Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
National Review Online had three articles this morning that I thought worth passing on. The first two form a matched set, although I suspect it was inadvertent that NRO published them on the same day. We begin with Noemie Emery’s article explaining why Franklin Roosevelt was a singular phenomenon: Put
Continue readingVarious news outlets are reporting that the U.S. is dramatically scaling back joint exercises with Israel, something Israel perceives to be a sign of distrust and an effort (again) to create distance between itself and America: Seven months ago, Israel and the United States postponed a massive joint military exercise
Continue readingSince the British mandate, western nations, especially oil-poor European nations, have pandered to Middle Eastern tyrants for a single reason: oil. Israel, poor little Israel, had no oil. That’s why, when the Arabs and Iranians said that they wanted Israel, Europeans were willing to fall in line. Anything, after all,
Continue readingIsrael Matzav found a post in which two Arab-American women explain how horribly Israel treated them, when it questioned them at Ben Gurion and then deported them from Israel. Interestingly, although the young women complain mightily about their treatment at Israel’s hands, they never do state explicitly that they harbor
Continue readingI’m not a Madonna fan. Aside from the fact that her music doesn’t work for me, I think her decision to use sex as her primary sales pitch contributed to a decline in our young people’s culture (or lack thereof) over the past couple of decades. Nevertheless, I do believe
Continue readingI love Pat Condell. He states the truth with clarity and fervor:
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 readingThe handwriting was on the wall in 2008 but Jews, despite having eyes, could not see it: Obama is not now and never was a friend to Israel. His social and political allegiances meant that any protestations of friendship were lies. And certainly his acts during more than three years
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
Continue readingToday, a gunman hunted out a Jewish school in Toulouse, killing four (three of whom were young children) and then vanishing. Despite the unusual specificity of the targets (i.e., Jewish children), the usual suspects are very busy denying that the unusual specificity of the targets had anything to do with
Continue readingLast year, it was a flotilla. This year, it’s a “Global March to Jerusalem.” No matter the name, it a Leftist-Muslim alliance designed to use force and disinformation to breach Israel’s borders and obliterate the Jews’ three thousand year claim to the Holy Land. If you’d like a continuous stream
Continue readingFor the last two days, I haven’t been blogging much, but I’ve been collecting stuff to read and share with you. In no particular order, my collection: Are you an old fart? I certainly am, and proud of it. There are several expressions that cover the need to make a
Continue readingWith a few stellar exceptions, the best way to tell a story is in chronological order. This is because, in the real world, cause and effect matter. I suspect that the AP knows this is true, which is why they had their latest report from the Middle East start with
Continue readingA video that examines the vast chasm between Obama’s rhetoric at AIPAC gatherings and his actions towards Israel: And because actions have consequences, I thought you’d find interesting the way in which Obama’s attitude towards Israel is reflected in the way the media covers that nation — not even in
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