It’s a good thing we have post-modern, post-moral professors, or else some might get the crazy notion that looting is a bad thing. From a weekend piece in the Times, apropos the looting that followed last week’s earthquake in Chile, we get these two nuanced views on the morality of – let us dispense with [...]
President Ron Paul on 9/11
February 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“To the Muslim world: We get the message. My imperialistic predecessors have caused a sea of anger against the U.S. that has culminated in this disaster,”
President Ron Paul says as he addresses the nation on September 11, 2001.
Days later, President Paul visits the rubble of what was once known as the World Trade Center. [...]
For Bigots, Israel Can Do No Right
January 26, 2010 By 77 Comments
Jew-haters condemn Israel for giving aid to Haiti.
Iran crackdown a ‘human rights disaster,’ report says – CNN.com
January 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A human rights group is calling on Iran to free protesters detained after the disputed June 12 presidential election, calling the government’s crackdown on its critics a “human rights disaster.” A report released Sunday by New York-based Human Rights Watch details alleged abuses by members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Basij militia and police following widespread [...]
If it is to recover, Haiti must make some profound cultural and political changes. – By Anne Applebaum – Slate Magazine
January 17, 2010 By 3 Comments
For the past several days, I have found myself unable to look at the photographs from Haiti. I have also found that when I start reading an article datelined Port-au-Prince, I have to force myself to read to the end of it. I have donated money to Doctors Without Borders, on the grounds that it [...]
The UN Shines in Haiti
January 15, 2010 By 32 Comments
Despite the worst loss of life in its history, the UN has led humanitarian efforts in the earthquake-shattered nation.
MotherJones.com Shamefully Blames Bush-Cheney for Haiti Disaster!
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Deceiving the Young – by Rich Trzupek
December 30, 2009 By 5 Comments
Rock the Vote’s racy new video misleads young people about Obamacare.
Nicole Gelinas: Too Big Not To Fail – National Affairs
December 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The catastrophe that struck America’s financial system in 2008 was not inevitable. Rather than a failure of markets, it was a failure by government to understand its proper role in markets — and the product of an unwise (and unnecessary) abandonment of a sensible system of rules and boundaries that had served American finance well [...]
