Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
No, I’m not calling you, my readers, stupid. I’m riffing off of James Carville’s message to Bill Clinton during the 1992 elections, in order to keep him on message. Everywhere Clinton looked were signs saying “It’s the economy, stupid!” I’ve just updated that thought, and I’ve updated it with a
Continue readingBush has shown remarkable courage in sticking to his guns in the war. However, his actions are not matched by his words. He’s too polite, too worried, to well-counseled, too restrained for whatever reason to call things as they are. John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister, is not so constrained, as
Continue readingOne of the frequent themes I see from the anti-War crowd (including a theme in my own Comments sections) is the belief that Iraq has created terrorism. This view conveniently ignores the fact that the single greatest act of terrorism against Americans happened before the Iraq War, as well as
Continue readingLovely, lovely writing from Jonah Goldberg [updated link that might actually work]: Every serious analysis of the Islamic world today describes a genuine tectonic shift in a vast civilization, an upheaval that cuts across social, religious and demographic lines. This phenomenon dwarfs transient issues such as the Iraq war. Are
Continue readingTo switch from Malthus to Hobbes, if you want to to be depressed by communities in which life for the average citizen is nasty, short and brutish, read this rundown of late twentieth century death tolls in Muslim nations (sometimes with help from the holier than thou French and Russians).
Continue readingMartin Luther King, 1963: And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of
Continue readingI’ve often opined that the Left is stuck in Gandhi mode. This is the believe that the only possible form of resistance is the non-violent type. To that, I always point out that this worked for Gandhi because the other side was England which, in those days, didn’t have the
Continue readingFrom Jonah Goldberg’s latest: The best book for illuminating what’s going on in the Muslim “street” isn’t some weighty treatise on Islam; it’s a short little tract called “White Guilt” by Shelby Steele. The book isn’t even about Islam. Steele focuses on white liberals and the black radicals who’ve been
Continue readingFor quite a while, the fanatic Islamists have been in the catbird seat. No matter what they did, as long as it was directed against (a) Israel; (b) George Bush; (c) America; (d) the American military; (e) the West; or (e) disrespectful cartoons, the West gave them a free pass,
Continue readingI live in fear that the Pope will apologize. He will then join what is becoming an endlessly long list of people who have done nothing wrong, who have caved in to Muslim or Leftist hysteria. For examples of the former, see about every story you can think of lately.
Continue readingI haven’t forgotten the Popal rampage, and thought I’d update you on a couple of stories that are still filtering through. First, the tragedy: Popal’s rampage left a 43 year old woman a quadriplegic: It was Susan Rajic’s birthday Friday. The 43-year-old massage therapist was supposed to go out to
Continue readingI blogged myself into exhaustion yesterday keeping up with the development (or, should I say, degradation) of the Popal story, as it went from being about random terror, to an Islamic perpetrator, to a crazy guy. Today, believe it or not, I should be working, not blogging. I’ll therefore leave
Continue reading(WordPress was good enough to save the post I was working on when my son got hurt, so here it is. Sadly, but not surprisingly, it’s not as good as I remembered….) Apparently I was not the only one to notice that the missing Egyptian students dispersed to some remarkably
Continue readingOne of the things the jihadists have been very good at is playing the MSM. I’ve always thought the turning point was when the Palestinians had the brilliant idea to make Hanan Ashwari their spokesperson. You remember that personable, educated, charming woman? She was everywhere, talking about freedom from the
Continue readingAs you know, I’ve written before about the underlying conservative truths in the most popular pop culture products of recent times: Harry Potter, the Ring Trilogy and Narnia. While listening today to Mark Steyn’s brilliant interview with Hugh Hewitt last Thursday, August 3, I was reminded again of how true
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