I was on a road trip a little while ago and passed the site of Fruitlands, which I recalled as the failed Utopian community the Transcendentalists began in the mid-1800s. The setting is lovely, overlooking a panoramic view of the … Continue reading →
Referring to the horrific act of “15 Muslim asylum-seekers [who] reportedly threw 12 Christian asylum-seekers overboard as they made their way from Libya to Sicily this week,” Kirsten Powers writes: As [Italian PM] Renzi was questioned about the incident, Obama … Continue reading →
This headline caught my eye: “Univ. of Michigan Cancels ‘American Sniper’ Screening, Made Students ‘Feel Unsafe’.” At first I thought it was some sort of objection to a film about a sniper and war, although I’m pretty sure other films … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, of course, real religious wars are going on, and it’s Muslim extremists/terrorists who are driving them: Islamist gunmen burst into a Kenyan university before dawn Thursday, shooting students and taking hostages in a terror attack that left 70 dead, … Continue reading →
It is no surprise that a campaign on social media sites has forced Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana to close down temporarily or perhaps permanently. The pizza establishment’s owners are not activists; they merely answered an inquiring reporter’s questions, saying … Continue reading →
This is a good article on the subject, which pretty much summarizes my opinion, which is the basic “moderate libertarian” (is that an oxymoron?) point of view. It doesn’t really deal with the issue I see as vital, however, which … Continue reading →
…and the firestorm around it— The topic makes me weary, weary, weary, to see that everything that we predicted is coming to pass. What began as a simple “gay people ought to be able to get married” morphed seamlessly into … Continue reading →
In a previous thread, commenter “Ann” offered a link to an article written in 2008 by James Q. Wilson entitled, “Why Don’t Jews Like the Christians Who Like Them?” From the article: Evangelical Christians have a high opinion not just … Continue reading →
And I wish someone would ask it of him. For real. Please read my new essay in The Weekly Standard, and pass it on to anyone you know who could ask Obama or who knows someone who could ask him … Continue reading →
In all the uproar about Obama’s refusal to label terrorists of the Muslim faith as being terrorists of the Muslim faith, what’s gotten somewhat lost is Obama’s failure to explain why he won’t label their Christian victims as Christians, and … Continue reading →
There’s been much reaction to Obama’s stated reasons for not tying the terrorists to the Muslim religion they so obviously espouse. Before I add mine, let’s look at the heart of his explanation/excuse: [ISIS and al Qaeda] try to portray … Continue reading →
The right is having a field day with Marie Harf’s latest pronouncement on the way to fight ISIS (see this, for example). Here’s Harf (speaking to Chris Matthews): MATTHEWS: How do we stop this? I don’t see it…If i were … Continue reading →