Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Holiday & Observances: Feast of St. Francis de Sales Major Events: Praetorian Guard Assassinates Caligula, Sunni-Shia Divide, California Gold Rush Notable Events: Fatimid Caliphate, Conciliar Movement, Corvinus crowned King, Cavalier Parliament, Boy Scouts, Income Tax, Goldsboro B-52 Crash, Ted Bundy Born: Hadrian, Frederick the Great, Charles James Fox, Neil Diamond,
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on November 27 Holidays & Observances on November 27 Feast of Vergilius of Salzburg, an 8th century Irish missionary and astronomer. In 745, he left Ireland for the Holy Land, but made it no further than France where he became a
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on November 25 Holidays & Observances on November 25 Feast of Catherine of Alexandria, born a Princess in the 4th century, she was a scholar who converted to Christianity at age 14. She converted hundreds of others to the faith over
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A look at some of the history and holidays on November 20 Holidays & Observances on November 20 Feast of the Blessed Anacleto González Flores, José Sánchez del Río, and companions (Martyrs of the Cristero War): After communists rose to power during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920, one of
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I predicted 8 years ago that Obama’s Iran outreach would throw Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together, an alliance that has significant benefits for both. Although I haven’t written about Saudi Arabia, I have been paying a great deal of attention to what’s going on in that kingdom. If Prince
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Modern Islam uses burqas, niqabs, and hijabs to control women. It wasn’t always this way, as a 1958 speech by Egyptian President Nasser shows. Throughout the Muslim world — and, increasingly, throughout Europe and America — women are “appearing in public” in hijabs (head scarfs), burqas (full body tents), and
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Sherif Gaber, an Egyptian dissident in hiding, takes a look at Islam’s bloody history of conquest and concludes that ISIS is extremely Islamic. If you haven’t heard the name Sherif Gaber, allow me to educate you about a brave man who, having had an epiphany about the Islamic world in
Continue readingYesterday, I got around to reading Michael Crowley’s ‘We Caved’ : What happened when Barack Obama’s idealistic rhetoric collided with the cold realities of war and dictatorship in the Middle East and beyond. I recommend it. It’s a depressing look at what happens when the Progressive Ivory Tower meets the
Continue readingSherif Gaber is an Egyptian activist who looked past the smears and insults and who now argues compellingly that Israel’s existence is a good thing that makes the world a better place — including a better one for her Arab neighbors. The video is in Arabic, but you can follow
Continue readingIn an earlier post about the Charlie Hebdo massacre, March Hare made this comment: One reason you may not see pictures of the Mohammed Cartoon or covers from Charlie Hebdo is that the Western Press will not publish close-up crowd pictures. See this article by Allahpundit at Hot Air. Ah,
Continue readingIt’s Easter Sunday, and that means all family all the time. No complaints here, though. It’s been a lovely day so far and I anticipate an equally pleasant afternoon and evening. Full blogging will not happen today, but here are a few (a very few) links that intrigued me: I’ve
Continue readingFrom the time he hit the campaign trail in 2007, Barack Obama made it plain that he considered America to be too big for her britches when it comes to international matters. Looking at imperfect nations, you could see him mentally scolding America — “Haven’t you done enough already?” —
Continue readingOkay, here’s what we know. First, this was Obama: Second, Morsi is the black knight: Third, and now I’m getting serious, Egypt is either going to explode or the military will impose harsh military rule very quickly to prevent an explosion. Morsi is under house arrest, which makes his refusal
Continue readingThings in Egypt are coming to a head. The protest in Tahir Square on Sunday is being billed as the largest political protest ever. In addition to Cairo, people are protesting all over. A mob burned down the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters. Obama, after staying silent for some time, finally called
Continue readingI’ve been coming across so much interesting stuff this morning that I’m going to do another flotsam and jetsam post. One of the things we’ve long known is that the Left lies about statistics. Examples of this are “1 in 4 women have been sexually assaulted” canard and the “women
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