Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
When I was six years old, within a few short months, I went from having perfect vision to being extremely nearsighted. I was discussing that fact with a friend today, and noted that I have no memory of ever having seen well without help from glasses or contacts. This comment
Continue reading[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ornhIAKY2Y[/youtube] Hat tip: Sadie
Continue readingBrian E added this letter as a comment to an earlier post. In it, his brother, a teacher at BEN- Baptists Equipping Nationals, relays a communication he received from someone in Egypt. I think it is important enough for everyone to read that I’m making it a separate post. Thanks,
Continue readingA lot of people keep talking about a desire for a “democratic” Egypt. I hate to say it but, with the word “democratic” as the starting point, that’s not a very useful discussion. The dictionary definition of a “democracy” is as follows: government by the people; a form of government
Continue readingOne of the things I’ve noticed regarding the “news” coming out of Egypt is that it’s incoherent. Because the situation is so big and so fluid, and because the reporters streaming in are remarkably uninformed to begin with about the region, the news stories remind me strongly of the blind
Continue readingThere are few people on the scene sharper when it comes to Islamic dynamics than Daniel Pipes so, when he says he doesn’t see the Muslim Brotherhood walking away triumphant from the revolution, I take heart.
Continue readingWhen I read that the Obama administration is good with having the Muslim Brotherhood on board in Egypt, because it’s really not such a bad organization, I keep thinking of 1930’s rationalizations about Mussolini: He made the trains run on time. Surely our standards of decency are higher than that?
Continue reading1. Faced with a popular revolt of the type we’re seeing in Egypt, can an American president make a difference? My sense is that, while we’re certainly not going to drop bombs, the American president (any president, not just Obama) is such a vast presence that both his silence and
Continue readingIf you feel like a little good news amidst the worries about fallout from Egypt, this might do the trick.
Continue readingThe Enlightenment was born in Europe and, clearly, will die there too: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEkelAsmcf4[/youtube] Hat tip: Small Dead Animals
Continue readingWhen I was faced with troubling decisions in my life, I used to give myself a pep talk. I’d tell myself that there were three things that could happen as a result of my decision: things could get better, they could get worse, or they could remain the same. So,
Continue readingWhen I read news reports saying that Mohammed El-Baradei had shown up in Egypt as a potential “democratic” leader, I was confused. Surely this couldn’t be the same El-Baradei who served for so long as the head of the IAEA? I couldn’t find specifics within my own brain, and was
Continue readingTrack me on this one: 1. With help from Al Gore, Hollywood, and the entire Leftist panoply, global warming fears reach hysterical levels. 2. As part of their apocalyptic battle against rising seas and dying polar bears, warmists declare ethanol is one of the answers (never mind that it turns
Continue readingAs we settle into the Obama Depression era, one thing that I and others have noticed is that many of the very youth that voted enthusiastically for Obama are the ones already feeling the consequence of his policies: they are unemployed. As one of my college-age kids put it, “our
Continue readingChinese-born pianist Lang Lang plays an old, Korean-war vintage anti-American song, “Battle on Shangganling Mountain”, at Obama’s state dinner for Chinese President Hu-Jintao. The Chinese, of course, just loved it. I can just feel the respect our competitors in the world have for us, now that international relations have been
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