Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
So Obama did it — he gave Iran permission to go ahead with its nuclear program and gave the mullahs $4.2 billion of our tax dollars with which to do it. I foresee an Israeli strike as inevitable. Any bets as to when it will happen? Also, any side bets
Continue readingHere’s an old joke: An established comedian invited a friend to join him at a very exclusive “comedian’s club.” The guest instantly noticed something peculiar. In the main room, a person would periodically stand up and shout out a number. “57,” one would say, and a few people in the
Continue readingThe Emergency Committee for Israel reminds the world that you cannot believe a serial liar: Shakespeare knew Obama: “Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!”
Continue readingAs I read the headlines lately, I have this peculiar sense of deja vu. I already pointed out that, back in 2009, a conversation I had with a liberal doctor fairly accurately predicted how Obamacare would play out (although even I didn’t foresee the exchange collapse, perhaps because no one
Continue readingI freely admit that I will never be as brilliant as Thomas Sowell, either in my analytical abilities or in my writing quality. That doesn’t mean, though, that I can’t borrow his technique of writing the occasional post that consists of one or two sentence thoughts about interesting subjects. So,
Continue readingBarack Obama chose to sit out the first two years of the civil war in Syria. When it started, he could have helped out the rebels before al Qaeda co-opted them, but he didn’t. Now, Syria is in a full-scale civil war with the Assad regime as the proxy for
Continue readingI haven’t yet decided whether I’m unnerved by North Korea’s saber rattling. We’ve seen this before, starting in the 1990s, when the North Koreans figured out that, if they made the West sufficiently nervous, the West would bring offerings of food and money to the destitute totalitarian prison state, in
Continue readingIf this article is correct, Iran’s inherent systemic failures mean that it’s not as far along in developing a nuclear bomb as concerned Western nations have feared. But the article’s author goes on to ask what I can only call a really stupid question (emphasis mine): The news comes as
Continue readingFrom the Emergency Committee for Israel:
Continue readingThe Malians are thrilled, as they should be, and the French should be pretty darn proud themselves: Residents of Mali’s northern town of Gao, captured from sharia-observing Islamist rebels by French and Malian troops, danced in the streets to drums and music on Sunday as the French-led offensive also drove
Continue readingSometimes my liberal friends surprise me. Buried amongst the snarky, ill-informed pictures they routinely post, I’ll occasionally find something thoughtful and important. Very, very important — such as this short video explaining precisely why Iran poses such a threat, not just within the Middle East, but to the whole world,
Continue readingThe situation between Israel and Iran is heating up dramatically. Yesterday, Iran boasted it has a missile that can reach any Israeli city. For years, Iran has been loud and clear about it’s intense desire to incinerate Israel. The IAEA has conceded that Iran is on the verge of having
Continue readingA few days ago, the New York Times ran an article assuring everyone that Barack Obama isn’t a wuss, he’s a warrior. I have only a couple of points. First, considering that Obama has been and is such an aggressive President, one who has seen more troops die on his
Continue readingKarl Rove has written a WSJ op-ed, the title of which is “Obama’s Campaign Will Take the Low Road.” I haven’t even read Rove’s piece — which I’m sure is good — but I already know he’s right. Obama’s campaign will take the low road because there is no high
Continue readingOne of my favorite books is a tattered paperback tucked safely into my bookshelf, called The Book of Heroic Failures: The Official Handbook of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain. It’s a humorous compilation of things that just didn’t go right. Two of the more charming chapters introduce
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