Failed state
In the featured essay of the new issue of the Claremont Review of Books (subscribe here), William Voegeli examines the long political demise of the state of California, now on the verge of becoming a “failed state.” Voegeli writes: “Rome wasn’t sacked in a day, and California didn’t become Argentina overnight. Its acquired incapacity [...]
How to Win a Political Argument Without Really Trying
Liberals and “Progressives” have always had a media advantage in pitching their sundry causes to the American people: They have controlled the major entertainment media (print, radio, television, and movies) for many decades; so when they’re losing the argument on points in news and discussion shows, they can always sneak their points across in [...]
The French gambit
One unfortunate byproduct of President Obama’s foolish attempt to make his mark on the Middle East by pressuring Israel to abandon all settlement construction is this: Obama’s failure appears to have brought French President Sarkozy back onto the stage. Anxious to make his mark in international relations, and probably hoping to show-up Obama for [...]
WND: Islamic states pushing for ‘global blasphemy law’
WTF!
WND reports that a resolution pending in the United Nations in one form or another since 1999 is being pushed again by the Islamic nations that originally proposed the plan they called “Defamation of Islam,” which would ban criticism of the beliefs of Muhammad worldwide. The resolution goes against virtually everything the UN supposedly [...]
The case of the missing cartoons
Why did Yale University Press remove the Muhammad cartoons from Brandeis University Professor Jytte Klausen’s forthcoming book on the cartoon controversy? It turns out, Roger Kimball reports, the question is not susceptible to an easy answer. Kimball explores the question in “Villain or fall guy: Yale and the case of the missing cartoons.” [...]
Barack H. Obama and What I Think of Him
Just who Is Barack Hussein Obama? Where did he suddenly come from, appear out of nowhere and win the election? Why do people absolutely love him? What is he actually planing to do now? Most importantly, what is going to happen to him once all of the problems are blamed on him?
Very little is actually [...]
