Category Archives: General

All of this criticism of John Kerry, a war hero, is completely unfair and uncalled for. Obviously he has realized that electing Republicans is what is best for his country, and, selfless patriot that he is, he is sacrificing his … Continue reading →

It looks to me like Zarqawi’s (peace be upon him) strategy was as follows: Murder lots of Shia civilians to prod them into retaliating against their Sunni neighbors. Which in turn will prod the Sunnis into retaliating against their Shia … Continue reading →

If you read this article in the SF Chronicle about the cancellation of the Mozart opera that featured the severed heads of Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, and Poseidon, you will be hard put to tell whether it was cancelled from fear … Continue reading →

It does look more and more like the Pope knew exactly what he was doing and did it on purpose. I applaud him for it. I only wish he had been more direct. I think that a challenge by the … Continue reading →

I’m not sure where I stand on the current debate over legislation to conform to the Hamdan Supreme Court decision. I believe that some of the “coercive interrogation techniques” that have been used by the CIA on a half dozen … Continue reading →

There are infinite alternative universes that could have replaced this one, had we not gone into Iraq. Some might be better than the current reality and some might be much worse. Which one would have happened is impossible for anyone … Continue reading →

There seems to be universal condemnation of the Lebanon ceasefire on the Right, which I don’t really understand. To me it looks like what will happen is that Hezbollah will refuse to quit rocketing Israel, at which point Israel will … Continue reading →

I watched the bloggingheads.tv diavlog between Ann Althouse and Robert Wright last night. Ann is a law professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a registered Democrat who has voted for Democrats all her life, and still votes … Continue reading →

Apparently the plot to blow up nine or ten airplanes was foiled because of information obtained by the arrest of a couple of jihadists in Pakistan. I sure hope they weren’t mistreated during interrogation.

Looks like Iraq may be sliding into civil war. Hezbollah is making their bid to overthrow the legitimate government of Lebanon, under the pretense of defending Lebanon from the evil Jews. This is really a Lebanese civil war, with several … Continue reading →