Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
John Bolton explains just how bad the deal with Iran is. Fred Kaplan, however, thinks it’s the best deal that ever happened, and that Republicans and Israelis should be celebrating the fact that President Barack “I’m really good at killing people” Obama finally earned his Nobel Prize. I incline to
Continue readingSo Obama did it — he gave Iran permission to go ahead with its nuclear program and gave the mullahs $4.2 billion of our tax dollars with which to do it. I foresee an Israeli strike as inevitable. Any bets as to when it will happen? Also, any side bets
Continue readingHere’s an old joke: An established comedian invited a friend to join him at a very exclusive “comedian’s club.” The guest instantly noticed something peculiar. In the main room, a person would periodically stand up and shout out a number. “57,” one would say, and a few people in the
Continue readingHeadline today: Israel said to be working with Saudi Arabia on Iran strike plan And the post I wrote in June 2010, entitled “When the policeman goes away — or what happens when a big nation retreats.” After an opening riff about the huge upheavals in Europe when the Soviet
Continue readingHillel Neuer writes in the Times of Israel about an accidental moment of moral clarity at the UN: Thursday a United Nations interpreter, unaware that her microphone was on, uttered words of truth in reaction to the General Assembly’s adoption of nine politically-motivated resolutions condemning Israel, and zero resolutions on the rest
Continue readingThe Emergency Committee for Israel reminds the world that you cannot believe a serial liar: Shakespeare knew Obama: “Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!”
Continue readingWho is Private Eden Atias? He’s a 19-year-old who died today, the latest victim in Israel’s endless war with practitioners of the Religion of Peace. Israel is not an anomaly. She is the front line in the war between civilization and barbarism. Every time one of her citizens dies, we
Continue readingWe should all be so clever when we see someone parading around demand that people Boycott, Divest, and Sanction the only liberal democracy (in the classic sense of those words) in the entire Middle East.
Continue readingAs I read the headlines lately, I have this peculiar sense of deja vu. I already pointed out that, back in 2009, a conversation I had with a liberal doctor fairly accurately predicted how Obamacare would play out (although even I didn’t foresee the exchange collapse, perhaps because no one
Continue readingThe following three links don’t have anything to do with each other, but I wanted to bring each to your attention. First, an article by Ben Sasse about Obamacare’s horrible, inherent flaws. The article is great on its own terms. It’s also worth reading because Sasse is running for the
Continue readingOf course, this superb video will not put to rest the slander against Israel, because the slanderers are entirely unconcerned with truth. Nevertheless, for those who may still have open minds, this is an interesting and instructive video comparing faux apartheid Israel to real apartheid South Africa:
Continue readingTonight marks the first night of Rosh Hashanna, the Jewish New Year. More specifically, tonight is the 5,774th year that Jews have honored this particular holiday. It is, so far as I know, the oldest continuously operating calendar in the world. Tonight also marks a Jewish New Year that sees
Continue readingMichael Totten is a true journalist — an endlessly curious, extremely brave, open-minded but opinionated man who doesn’t just sit in a field office taking information from locals who have an agenda. Instead, he goes out there and investigates. Totten’s most recent foray took him to Hezbollah’s very own theme
Continue readingI’ve always liked the Pet Shop Boys, an 80s band that was part of the background soundtrack to my early 20s. I especially liked this song: The Pet Shop Boys just went up enormously in my estimation by taking a principled stand against the fundamentally antisemitic Boycott, Divest, and Sanction
Continue readingIt seems that the absolute savagery in Syria is causing a few Arabs to revisit whether Israel and the Jews are really their enemies. I doubt a tipping point will happen any time soon, but maybe what’s going on in Syria is, for Arabs and Muslims, the equivalent of being
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