Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
You know about the small print: You see some advertisement touting a fantastic bargain on a product if you’ll just rush into the store during a small window of time, bearing a check book. If you dig out the magnifying glass though, you might see that the tiny dot you
Continue readingThe title of my post is reflective of what’s been going through my mind since I saw the Drudge headline announcing that the U.S. Senate, led by Democrats, has joined the surrender brigade. In what war in history, I ask you, has a country, with victory still more than possible,
Continue readingOne of the things that distinguishing humans from all other animals is their ingenuity. If you live in the West, that ingenuity is used to discover new vaccines, maximize crop harvests, invent computers, make beautiful communities, etc. If you live in the world of radical Islam, that ingenuity is used
Continue readingPaul Belien, the editor of the Brussels Journal, has written an op-ed describing the battle in the front lines in Europe — and the Europeans are not only losing, their handing their weapons over to the Islamic hardliners, with instructions about how to shoot. The heroine of his story is
Continue readingOne of my friends, who goes by the wonderful name of “Bald-Headed Geek” has decided to open up shop as a blogger. You know you’re going to enjoy the blog when the “about me” reads as follows: I am a forty-something professional who lives in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the
Continue readingSoccer Dad ruminates about the different ways in which at least one Ethiopian and all Palestinians handle the tools of war.
Continue readingWhat do you get when you put a deep and wide fund of knowledge, a logical mind, and a profound intellect into the service of a single article? You get Richard Baehr’s article at The American Thinker entitled “The War in American against Israel (part one).” Unsurprisingly, Mr. Baehr does
Continue readingThe British revealed today that, because of lax security, they issued 10,000 passports last year to bogus applicants, including at least two terrorists: The Home Office today revealed that around 10,000 British passports were issued to false applicants last year, as it released details of new measures to combat identity
Continue readingThis is the story: The European Court of Human Rights has awarded a Polish woman 25,000 euros ($33,000; £16,000) in damages after she was refused an abortion. Alicja Tysiac’s eyesight worsened drastically after she had her third baby and she fears she may go blind. The 35-year-old mother was refused
Continue readingAn Israeli is shot at and wounded, and the Palestinian coalition is “embarrassed” that it managed, once again, almost instantly to breach a cease fire. Guess which gets the headline? (And you’re right if you bypassed that poor Israeli man.) Somehow this strikes me as different from those endless stories
Continue reading“Oh, my gosh,” I said to myself. “Reuters is actually writing an article about Islamic violence.” I mean, what else was I to think when I read this headline: Misery tempts Palestinian Christians to flee. After all, to the extent Christians are dying or being burned out of their homes,
Continue readingSomehow I can’t work up any sadness, only fear, when I read this bathetic New York Times article about the current crop of young Palestinians, many of whom are stone-cold killers. Perhaps it was the second paragraph that put me off, since it shows that the Times has bought completely
Continue readingAre you already acquainted with Neo-Neocon? If you are, you might not know that she has a new address, here (so update your blogroll). If you’re not, you’re in for a treat, because Neo has some of the most thoughtful, learned posts around. One of the things she tackles today,
Continue readingI’ve mentioned before that I’m a persnickity lady who likes my comforts — a fact that only serves to increase my admiration for those American troops dealing with the dangers and discomforts in Iraq. I know from my father, who fought in North Africa during WWII, how particularly nasty desert
Continue readingYou don’t need a scorecard to know the players; just a picture.
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