Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Houston Chronicle has a story about a Texas’ families outrage over the fact that the New York Times used a picture of their son dying on Haifa street to spice up a story: A photograph and videotape of a Texas soldier dying in Iraq published by the New York
Continue readingIf any of you bloggers are getting disheartened, don’t. The internet does matter, even if gains are slow and grudging. Case in point: the bombed out mosques in Baghdad. The story began in November when the AP reported that Shiite fights had destroyed four Sunni mosques in Baghdad and burned
Continue readingA trope on the Left is that, if Israel will just give the Palestinians back their land, glorious peace will instantly descend upon the entire Middle East, whether in the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or Iran. All of those nations are convulsing, runs this trope, not
Continue readingWhile we were all delighting in the tough stance the Australian government has taken towards terrorism, it seems that Australian TV has fallen into the same swamp as American TV, which insists that all people who can claim victimhood must be heard, their complaints taken seriously, and the rest of
Continue readingThese are two of today’s headlines, one about Israel, a Jewish country; and one about Yemen, a Muslim country. I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions. First, from Israel: The Israel government has voted to appoint an Arab Muslim to the cabinet – for the first time in the
Continue readingI like Mitt Romney. I like his ability to get things done and his presence. I agree with many, if not most of his viewpoints. I hope that his Mormonism does not get in the way of people evaluating the man and his policies. After all, he’s not inviting us
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 readingAre you confused about the situation in the Middle East? Do you lie awake wondering where the boundaries should be drawn to create a real home for the Palestinians? Worry now more. Ocean Guy has the answer, and it’s one that I think will surprise you. Heck, it even surprised
Continue readingIran’s apocalyptic rhetoric is heating up, with Ahmadinijad now predicting America’s end, as well as Israel’s.
Continue readingFrom 9/11 forward, it appeared that the British Left — which encompassed most of the British intelligentsia — was implacably hostile to America and viewed Islamism through rose colored glasses. Certainly, to the extent that the BBC represents a low brow form of intellect, that statement is true. However, things
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Continue readingOne of the problems with oppositional behavior is that, while you may think you’re in control, you’re not — you’re just in constant reactive mode. Thus, if you ask me to sit down and I reflexively refuse to sit down (“you can’t boss me around”), I’ve ceded a form of
Continue readingAustrialian government officials have impressed many with their frank speaking about the threat of radical Islam. It turns out that this isn’t just talk, but is also allied with bipartisan action aimed at exposing and isolating radical Islamists in Australia: It so happens that the approach advocated for Britain by
Continue readingAmericans are increasingly convinced that the war in Iraq is a failure and that the Iraqis are desperados, desperate to see the US leave. Their understanding is unsurprisingly, given that the MSM keeps pressing this view, despite the fact that there is more and more evidence that the media, unable
Continue readingI’ve long thought the UN irredeemably corrupt, with the miserable Kofi Annan merely a symptom, not a cause of the problem there. I’m wondering, though, if I might have to revise that thinking just a little bit, in light of something new at UNIFIL. Thanks to Laer, at Cheat-Seeking Missiles,
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