene amenities“
Continue readingThose on the New Left who think that Vietnam War vets are ineffectual old war horses are in for a big surprise. A group of these veterans, calling themselves “A Gathering of Eagles” is planning on countering the New Left’s planned march on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Here, I’ll let
Continue readingAn Inconvenient Truth is fast becoming Gospel truth, and it’s being passed on to the next generation. Yesterday, as I was listening to Dennis Prager, he asked how many parents have heard from their children that An Inconvenient Truth is being shown at school. I haven’t heard that from my
Continue readingWhen you accuse those on the Left of repeating the Vietnam era mistake of demonizing the troops, you’ll routinely hear that they love the troops, it’s just the war they hate. John Hawkins put together several quotations, many from writers who garner serious respect on the Left and who have
Continue readingElizabeth Kolbert is The New Yorker‘s most zealous proponent of man-made global warming. It’s such an article of faith with her that she’s gotten lazy. Take the opening paragraph of her “Talk of the Town” comment in the magazine’s latest issue: Except in certain benighted precincts
Continue readingMy son asked me how Valentine’s Day began. I explained that, a long time ago, there was a man named Valentine who was known for his kindness to young couples who wished to get married (and he may have given doweries to poor girls so they could marry). He was
Continue readingI’m no Stephen Sondheim fan, but I’ve always laughed at a song he wrote for his play “Into The Woods.” When things have gone wrong, all the characters turn on each other and begin to sing a song called “Your Fault,” in which each blames the others for the current
Continue readingRead Selwyn Duke’s climate change article and, even if it doesn’t change your mind, it still “is to laugh.”
Continue readingYesterday, my children asked “what’s global warming?” Mr. Bookworm launched into the NY Times-approved description of our impact on the climate. I added that, while the planet is definitely warming up, there’s still some debate about how great a contribution people are making to that change. Mr. Bookworm went ballistic,
Continue readingAlthough I find the light they give too sterile and cool to be appealing, we have a bunch of the new compact fluorescent bulbs in our house, both because they are cheap to operate and they are long lasting.
Continue readingThe Museum of Modern Art hosted a symposium about feminist art. The story covering the symposium noted that the only time these feminist artists contemplated Islam they did so, not to discuss how their art could be used to help Islamic women break free from their invisibility and from the
Continue readingIt’s becoming apparent that there is a new anti-War tactic coming out, and it’s using the military as the base for operations. More and more, people with long-standing anti-War agendas have enlisted in the military after the Iraq War began with the apparent purpose of gnawing away at the military
Continue readingThe only problem with a Mark Steyn column is choosing which of the gemlike paragraphs to quote. It’s so tempting, paragraph after paragraph to say “Oh, I should include this in my blog. No, no, wait! This one too.” And on and on until I’ve highlighted each of them, ready
Continue readingJeff Jacoby makes a good point about the fact that the lead Democratic candidates, while happy to challenge the War in Iraq, have nothing to say about the jihadist forces arrayed against the West, and hot in the rhetoric against America.
Continue readingThe Democrats, both the base and the politicos, have gotten a lot of mileage out of attacking the 2003 decisions that led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. A multivolume book could be written about the events then, the revelations (and absence of revelations since then), and the way in
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