Sierra Faith

Jay Nordlinger: I first saw Helen Suzman on Firing Line, many years ago. Bill had her on opposite an old-line Boer. At one point, he (the Boer) said to Suzman, “Why, Helen, you’re hysterical.” And she said, in essence, “I am hysterical, because a system so evil as apartheid makes me hysterical. Why doesn’t it [...]

An important date in Church history: Athanasius of Alexandria (who died in 373) was a marvel: He refuted the heresy of Arianism, wrote voluminously in defense of the truth, oversaw the Christian church in Alexandria, was the official calendar-keeper for when Easter was to be celebrated, and –in his spare time– was the first to [...]

Might be a crowded field on both sides of the aisle. I like Meg, but still very early.

On Orthodox Christmas. Interesting paragraphs: Ukraine may be in the stronger negotiating position. The country had about 16 billion cubic meters of gas in its vast underground storage system Tuesday. With Ukraine consumers using about 200 million cubic meters a day, and Ukraine producing some of its own gas, the country should not see shortages [...]

Excellent question with perhaps many different answers: Another reason behind the relative calm is attributed to the fact that some Palestinians blame Hamas for the latest cycle of violence. They are convinced that Hamas was responsible for the misery of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip because of its refusal to extend the cease-fire and [...]

Killing those who assemble rockets to kill Israelis.

Jennifer Rubin suggests RNC Chairman.

Nail on head: Imagine a siren that gives you 30 seconds to find shelter before a Kassam rocket falls from the sky and explodes, spraying its lethal shrapnel in all directions. Now imagine this happens day after day, month after month, year after year. And asks: Does proportionality demand that Israel fire 6,000 rockets indiscriminately [...]

Noah Pollak defines responsible journalism: Allow me to propose a metric for evaluating whether a journalist is behaving responsibly or not: If he reports that Israel bombed a UN school and killed 30 civilians, he is irresponsible. If he reports that Hamas used a UN school as a weapons cache and base of operations for [...]

Great new blog by Andrew Breitbart — Bighollywood. It opens with Top 5 Opening Scenes by Editor-in-Chief John Nolte. This will be a blog to, er, watch.