Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Obama, the presidential candidate who promised not to get America into wars, is on the verge of inserting America into the tar baby to end all tar babies:* Syria’s civil war. A lot of people are asking why in the world he’s doing this. John Hinderaker thinks that Obama’s going
Continue readingI happen to know for a fact that the Mellow Jihadi is a tall man who is in good shape and exercises regularly — all of which means that he needs a certain minimum number of calories in order to be satisfied and nourished. Keep that in mind as you
Continue readingOne of my old high school friends, an ardent liberal, posted the following on his Facebook page: Doesn’t that just make so much sense? Give free education and your nation will be wonderful. Of course, both “Mr. Silhouette” and the friend who posted it suffer from no small amount of
Continue readingOne of the things that’s striking about traveling in continental Europe is the way you have to pay up front for things that we, in the United States, take for granted should be free. The most notable things in this regard is public toilets. Everybody has to use the restroom
Continue readingWe’ve been in Amsterdam two days, and will spend our third day in the country surrounding the city. The days have been long, hence my silence. Even now, I don’t have time to write a full post, so I’ll just give a few snapshots: The heat wave we experienced throughout
Continue readingToday’s port was Greenock, which is the gateway, not only to Glasgow, but also to Loch Lomond, the Trossachs (a national park area), and Stirling Castle. We mostly skirted Glasgow, and went straight for the pretty stuff. The driver/guide on out tour was a chatty fellow who knew his history
Continue readingI was without Internet for three days, so apologies to everyone whose comments piled up. And now to my most recent travel post: We spent a lovely day today driving around the largest of the Shetland Islands. I’ve always loved the Scottish landscape, and the Shetland Islands are like Scotland
Continue readingI liked Oslo. I can’t quite put my finger on why I liked it, but I liked it just as strongly as I disliked Stockholm. Go figure…. Part of the pleasure I took in Oslo was tied to the fact that the ship docked within one minute’s walk from the
Continue readingThe ship stopped at Copenhagen to let off old passengers and take on new ones. We’re staying on for yet more travel, this time to North Sea ports, but we did take advantage of the changeover to spend another day in Copenhagen. What made it an exceptionally nice day is
Continue readingIf you were looking for a break from the Zimmerman trial (verdict good; race riots bad) here are my notes from St. Petersburg, Russia. Please forgive any typos. It’s hard to write essays on an iPad. It’s been 24 hours since we left St. Petersburg, and I’m still struggling to
Continue readingOkay, here’s what we know. First, this was Obama: Second, Morsi is the black knight: Third, and now I’m getting serious, Egypt is either going to explode or the military will impose harsh military rule very quickly to prevent an explosion. Morsi is under house arrest, which makes his refusal
Continue readingThings in Egypt are coming to a head. The protest in Tahir Square on Sunday is being billed as the largest political protest ever. In addition to Cairo, people are protesting all over. A mob burned down the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters. Obama, after staying silent for some time, finally called
Continue readingFirst, read Simply Jews’ post. Then, follow the Guardian link he provides. Both make for enjoyable Friday morning reading.
Continue readingI finally got around to watching Zero Dark Thirty, the film about the decade-long hunt for bin Laden. Before it came out, conservatives were concerned because the White House gave the filmmakers unprecedented access to information about the hunt and about the actual hit on bin Laden. This opened up
Continue readingMichael Totten is a true journalist — an endlessly curious, extremely brave, open-minded but opinionated man who doesn’t just sit in a field office taking information from locals who have an agenda. Instead, he goes out there and investigates. Totten’s most recent foray took him to Hezbollah’s very own theme
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