Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
“Ah tried!” Point finger, point finger. “At least ah tried!” Point finger, point finger. “They had eight months to try,” but at least “ah tried.” Do you think it would do any good to point out to him that he had, not just eight months, but eight years, and a
Continue readingIf you were living under a rock, you might not have heard that, the other day on The View, Rosie O’Donnell raised the specter of hoards of violent, extremist Christians who are a threat to every American. Even if you haven’t heard this latest bit of hysterical, relativistic claptrap, you
Continue readingOf Hugh Chavez’s disgraceful exhibition at the UN, Mike Gallagher had this to say: Once more, Americans are treated to the ugly spectacle of the United Nations hosting some crackpot, U.S.-hating leader. One day, it’s the lunatic president of Iran; the next, it’s the vermin from Venezuela. Adding insult to
Continue readingAs you read this about Hezbollah’s victory party, remember this: “[A]t the end of the day, even if you put a calico dress on it and call it Florence, a pig is still a pig.” Bradshaw v. Unity Marine Corporation, Inc., 147 F.Supp.2d 668, (S.D. Tex. 2001). In this case,
Continue readingI’ve been griping about my and my children’s transition to a very high-rated public school. I still think my gripes are legitimate but even I, who am the whiney kind, recognize that it could be a whole heck of a lot worse. A friend of mine who works in a
Continue readingThe NY Times headline is in huge, bolded text: “Israeli Attack on Militants Kills 4 Civilians.” The story, however, doesn’t quite jive with the accusation that Israel, a la Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Hamas, whatever, targeted civilians: The Israeli military killed five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today in operations directed
Continue readingMuslims societies are honor based. While we may tie the concept of “saving face” to the Japanese, they’re pikers when it comes to the Muslims. That’s because Japanese, when they lose face, turn on themselves; Muslims turn on others (hence the prevalence of honor killings). This is true of even
Continue readingBeing Jewish, I can’t reach Patrick’s ultimate conclusion that “Jesus is the answer,”* but I sure can agree with everything else in his post. He explains why we must support the Pope’s thesis that reason and religion have to take a role in public debate today because our enemies, using
Continue readingIf you’re Jewish, you need to read this Ed Lasky article. It has fact after fact describing increased Democratic hostility to Jews and Israel. What’s striking is that the hostility to Israel isn’t simply phrased in neutral terms of “it’s not good for America to support Israel,” something with which
Continue readingI can’t decide whether Rangel is a hero or not for his spirited but very weird attack against Hugo Chavez’s deranged UN speech: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX1lBOxoJeU] Overall, I think I’m pleased by the fact that Rangel sided with America against Chavez, despite the backhanded compliments (damned with faint praise? praised with faint
Continue readingI am not a PETA type who thinks that animals are equal to or greater than people. I fully recognize that dogs are not humans. Having said that, though, I often wonder why my humans can’t be more like my dog (and, by “my humans”, I mean those living under
Continue readingHere are some practical instructions for washing your fruits and vegetables. The link also includes some great commentary from a Jewish mother. At least, I assume she’s Jewish based on the tone. She could equally well be an all American Italian mother, or a Hispanic mother, but I’m quite sure
Continue readingI blogged yesterday about the former concentration camp guard who married a Jewish man, spent a lot of time working for Jewish charities, and never mentioned a word about her past. There was an interesting debate in the comments section about her motives and whether she was acting out of
Continue readingI’ve often opined that the Left is stuck in Gandhi mode. This is the believe that the only possible form of resistance is the non-violent type. To that, I always point out that this worked for Gandhi because the other side was England which, in those days, didn’t have the
Continue readingAlthough European venom seems to be leaking away as Europe’s Muslim immigrants turn against the Europeans themselves, Europe still holds remarkably jaundiced views of Israel. In a poll about a year ago (which I’m too lazy to dig up), Europeans opined that Israel was the greatest threat to world peace
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