Category: Open Threads

Yesterday, I asked you what you thought of Bret Stephens’ belief that the risks of letting the Syrians fight it out amongst themselves are too great.  Reading your responses, I have the sense that most of you feel, as I do, that containment, not intervention, is the way to go. 

NBC News hires a new President who has a long history of Israel bashing. Lots of information on the way Obama’s IRS targeted pro-Israel groups that disagreed with Obama’s Middle East approach. Obama promises to ride “climate change deniers” hard.  Apparently Obama has missed out on reports that anthropogenic climate

I don’t have any essay-length thoughts today.  All day long I’ve been assembling articles that I found interesting, but none have led me to write a post.  Instead, I’ll simply share those articles with you.  The Wall Street Journal articles might be behind a pay wall.  Because I subscribe, I

For the better part of three days, I have been sitting on a series of articles that I really wanted to share with you.  Every time I thought I had a window of time to write about them, as Marcia Brady would say “Something suddenly came up,” and I had

(I’m too tired to proofread.  Please forgive any typos in advance and, if you think anything doesn’t make sense, you’re absolutely right.) It was one of those days, with my running from pillar to post, circling the post, doubling back to the pillar, and then starting all over again —

Yes, I know it’s afternoon now, but I looked at these things this morning and thought that they were interesting.  In no particular order: In the 19th century, in America, it was “No Irish need apply.”  In the 21st century, in Canada, it’s “No Caucasians need apply.”  Nothing could illustrate

My best laid plans way too oft gang aglee.  Today, I was going to work for 6 solid hours, pick my oldest up from school, bring her to the DMV for her learner’s permit test, and then into the City for an event.  I was supposed to be back by

Honestly, I meant to write today, but the day just vanished.  The good thing is that, with my knee surgery having had an excellent outcome and my back spasm de-spasming, I was able to do martial arts today.  My son told me, in all seriousness, “Mom, it’s a little scary

Oh, my gosh!  Did I find interesting stuff this morning.  I haven’t swirled it around in my brain enough to be able to offer intelligent commentary, but I did want to share with you what I read.  As always, in no particular order: The NRA has hired some brilliant news

I had this day nicely planned out, and part of the plan was to spend time posting here.  Then my Mom had a dental emergency and, Poof!, no more plan.  Would you mind an Open Thread instead?

This morning, I found a goldmine of interesting stuff at National Review Online.  There was some other good stuff that bipped on my radar, so I’m sharing it here. King Hussein of Jordan was, from all reports, a decent man, not just by Arab King standards, but by any standards. 

Sorry for the long silence, guys and gals, but I had some orthopedic outpatient surgery yesterday.  Everything went wonderfully well, but I was completely out of commission yesterday and am still somewhat out of commission today.  I anticipate writing original stuff later, but for now, I’ll leave you with this

I have lots to share with you guys — but I can’t right now, because I am a body in motion.  Every single member of my family has legitimate demands on my time today (except the dog, who makes no demands at all).  If you see a figure whipping by