Maybe both, actually. This article from last February has some rather chilling quotes from Obama about ISIS. If he’s telling the truth here about his beliefs (always a serious question with Obama), it shows him to be so out of … 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 →
[UPDATE: If you want to watch/listen to the relevant part of Lynch’s remarks, go here.] Violent threats against Muslims are Loretta Lynch’s biggest fear as a prosecutor: With terrorist attacks in Paris and a shooting spree in California prompting alarm … Continue reading →
The left’s approach is now two-pronged. To the old “never let a mass murder opportunity go to waste in promoting gun control even though it wouldn’t have prevented it” method we can add the new, agreed-on “we act in effective … Continue reading →
Here’s a transcript and video of Obama’s Paris news conference, which was widely perceived as disturbingly unfocused and halting. He said one thing in particular that received a lot of puzzled criticism: “With respect to Planned Parenthood, obviously, my heart … Continue reading →
A lot like the good old days: There is a sense of fear in the streets, the Belgians understand that they too are targets of terror. Jews now pray in their homes [as opposed to at synagogues] and some of … Continue reading →
Oh, it’s so hard to keep the dictates of diversity straight! A person can be trying to do the right thing, and yet fail. For example, yoga: Student leaders have pulled the mat out from 60 University of Ottawa students, … Continue reading →
Quite a find: The interior ministry said 168 searches had taken place across the country in the wake of the Paris terror attacks… Searches in Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille and Toulouse resulted in the rocket launcher, flak jackets, 15 … Continue reading →
In my earlier post today, I used an addendum to discuss this editorial by the student editors at Claremont McKenna College. But I decided it needed a post of its own, in order to spotlight it. Reading it may give … Continue reading →
But this time it was assistant professor Melissa Click: An assistant communications professor at the Missouri School of Journalism resigned from her courtesy appointment Tuesday after she was caught on video confronting a student journalist and attempting to block him … Continue reading →
When I wrote my first post on the University of Missouri racism flap, I included these observations: And if the origins of that [excrement] swastika are anything like many such incidents in the recent past at other universities, the perpetrator … Continue reading →
I’ve been too busy to follow what’s been happening at Yale. But since we’ve have talking about what’s going on at college campuses, I’ll take a moment to pay some attention. Conor Friedersdorf has a piece on the subject at … Continue reading →