Here’s a riddle for you: How is Obama like Eisenhower? My answer would be: they both love[d] to play golf. David Ignatius sees a great many more similarities. Seriously, he does. I repeat: he is serious. After I wrote the … Continue reading →
Scene at the Western Wall in Jerusalem: But don’t despair–maybe the snow’s a good sign: YNetNews spoke to “prominent kabbalist” Rabbi David Batzri who said the snow was an indicator of forgiveness from God. “The kabbalists torment themselves and pray … Continue reading →
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity … Continue reading →
More Rescue 911. Old, but still very topical:
Continue reading →In Obama’s second term, Eric Holder is a holdover, according to Ben Smith at Buzzfeed, who calls Holder Obama’s “heat shield. The reason he stays, despite his unpopularity? Holder (like Obama) is a completely political animal, and is Obama’s man: … Continue reading →
In Pravda: “Americans never give up your guns.” [ADDENDUM: See this and then this for some strange synchronicity.]
Continue reading →Ace points out the same thing that commenter “carl in atlanta” alluded to a moment ago—that this administration has declared some interesting intentions on gun control: “The president is going to act,” said Biden, giving some comments to the press … Continue reading →
Different strokes for different spambots: I personally found this specific posting , “Anti-Semitic drawings and the San Francisco anti-circumcision campaign”, quite pleasurable.
Continue reading →You may notice that I’ve been writing a somewhat higher proportion of my posts on topics that are not all that political. There’s a reason for that. Every morning I go to certain sites to read the stories of the … Continue reading →
I didn’t know this woman’s sad but impressive story before, but I came across it the other day. Here’s a video: The title of this post is the title of Hupp’s book, which I have not read. The Luby’s shooter, … Continue reading →
Dr. Natalie Muth, author and expert in childhood obesity, has some advice for parents who want to avoid starting their kids along the road to overweight: [She says that] a common parental practice that could lead to childhood weight gain … Continue reading →
Got your attention, didn’t I? It’s not that I agree with Obama when he said to John Boehner that the US doesn’t have a spending problem. But it’s all in how you look at it. If you believe certain things, … Continue reading →