Disproportionate force
Forget all the UN/media garbage. This is disproportionate force. Hat tip: Little Green Footballs FacebookTweet
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Why the British don’t deserve their own history
England used to be a fairly wonderful place. For one thing, with that blessed wet climate, it’s just so doggone pretty. Spring in England is a sight to see. England also used to stand for a really high degree of civilization. It prided itself on setting high standards for its
Continue readingWho needs words? We’ve got pictures.
Hat tip: From Neptunus Lex, via Best of the Web Today And, just in case anyone needs a reminder that this is not just Israeli propaganda, I direct your attention to a recent about Israeli soldiers protecting Lebanese women and children who were being hammered by Hezbollah file, and to
Continue readingQuotation weirdness
I have noticed that, whatever WordPress did to make the colors more electric on my blog, to change the sidebars somewhat, and to allow author attribution, it also managed to mess with the formatting for quotations. When I do a block quote, I lose paragraph spacing. A little investigation has
Continue readingOccam’s razor
You know the Occam’s razor principle, don’t you? Nowadays it’s boiled down to mean that, if you’ve got a simple answer, you often don’t need to look for something more complex. At medical school, students who are all excited about rare diseases they’ve read about in books often need to
Continue readingThe UN is a blight upon the face of the world’s body politic
Israel has, for years, had missiles rain down upon her, and suicide bombers work from within. Since her inception, every Arab nation has called for her destruction and the death of her citizens. In the last year, her Arab neighbors have given her the gift of more than 2,000 missiles
Continue readingOn the lighter side
I got this in my email today: Subject: Breaking News: Gibson Converts to Judaism Gibson Converts to Judaism Changes Name to Mel Gibstein In his boldest bid yet to apologize to the Jewish community, actor Mel Gibson today announced that he had converted to Judaism. The news took many Jews
Continue readingEhud Olmert talks about the disproportional force canard
I learned through PowerLine that Ehud Olmert, in an interview with the London Times, has compellingly taken on the disproportionate force argument, as well as the impossible to prove claim that Israel has somehow managed, in Lebanon, to kill only civilians, without taking out any of the Hezbollah fighters hiding
Continue readingFive lucky Iranians who put their lives on the line
Iran may be positioning itself as the epicenter of the Muslim world, as the place where elite Muslims meet to greet and die, but those who leave don’t always want to go back. In Denmark, five of them, after starving themselves almost to death to make the point, are now
Continue readingAbout those prisoners the Palestinians want to release
You may recall that the Palestinians who kidnapped Cpl. Gilad Shalit wanted to use him for a prisoner exchange — one of yours, for all of ours. Apparently, though, the Palestinians didn’t really mean all of theirs. There were at least six they didn’t want back: Security sources in the
Continue readingBiological laws of unintended consequences
Phibian has a fact-filled post about the resurgence of an old problem, about its ability to spread uncontrollably, and about the reason this problem, long dormant, is back. His post is good, so I don’t want to give anything away here. I just think you should go read it yourself.
Continue readingThe new look
My blog suddenly boasts a new look. I had nothing to do with it — WordPress spontaneously made these changes. I’m a little unsure how much I like the new look (the color is a bit more electric on my screen), but I do like it that you can see
Continue readingLearn something new and inspiring every day
If you would like to learn something inspiring (and awe-inspiring) about our troops in Iraq, something that you don’t read about in the papers, go here. FacebookTweet
Continue readingLearn more about Hezbollah and the risks it poses to the world
Everyone right now is defining Hezbollah through the war it’s having with Israel. Americans, especially certain Democratic Congressmen, are conveniently forgetting that, before Hezbollah focused its energies on arming itself against Israel, and before Al Qaeda upstaged it on 9/11, Hezbollah was the terrorist organization responsible for killing the greatest
Continue readingReading and history
I’m reading two really wonderful books right now, each of which has gotten me thinking about my own history. My starting point for this post is David Horowitz’s Radical Son, about his journey from Red diaper baby to outspoken conservative. He describes a childhood completely defined by party doctrine, intrigue
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