When we go about our daily routines, we are helped by rules or certainties that remain fixed even throughout our hard and chaotic lives.  Our sense of order in the universe does not remove anguish, but provides a context in which to deal with it.  For instance, we might get mugged, but we know the police will at least [...]

Scorching temperatures are breaking records in Europe this summer. But the weather is moderate compared to the Islamic tempers flaring across the continent.
Tonight, Islamic riots are breaking out in France and England. Concerning the riots in France, Jihad Watch is reporting:
The violence began around midnight on Friday and lasted through the night in [...]

Hitler, as an unqualified example of pure evil, is often used as a standard by which one can judge other lesser forms of evil. People of all stripes and political persuasions refer to Hitler and his Nazis in their speeches. But as time moves on, and the memory of Hitler’s actions becomes [...]

While Chris Matthews’ special “Rise of the New Right” was nothing less than insulting to the intelligence, and pure propaganda, conservatives can learn something from it. If we do not clean our own house, somebody else will. There are many who march under the banner of conservative America, but who have their own [...]

Classification is an important and usually unnoticed aspect of human organizations. People in conflicting groups tend to go out of their way to visibly distinguish themselves from their opponents. The British wore red coats, the Communists and Nazis had bright flags. Groups also adopt identifying terminology to unify themselves and to be [...]