Bookworm Beat 2/14/25: The happy warrior meme edition
I don’t think anyone can deny that, for the past three weeks, at least, we’ve been living in the best of times, led by America’s happiest warrior and his wingman.
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Tag: Gaza
Bookworm Beat 10/11/23: A special Israel illustrated edition
What happened in Israel is a declaration of war and a war crime. The West’s inability to distinguish between the moral and the immoral is also a war crime. Some of these memes and videos may help clarify things.
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Bookworm Beat 5/18/21 — the mostly Israel illustrated edition
Don’t let the title of this post fool you. While it’s mostly about Israel, there’s a whole bunch of other relevant stuff here too. BONUS: A mind-bending, vaguely hallucinogenic Danser Encore from a town in Italy near Brindisi
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War in Israel and my old Volkswagen
The latest war between Israel and Hamas again raises an important question: Is this the war that Israel will finally fight to win? When I started college, I bought a used Volkswagen at a very good price from the widow of a family friend. It had been her husband’s car
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American colleges — the un-educating of young America
A college student’s essay about ethnic food in America is a depressing window into the fact that American colleges don’t educate, they “un-educate.” Several hours ago, I sat down to write a post about religion and culture. I got as far as picking a title for my post when I
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 12/14/14 — Sunday round-up and Open Thread
I’ve been going through my email, as well as through my “real me” Facebook today, and I find some interesting — and surprising — things. Here goes: The Islamic hostage crisis in Sydney My thoughts and prayers are with the hostages trapped in the Lindt Cafe in Sydney, Australia’s historic
Continue readingThursday afternoon round-up and Open Thread
I really need to get a more innovative and exciting name for these round-ups, a name that will convey just how exciting these round-ups are. I find writing posts easy and naming them hard. Perhaps you guys have a witty suggestion. I envision something along the lines of “The [Clever Name]
Continue readingSunday night round-up and Open Thread
Just a few things to round out the weekend. ** 1 ** Yesterday, I went to an exhibition soccer game — Real Madrid versus Inter Milan. The game, held in UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium, was sold out. Despite that, it was a surprisingly lackluster game. I think that flat feeling
Continue readingMid afternoon Friday round-up and Open Thread
The lovely thing about summer is that I get to sleep in a little. I like that. The less than lovely thing about summer is that I am never alone. More than that, if my family is near me, they want me. Sometimes they want me for irritating reasons, such
Continue readingThe round-up I meant to do yesterday
I got so taken up yesterday with my post asking if Obama is truly deranged that I never got around to sharing with you all the great material I found. Some things, however, only improve with age, so here they are. ** 1 ** When I was in Norway last
Continue readingWednesday night mostly (but not entirely) Middle East round-up and Open Thread
Just some stuff that wandered across my screen: -1- Brendan O’Neill pulls no punches: It’s no coincidence that the rage against Israel sounds remarkably like anti-Semitism. This is an article that I shared with my “real me” Facebook friends, as I’m sharing dozens of other pro-Israel pieces. This time around, the
Continue readingWhen the combatants are morally unequal, it is immoral to treat them in the same way
One of the really icky things about the Left is that it lacks a moral compass. There is no good or evil. There are only evil haves and victimized have-nots. In a sane moral universe, cultural arbiters would readily be able to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys
Continue readingWhy Gingrich said something important when he talked about an “invented” people
Others have said it, but I like best the way Evelyn Gordon said it. After confirming the historic accuracy of Newt’s claim (namely, that Arabs moved into the land at the end of the 19th century, rather than having lived there since time immemorial), Gordon goes on: One might ask
Continue readingWith friends like these, who needs enemies?
Yesterday, White House officials were telling Jake Tapper that Obama would support Israel. Any minute moments of hope I cherished that the administration actually meant what it said were swiftly dashed. This is Obama’s version of support: The Obama administration considers Israel’s blockade of Gaza to be untenable and plans
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