Archive for March, 2009

Lights On!

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Afghanistan: What is Obama Up To?

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Richard Hernandez: Taken together, the two stories suggest that the the Obama administration has decided to enlist regional actors and the Afghan government to split up and perhaps neutralize the Pashtun structure but that the price paid to Iran will be high and that the means that are to be employed of unproven effectiveness. The [...]

A Loathesome Cartoon

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Barry Rubin: Antisemitism? Ask not for whom the bell tolls because Israel, the canary in the mine—the one who first they came for—can tell you that you are all next.

Hillary Clinton Smart?

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Not so much: Now, it’s one thing to not know what the Catholic Church teaches about Guadalupe. But it’s another for the State Department not to have briefed Clinton prior to her visit. Of course, those are political considerations. Wow. UPDATE: The Anchoress goes snarky. Richard Fernandez with more.

Change We Can Believe In?

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Or Change We Must Expel?

Losing Freedom

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

One day at a time: The images are now at the Porsgrunn library, for the moment. The exhibition is called “Det er ikke forbudt å tenke” – “It’s not forbidden to think.” Not yet, de jure, but de facto Europe’s getting mighty close.

Tim Hawkins

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Good, clean comedy — check out his website!

Afghanistan

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Is it worth the cost? It will not be easy: “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society,” Daniel Patrick Moynihan once wrote. “The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.” In Afghanistan, the military is a [...]

Simply Frightening

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Two items spark fear. . . . First, Obama deficits. Second, Obama fanning the flames of mob rule to cover his own incompetence. Shameless. Elections have consequences.

CPSIA: Idiotic Law

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Read this. Hugh Hewitt has been leading the charge against the asinine CPSIA.