Yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris were exactly the sort of thing everyone who has been paying attention to ISIS (which claimed responsibility, and probably isn’t lying) was expecting. Unfortunately, the details of exactly where, when, and how were not predicted. … Continue reading →
I’ve been holding off writing about the Russian plane crash in Egypt until we get more definitive news about the possibility of a bomb. But with the announcement that Russia, which had been downplaying the bomb rumors, has now halted … Continue reading →
Most readers here know I pretty much can’t stand Jeb Bush. I don’t mean personally; no doubt he’s a nice man who loves his wife and all that. I can’t stand him as a candidate and know no one who … Continue reading →
Call it the Knife Intifada. From Bret Stephens: …[T]wo weeks of Palestinian assaults…began when Hamas killed a Jewish couple as they were driving with their four children in the northern West Bank. Two days later, a Palestinian teenager stabbed two … Continue reading →
Suicide terrorists have killed at least 86 (probably more) at a Turkish peace rally in Ankara: The explosion, which caused chaos and bloodshed, took place during a peace march involving, among others, the pro-Kurdish HDP, or People’s Democratic Party. The … Continue reading →
Trump says it wasn’t Swedes who blew up the World Trade Center. That’s for sure, although it actually might have been—in the sense that Sweden has its own problems with a radicalized Muslim population within its borders. I’m pretty sure … Continue reading →
This is the best interview I’ve seen with the three heroes of the French train terrorist attack. It’s with Megyn Kelly, and it’s the first time I’ve heard the three tell their story in such detail. Their characters really shine, … Continue reading →
Just when you thought the Bergdahl story couldn’t get any worse—it does. Did the White House scuttle, or at the very least ignore, a better Bergdahl prisoner exchange deal and replace it with the one we got, in order to … Continue reading →
The following is a quote from Evan Sayet. It was written in 2007 and is not specifically about immigration, it is simply about the worldview and motivation of liberals today. But it strikes me that it certainly applies to the … Continue reading →
On 9/11’s 10th anniversary I wrote a post that contained this observation: For those of us who were grownups when 9/11 happened, it’s also been transmuted””not to something that was always there, but to something that’s been incorporated into our … Continue reading →
John Hinderaker has written a must-read piece on how a group of lawyers in academia is undermining the fight against terrorists. It’s based on this article by William Bradford: Bradford writes that radical Muslims have targeted “an interconnected ”˜government-media-academic complex’ … Continue reading →
Here’s why: They finally did it. The bastards destroyed Palmyra’s Temple of Bel. We all knew it was coming in May when ISIS conquered the ancient Roman-era city an hour’s drive east of the Syrian city of Homs… In March … Continue reading →