Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Yid With Lid reminds us that July 4th marks more than just America’s independence day. (H/t: Sadie) It’s also the anniversary of Israel’s spectacular rescue at Entebbe in 1976. That was another place and time, when most in the world actually cared about Jewish lives. I wrote about the rescue
Continue readingI wonder which “non-Western” men they’re talking about? (But seriously, folks….) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_rHFKRwv5Y[/youtube] Hat tip: Front Page Magazine
Continue readingI’m deeply impressed by the integrity of those peace activists who are willing to challenge Obama, just as they did Bush. They are free from the hypocrisy of those who took to the streets for one president while giving the next a pass. Having said that, war is a useful
Continue readingMy husband and I discussed the concept of stereotypes with the kids. What we were trying to get through to them is that it’s wrong to take ideas about a group, even if those ideas are complimentary or accurate, and to assume that they apply to an individual. The mere
Continue readingBoth the SEALS and Charlie Sheen have been in the news lately, the SEALS for an extraordinarily well-planned, brave and effective operation, and Charlie Sheen because he’s a drugged-out piece of human detritus. Did you know, though, that the two — that is, the SEALS and Sheen — have something
Continue readingDoes any of this surprise you? It doesn’t surprise me. Given bin Laden’s fanaticism, his sadism, his isolation, his personal and religious misogyny, all of this comes across across as totally believable. It also puts me strongly in mind of this story, from several years ago, tell about the way
Continue readingIn the preceding post, I gave you Geert Wilders’ entire speech about the threat Islam poses to the West. I now offer you living evidence of the threat he describes.
Continue readingEveryone should read this speech. Everyone. While the media swooned about Obama’s Cairo speech (in which he lauded veiling women and ignored thousands of years of Jewish ties to Israel), and Obama’s race speech (in which he insulted white people), and Obama’s recent immigration speech (in which he demonized people
Continue readingThis morning, my friend Kim Priestap sent a group of us an email telling about the Yemeni man arrested for trying to yank open the cockpit door while hollering the standard “Allahu Akbar!” Lee DeCovnik thinks we might have been seeing a dry run. The man apparently raced from one
Continue readingI can’t play chess. I never learned how, nor have I ever wanted to learn how. I’m more of an analyst, than either a strategist or a tactician. But I do know one thing about chess: The word “checkmate” comes from the Persian phrase “shah mat,” which translates as “the
Continue readingSince my some of my last posts were about principles and morality, and the way in which they advance and support civilized, wealthy cultures, it seemed appropriate to wrap up that series with Andrew Klavan’s video explaining how to abandon those principles when necessary (or when elected to Congress, whichever
Continue readingI have been reading and enjoying Leslie Carroll’s Royal Pains: A Rogues’ Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds. Focusing on Eastern and Western Europe from the 12th century onwards, it’s a brisk walk through royal excesses. Having read about half the book now, I think that “bad seeds” is
Continue readingI agree completely with Michael, who blogs at Political Commentator and is a Watcher’s Council member: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYSRsHElEok[/youtube] He’s a very solid speaker, sounding more controlled and stable than the gal interviewing him.
Continue readingIf you’re old enough to have lived through the 1970s, you recognize my post title: Gilda Radner’s famous character Roseanne Roseannadanna would let loose with a foolish tirade, and then wrap it up by saying “It’s always something — if it ain’t one thing, it’s another.” Someone needs to resurrect
Continue readingLast week, a story broke that received surprisingly little attention from the MSM: a 14 year old Bangladeshi girl, after first being raped, was then accused of adultery and beaten to death. I say “surprisingly” because, since the women’s lib era, the dominant trope on the Left when it comes
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