As reported in the Washington Post, This from an academic who studies the role of faith in the public square: “We want people of faith, but we don’t want them making decisions based on their faith.” The issue at hand is the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the federal law banning partial-birth abortions.
Did [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Not too much faith, however
Posted in Idiotarians, Religion on April 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Darfur but not Iraq?
Posted in Politics, War and Peace on April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The recent “debate” among the various Democratic candidates for president illustrates why Rudy Giuliani was exactly right when he said “The Democrats do not understand the full nature and scope of the terrorist war against us” (source: Byron York’s column atg NRO).
None of them exactly projected what history should have taught us all: [...]
"astounding scale of waste"
Posted in Idiotarians on April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is good to know that some people who toil for the liberal mainstream media have noticed. Noticed, that is, the hypocrisy of some celebrities, hypocrisy that matches their vast egos. Case in point is this piece on John Travolta in the weekly feature in the WaPo Sunday magazine, entitled, most appropriately, “Question [...]
No, they’re not worth it
Posted in Iraq, War and Peace on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Iraq, and the Truth We Dare Not Speak” is the title of a must-read article from Victor Davis Hanson. His thesis is that a majority of Americans have little sympathy for Iraqis specifically, or Arab Muslims generally. And that we Americans don’t think the war is worth it. From VDH:
…most Americans now [...]
No, David, they’re not the same
Posted in Politics on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The liberal eminence, David Broder, has opined in his column today that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is, more or less, Alberto Gonzales in Donk drag:
Here’s a Washington political riddle where you fill in the blanks: As Alberto Gonzales is to the Republicans, Blank Blank is to the Democrats — a continuing embarrassment thanks to [...]
Come a Cropper
Posted in Iraq, War and Peace on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This fella certainly did, although he didn’t literally fall off of a horse. Camp Cropper in Iraq actually, where a senior American officer has been accused of giving aid to the enemy. The basics, from this AP article:
Lieutenant Colonel William Steele of the U.S. Army was accused of giving “aid to the enemy” [...]
Utopian nonsense
Posted in Politics on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just when we thought we were safe from moralizing prigs like crusader rabbit Ralphie Nader (who I curse every time my nanny car beeps at me for not having my seatbelt on), along comes a group of utopian dreamers at something called Unity08.
The Unity folks have enlisted everyone’s favorite Executive Assistant District Attorney, Jack McCoy, [...]
Put a cork in it
Posted in Politics on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Harry Reid, D-al qaeda, has become an hysterical lefty. He used to be perceived as a center-left senator from a crappy state (hey, gambling, prostitution, and 90 per cent owned by the feds — what’s not to love?).
Coming out as the presumptive leader of the surrender as quickly as we can wing of his [...]
"It’s not a dream. It’s the other Iraq"
Posted in Iraq, Kurdistan on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the tagline of a PR campaign meant to engage the hearts and minds of Americans. The front-page story in today’s WaPo is only slightly sarcastic, and the biases of the writer (or perhaps the editors) are evident: he doesn’t especially like the Kurds or think that they are deserving of a [...]
Pimp my donation
Posted in Politics, race on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
People are starting to notice. Notice that The Hillary is, among other things, quite the hypocrite. This was noticed by the reliably liberal Colbert King in his column today. Now Mr. King is hardly a member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, but he is also not a doctrinaire lefty. He [...]
No evidence of Jesus
Posted in Christianity, Culture on April 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The culture wars continue, albeit sometimes beneath the radar. As an example, consider this from Jay Nordlinger’s Impromptus today:
Finally, a story about NPR. I haven’t listened to it for years — since the 1980s? — but I happened to hear it a couple of weeks ago. I was with someone who had it [...]
Guns and Hokie Hokum
Posted in Law and order, Liberty on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The old NRA bumper sticker has it right: Guns don’t kill people; people kill people. The gun phobics, and those who should but don’t understand that America is different than the rest of the world, will insist that there should be more restrictions on guns.
There will be the usual hue and cry from [...]
Let’s not be hasty
Posted in Law and order, Liberty on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The news outlets are now in full wallow mode. Every person who has a third cousin or closer who once set foot on the Virginia Tech campus will be interviewed, asked “how do you feel about the killings” or, worse, “how will you deal with your shock and grief?”
Necessary disclaimer: of course this [...]
"This School is Fully Accredited!"
Posted in Culture on April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning on my walkabout I noticed a new sign on the pretentiously-named “Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy.” The sign, in bright, bold letters on a large banner posted on the side of the school read “This School is Fully Accredited!”
Note the exclamation mark after “accredited.” Besides infantile middle-schoolers who IM 24/7, the exclamation mark [...]
Disenfranchised
Posted in Liberty, Politics on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Now, from the liberal crabs in Maryland (unofficial state motto: “We’re more liberal than Massachusetts”), a proposal to scrap the Electoral College as the mechanism by which we officially choose our president.
The essence of the proposal, which is all it is so far, is that the state’s 10 electoral votes would automatically [...]
Profiled?
Posted in Political Correctness on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Blair blames murders on black culture” reads the headline of the all-too-familiar charges of racism when a white politician speaks what appears to be the truth. The white politico in question is New Labour’s Tony Blair. According to a report in as reported by The Age:
In a speech on Wednesday, Mr Blair said [...]
McCain vs. Giuliani
Posted in Politics on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rudy Giuliani is, some conservatives say, in deep doo doo because of his generally liberal social views. Most particularly on abortion — he’s a supporter of that heinous phrase, “a woman’s right to choose” — and on gays. John McCain, on the other hand, has been a royal pain in the ass [...]
Islam’s march to conquer
Posted in Islam, Liberty on April 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In case you missed some of the news, there is a must-read essay at NRO by Raymond Ibrahim. The essential point he makes is that Muslims who live in the West must compromise and not expect the West to change its ways. His concluding paragraph illustrates this central point:
“Straining out a gnat while [...]
"where it all began"
Posted in America on April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of what many of us learned about in school, then promptly forgot: the founding of the first English colony in the Americas, Jamestown. I can tell you that it’s a big deal here in Virginia, including the obligatory specialized license plates.
But some people have [...]
Is it safe?
Posted in Iraq, Politics on April 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Poor John McCain. He is an honorable man, a man who has served his nation with honor and distinction for decades. He just can’t catch a break. In this morning’s WaPo dead tree edition, there’s a picture of the senator talking with Gen. David Petraeus, our new commander in Iraq. They [...]
"Pratfall in Damascus"
Posted in Politics, War and Peace on April 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing good can come from a San Francisco liberal meddling in affairs she’s just no knowledge of or feel for. The Middle East is at the top of any sane person’s list of zones to avoid freelancing in. But, no, not the left-wing speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi just completed her whirlwind [...]
Lions, tigers, and Mormons, oh my – redux
Posted in Mormonism, Politics on April 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Late last year, I posted my thoughts on having a Mormon, Mitt Romney, as our president. Now that Gov. Romney appears to be gaining on Rudy and McCain, it appears that the mainstream media is focusing, with greater focus, on Mormonism in the public square.
Case in point is the front-page story in the WaPo [...]
Mere words
Posted in Iran, War and Peace on April 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thugs remain thugs. Thus has Iran been, since the Islamic thugs seized power from a tired and discredited Shah. Don’t get me wrong; the Shah, actual working title, “King of Kings,” was not terribly worthy, either. Just that he was a whole lot more rational than the Islamic thugs who took over.
They [...]
