Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Three hours and 12 minutes — that’s how much time I’ve got to myself this morning. I am beyond excited. I haven’t really hit the online news yet, but I did discover some things last night that I wanted to bring to your attention (assuming you haven’t already read them).
Continue readingWith regard to Iran, Israel is currently facing two options. It can launch a preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, which will allow Israel to survive intact while inflicting minimal loss of life or property against Iran. Alternatively, it can allow Iran to take a preemptive strike against Israel (which
Continue readingSometimes, the bizarre nature of the Middle East defies description (all emphasis mine): Nine Palestinians were killed and dozens hurt in battles in Gaza City between forces of the rival Hamas and Fatah movements on Saturday, prompting Israel to open its border to fleeing Fatah members. The fighting, which lasted
Continue readingWhen I was at Berkeley, I had only a few decent professors. One of them (who was really wonderful) taught a British history class covering the period from 1760 to WWII. He taught us that the Industrial Revolution, though it started in England, petered out. It lacked the ferocity and
Continue readingBefore today, I hadn’t heard of Frank Turek. After today, I’m going to keep an eye out for his articles. He’s written a really splendid article explaining how deeply, terribly wrong Obama’s every position is regarding Iraq. Frankly, for those who are well-informed, there’s nothing in this article you haven’t
Continue readingAt long last, not a moment too soon, and probably way too late, horrible Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is stepping down: Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Wednesday he would step down in September after a party leadership vote, announcing the end of a premiership dogged by graft
Continue readingI’ve tried to be mellow about the Saudis. My all-American training in moral relativism has allowed me to find excuses for the misogyny that makes women 54th class citizens, and for the antisemitism that makes it illegal for Jews to travel to Saudi Arabia, and for the censorship that makes
Continue readingNews from Iran (emphasis mine): “Thirty people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, illegal relationships… will be executed on Sunday at dawn,” the Aftab newspaper quoted Tehran’s prosecutor office as saying. Illegal relationships would be rape, adultery or homosexuality.
Continue readingPeople have always recognized Napoleon’s over-weening ego. Heck, we have a whole phrase for it, especially when applied to men of shorter stature: “Napoleon complex.” Still, Napoleon is generally admired for breaking down the last medieval walls on the European continent, both figuratively and literally. Also, people with a bone
Continue readingIn light of the Surge’s manifest success, John Hawkins, of Right Wing News, has written a column that assembles many of the Democratic gloom and doom predictions about the Surge when it was first proposed. Makes for interesting reading in that it exposes the profound ignorance and ideological blindness coming
Continue readingBurt Prelutsky today, in a longer column about Obama’s political failings, launches into a blistering attack against US aid to Africa: Speaking of Africa, when are we going to wean the dark continent? Are we ever going to get over this nutty notion that we have an obligation to keep
Continue readingIn an amusing article that compiles examples of American and European media hysteria about Obama’s world tour (think Madonna and the Beatles, only bigger), Denis Boyles makes an interesting point about the European fixation with an Obama (read: black) Presidency: Anyway, the gist: Europeans really really want Obama to be
Continue readingTerry Sater writes about the fact that, coddled by loving euphemisms, Americans are marching headlong into the same dreadful socialist experiment that failed all over Europe — a failure that took place within the lifetime of every single American voter. This is not a case of a few centuries or
Continue readingObama’s getting the press, but McCain’s saying the important stuff, at least to those who believe that Israel, as the sole liberal democracy in the Middle East, deserves our support: American presidential candidate John McCain told Israel’s Channel 2 News station that stiffer sanctions might stop Iran’s threats against Israel.
Continue readingIn my post yesterday about the corpse/prisoner swap in which Israel exchanged, I noted that an inviolate body is a very important part of Jewish religious law, going back to the ancient Jewish revulsion against pagan sacrifice and the subsequent desecration of corpses. (I also noted that I didn’t think
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