“Suicide attacks are the best because they inflict the greatest damage on the enemy.” “Terrorism: Al-Qaeda ‘urges young Turks to wage Jihad,’” from AKI, February 22 (thanks to Twostellas): Dubai, 22 Feb. (AKI) – A video allegedly by Al-Qaeda’s media arm features a young Turkish suicide bomber urging young Turks…
Faleh Almaleki murdered his daughter, but we wouldn’t want to appear Islamophobic. Would a non-Muslim who ran down his daughter in a car be spared the death penalty? Do you wonder about the answer? “Dad accused in ‘honor killing’ will not face death penalty,” by Dustin Gardiner in The Arizona…
…out the window of his hotel room. “Makeshift bomb thrown at Cairo synagogue, no dead,” from Associated Press, February 21 (thanks to all who sent this in): CAIRO – A man hurled a suitcase containing a makeshift bomb at Cairo’s main downtown synagogue in the early hours Sunday morning, but…
A man walks about finely mowed lawns, followed by another man with nothing better to do than drag a tube on wheels containing assorted sticks. The first gentleman pauses occasionally to take one of the sticks from the tube on wheels and hit a small ball several times until it finally lands in a hole. [...]
Following Evan Bayh’s (D-IN) abrupt retirement, comedian Bill Maher appeared on Anderson Cooper 360° to discuss Congressional inertia. His first response to the moderate Democrat’s departure?
He wasn’t working. He’s the problem with Congress.
Maher immediately admonished Cooper for referring to Bayh as a “centrist” when, in fact, there’s a perfectly good ad hominem to hurl. “He’s [...]
Why are Islamist “guest speakers” brainwashing students at New York’s Clarence High School?
“I’m so relieved to be an elite” –tweet from Roger Ebert
Most public figures have done or said something they wish they could take back. When it comes to public intellectuals and film critics specifically, they generally pride themselves on their ability to analyze what they see. Therefore, their responses to culture should be very measured [...]
This morning I found my almost 10-year old daughter with a towel wrapped around her head so that it was draping down past her waist. She was pretending to be a bride. “This is what my veil will look like when I get married, Mom. Do you think it’s pretty?”
And then, this: “Mom? Why did [...]
For the media and the Left, a female Republican can do no right.
Romano Amerio began his work, Iota Unum, with this exquisite statement:
“A precise use of words makes for a sound argument.”
Lack of a precise definition of “anti-Semite” is contributing to the blog war now raging over Andrew Sullivan, editor of The Daily Dish, and his understanding of “Jewish influence on American foreign policy.” Picked up by [...]
