Are there two people on earth who speak like this? [emphasis mine]: Trump’s physician of 25 years, Dr. Harold Bornstein, said Trump “has had no significant medical problems” and called the candidate’s blood pressure and lab results “astonishingly excellent” in … Continue reading →
This is the bunch we are supposed to trust to vet immigrants and refugees and asylum-seekers and visa-seekers: Fearing a civil liberties backlash and “bad public relations” for the Obama administration, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson refused in early 2014 … Continue reading →
If you liked Obama, you’ll love Trump. Why? Because what we need more than anything else is another self-aggrandizing narcissist who thinks he’s the best at everything: I actually have a great relationship with people. In fact, I was criticized … Continue reading →
A reader sent me a link to this Cynthia Ozick piece in the Weekly Standard about having sympathy for terrorists: At bottom, an open-hearted willingness to understand “everyone” is an appalling distraction from the intrinsic depravity of the act of … Continue reading →
If you want to take a look, it’s here.
Continue reading →It’s getting really really close to Christmas now. And although Chanukah is almost over, there’s still time to give a gift or two. So once again I’m asking you to solve all your gift-giving dilemmas by turning to that online … Continue reading →
Quite a few critics of Islam say that it’s not a religion. My answer is that Islam is not a religion like other religions. But in certain respects it is similar to a religion and/or is functioning as a religion … Continue reading →
.Victor Davis Hanson on Donald Trump’s appeal: Trump sees his daily bombast as an injection of outrage for a constituency now hooked on someone who finally voices their pent-up anger. The more reckless Trump’s doses of scattergun outrageousness, the better … Continue reading →
Phytoplankton have been proliferating in the North Atlantic when they were predicted to be doing the opposite, and we haven’t a clue why. Nor do we know whether the increase is beneficial or harmful. Here’s an observation on this from … Continue reading →
Here are some quotes about liberty that seem timely today. Perhaps quotes about liberty are always timely. From George Washington: “The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.” From Ronald … Continue reading →
Here’s how.
Continue reading →It’s as though the San Bernardino shooting were a primer designed to demonstrate several of the possible ways to be a jihadi in the US. First, we have Syed Farook, a man whose parents were immigrants from a Muslim country … Continue reading →