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Posted by Harcamone My prayer (or, shall we say, hope) for these children is that they won’t develop excessively abstract minds or grow into “activists” who see the purpose of their lives as fighting and screaming (“struggling”) against things, or … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone This is not the first time that J. Carter’s body language expresses, more eloquently than words could, his unfitness for diplomacy. One must make allowances and extend respect for age, but he is very far out of … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Harriet Miers’s Blog!!!

Posted by Harcamone The Muslims believe that Islam isn’t only a religion, it’s a community — as “Christendom” once was. Isn’t that right? That’s why they say an attack on “Muslims” is an attack on all Muslims. That’s why Muslims … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone This Aruba story is creepy and fascinating, don’t you think? A girl is missing. Three local boys, a Dutch kid and the Dutch kid’s father played some role or have some knowledge, or so the cops seem … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Pretending you’re a smart cop — instead of whatever you actually are — is a good way to read the news. A smart cop would never have bought Newsweek’s explanation for WHY interrogators flushed a Koran down … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone When the Pope died I tended to be on the softer side of the critical scale. But others were not. Some, like Christopher Hitchens, were vicious in their loathing of him, and much of their reason was … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Here are the links to Hitch’s and Taranto’s dueling essays. Hitch’s is thoroughly predictable, and gives no new or interesting slant on anything. He could have phoned his ideas in. He has said the same thing a … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Up to now, I had considered liberal fears of theocratic intrusion into public policy overblown, even a tad hysterical. Andrew Sullivan shares your concern, Nick. See some of the stuff on his current front page relating to … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Here’s an extraordinary example of cultural violence committed by people claiming to be dedicated to non-violence. You might not know the original song — Tramp on the Street —  but Candance almost surely does. And if you … Continue reading →