Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The familiar (way too familiar) trope on the Left is that the Bush doctrine is making everyone in the world hate us. That desire to be loved, and the fear of being hated, is a feelings based mentality, of course, that has nothing to do with justice, morality, right, honor,
Continue readingAs you may recall, about 10 months ago, when I returned from a European vacation, one of the things I blogged about was Switzerland as part of a larger post I did about Europe’s changing face: A train conversation with an unusually sweet lady in Switzerland resulted in my learning
Continue readingThere was yet another news headline today in which the press reported on a general critical of the Bush Administration. The headline read “‘No end in sight’ in Iraq, retired general says.” I read the news story and that is, in fact, what Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez said. Indeed,
Continue readingI stumbled across a blog I hadn’t seen yet before, called Secularist Atheist Army. Strike that, I stumbled across three blogs,* all clearly the the same blogger, and all with the same message: Britain, stop killing yourself. Thus, the blogger, clearly writing out of Britain, has post after post after
Continue readingA Palestinian human rights group is complaining about major abuses against Palestinian civilians. The malfeasors stand accused of “extra-judicial and willful killings and shooting at combatants and civilians after capturing them;” seizing people “in their homes” and dumping their bodies “in remote areas;” executing “wounded persons during their evacuation to
Continue readingA few stories caught my eye regarding the Middle East: The Palestinians say that they won’t negotiate with Israel until Israel agrees in advance to their demands. (That’s an interesting negotiating tactic and definitely one to try during my next Court-ordered settlement conference.) Egypt has discovered a smuggling tunnel into
Continue readingFrom NewsBusters’ Paul Detrick: CNN Meteorologist Rob Marciano clapped his hands and exclaimed, “Finally,” in response to a report that a British judge might ban the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” from UK schools because, according to “American Morning,” “it is politically biased and contains scientific inaccuracies.” “There are definitely some
Continue readingAs George Michael knows, it is illegal in England to have sex in public places. So, when four fireman discovered four men have sex in the bushes in a park, they could have caused a citizens arrest (if they do that in England), or called the cops on them. Instead,
Continue readingThere’s a new movie out about “homegrown religious fundamentalists who kill in the name of God” — and Manolah Dargis, who writes movie reviews at The New York Times really wants to like it. You’ve got to admire Manolah. After all, who in America doesn’t want a solid documentary about
Continue readingThe media is congratulating itself for “exposing” Ahmadinejad with its constant focus on it’s “we have no gays in Iran” statement. Ha, ha, ha! Isn’t the man an idiot! Look, America, he thinks there are no gays in Iran! Ahmadinejad is right, of course, when it comes to Iran. But
Continue readingI want to direct your attention to two excellent articles that go way beyond the facile statement that “the Surge worked.” First, this Big Lizard post looks at the drop in deaths in Iraq and explains why it means that the US broke the insurgency’s back. Second, this Bartle Bull
Continue readingHere in America, we are (rightly) unhappy about illegal immigrants who instantly sign up for all the welfare benefits they can get. Of course, they’d be stupid not to, because only a fool says no to free money. Also, I don’t think any of us doubt that the immigrants who
Continue readingThere aren’t a whole lot of facts in Seymour Hersh’s interview with Spiegel online, but it becomes clear that, while he fears President Bush for being on a mission for God (Seymour’s opinion), Ahmadinejad’s pronouncements that he’s going to destroy Israel and have the bomb soon are totally copacetic. I’ve
Continue readingWe’ve heard it before (’cause the NY Times says it’s so) that Al Qaeda has nothing to do with Iraq. Apparently someone forgot to tell either AP or Al Qaeda: U.S. and Iraqi forces killed more than 60 insurgent and militia fighters in intense battles over the weekend, with most
Continue readingThe world is currently a place of roiling international tensions. The British Navy recently distinguished itself for being undistinguished in a confrontation with Iran that turned into a national humiliation for England. Under those circumstances, there’s really only one thing to do, right? Yup, destroy your Navy: Ministers have drawn
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