Well, they aren’t exactly kids. But they’re pretty young – eighteen and nineteen years old, children of naturalized citizens from Turkey and Afghanistan. In their copious free time they constructed – or purchased, or were furnished with – an IED, … Continue reading →
Why did they pursue the destruction of Israel like Ahab pursued Moby Dick, from the very moment they took over Iran? What had Israel ever done to them? Why did the fierce attacks by the US and Israel last summer … Continue reading →
You may or may not agree with the FACE Act (1994), but it’s pretty clear that Lemon and the other activists in the Minnesota church invasion violated it. Leftists are perfectly fine with the Act’s application to anti-abortion activists, but … Continue reading →
The number of Christian believers in Germany has been falling rapidly, and this presents a problem: what to do with all those empty churches? Maybe it’s time to re-purpose them as mosques – it’s certainly happened before; just ask the … Continue reading →
You may have read that Tucker Carlson recently criticized Dietrich Bonhoeffer in an odd sort of way. Here’s the clip, so you can understand what it’s about: I then came across this – which takes it a bit further, shall … Continue reading →
[Part I can be found here. I also plan a Part III.] In Part I, I discussed the background to Tucker’s profound isolationist advocacy and his hatred of “neocons” as having their origin in his deep anger and embarrassment at … Continue reading →
Lovely guy, that Mamdani. Here’s what I’m talking about: Speaking at a New York University event in September 2023, Democratic socialist state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani made one of his most despicable, antisemitic remarks yet. He said, “We have to make … Continue reading →
Caveat: I’ll believe it when I see it. But let’s assume it really does happen. I hope it really does happen. The price paid will be the release of an enormous number of terrorists, which Hamas will call a victory. … Continue reading →
If it sometimes seems as though these things are contagious, it’s because they probably are. Not literally contagious, of course. But susceptible minds read about a mass shooting or see a video, and a few of them think, “What a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I haven’t watched most of the speeches at the Charlie Kirk memorial yesterday, but I’ve seen short clips and read excerpts plus Erika Kirk’s entire speech.] Erika Kirk is clearly a remarkable woman, but one would expect that because … Continue reading →
Kirk’s killer didn’t think ahead very much. He was an effective assassin. But his getaway plan left a lot to be desired; his disguise wasn’t all that great, and he probably was unaware of the fact that his every move … Continue reading →
Just today I discovered this essay written in December of 2023 by Benjamin Kerstein. It’s entitled “The rise of barbaric progressivism,” and subtitled “Antisemitism, racial hierarchy, violence, and an alliance with radical Islam have seized the commanding heights of the … Continue reading →