On the Chapel Hill murders
I’m with Charles C. W. Cooke on this one.
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On the death of Kayla Mueller and ISIS propaganda
I don’t for a moment think that Jordanian air strikes caused the death of Kayla Mueller, as ISIS has claimed. But even if such air strikes had been the cause, the full responsibility for her death would still lie with … Continue reading →
Smiley face in space
Wow. Just wow: What is causing the illusion? Something as marvelous as the face itself: In this case, the cosmic “face” is actually caused by a neat galactic phenomenon as well: gravitational lensing. Large galaxy clusters sometimes produce such a … Continue reading →
Kayla Mueller’s death announced
ISIS has been holding American aid worker Kayla Mueller hostage, but her death has just been confirmed by President Obama. It is unclear how many details the government knows. But as yet the public doesn’t know how she died, when … Continue reading →
Axelrod admits Obama lied, nation yawns
David Axelrod has made an admission in his new book: Barack Obama misled Americans for his own political benefit when he claimed in the 2008 election to oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons, his former political strategist David Axelrod … Continue reading →
Climate change data “fiddling”?
Christopher Booker wrote a piece in the Telegraph that claims that climate scientists have fiddled with temperature data, and calls it “the biggest science scandal ever.” Here’s a quote: Two weeks ago, under the headline “How we are being tricked … Continue reading →
Let the vetoes begin!
Obama is preparing to veto the Keystone pipeline bill, issuing the first of what promises to be a blizzard of vetoes of legislation due to be passed by the current Congress. Never mind that the Keystone bill was bipartisan, passed … Continue reading →
The NY Times has trouble…
…with the concept of first name versus surname. It’s hard, hard I tell you (hint to Times: “Scott” is the first name, “Walker” is the surname): This was not an ordinary article, either, that just lacked an editor’s eye. It … Continue reading →
If Brian Williams has to go,…
…then why not Hillary? After all, she told essentially the same lie. Isn’t a presidential candidate more important than a newscaster? Yes, and that’s why her nearly identical lie will be winked at: the Democrats need her (they have no … Continue reading →
Charity nagging
I gave a modest amount of money to a few charities at Christmastime this year, as I sometimes do. I got the next solicitations from them in the mail around the first week of January, and several have sent me … Continue reading →
The vacuum left by America’s abdication of power
Here’s a quote I came across recently in The Rule of the Clan by Mark S. Weiner (it begins with a quote from Robert Kagan’s The World America Made): “There is a general sense that the end of the era … Continue reading →
Jews who are not Jews
Commenter “DNW” asked yesterday: …[C]an anyone…tell me why an even moderately religious or observant Jew, would continue to speak of left-wing atheist progressives, as “Jews”? Not that you would necessarily know. I just have no one else to ask. I’ll … Continue reading →