News is fast-breaking and fast-changing in Gaza. This link purports to give live updates, and one that caught my eye was this: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked and profoundly disappointed” by Hamas’ violation of the humanitarian … Continue reading →
“Undocumented” ones. The transformation of our language from meaningful to propaganda on the issue of new arrivals to this country is pretty much complete. One would think the opposite of “legal immigrant” would be “illegal immigrant.” But “undocumented immigrant” seems … Continue reading →
Joe Klein is a liberal journalist who’s been an Obama admirer for a long, long time. He still is, in a way, which is a testament either to his ideological dedication, his inability to evaluate human beings and their natures, … Continue reading →
When I was young I read about Father Damien, the Belgian priest who went to care for lepers in Molokai, Hawaii, and after many years of work contracted the disease (which actually is not that easily caught) and died there … Continue reading →
For the balletomane on your gift list (especially the young ballet student), this is pretty and rather clever: A reader alerted me to the clock, which is designed by Meike Harde. It seems to be available right now only through … Continue reading →
Try sending this article on the history of Jim Crow to every liberal Democrat you know who claims that Republicans are the racist party: Here is the heart of the issue, where the left has hijacked the true history of … Continue reading →
Supposedly as a result of the recent action in Gaza by the Israelis, anti-Semitism is rising around the world—or at least, demonstrations of anti-Semitism are rising. But Ron Fournier has been deeply asleep if he thinks the anti-Israel press is … Continue reading →
…a family feud at Market Basket. And what a feud it is. First of all, it’s been going on for over forty years, in court and out. And it’s heated up even more, with the firing of company president Arthur … Continue reading →
The kindest thing you can say about John Kerry’s behavior during the Gaza/Israel negotiations is that he is in way over his head. To believe that you’d have to believe he means well, which I don’t think is true. But … Continue reading →
How long has Congress been mulling over some sort of amnesty plan for illegal immigrants? A long time, certainly under several presidents, whether it’s called “amnesty” or whether euphemisms are used to substitute for the word. But there’s a reason … Continue reading →
…you lose some.
Continue reading →I was going to write a post on John Kerry’s outrageous conduct in the negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire, but Bookworm has already written much of it for me, comparing Kerry’s current appeasement of Hamas with his long-ago attempts at … Continue reading →