This is not the Onion…
…although it really really seems as though it should be. Nor is this.
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Looking back: 9/11 coverage
The 9/11 anniversary is now over for another year. To mark the day, I went to YouTube and watched videos of the original coverage. Although I’d seen some of it before, I realized that a great deal of it was … Continue reading →
RightNetwork: on 9/11
The new website RightNetwork has a tribute to 9/11, with articles by Michele Bachman, Eric Cantor, Victor Davis Hanson, and more, including yours truly, neo-neocon.
Continue reading →9/11: nine years
Nine years. So much has happened since then that it seems as though we’re a different country now. And not a better one. For a while it seemed the legacy of 9/11 would be a unity of purpose, a stunned … Continue reading →
And now Fareed Zakaria…
…seems to have lost his ability to reason. The argument he offers in his Newsweek column about 9/11 and the US reaction to it is the equivalent of saying that, since the pneumonia patient recovered after getting the antibiotics, the … Continue reading →
Your Justice Department, working for you: the Cole prosecution
The administration has announced the suspension of the trial of the accused USS Cole bomber, just in time for the tenth anniversary of that terrorist attack, on October 12th. I’ve read the entire article, and it’s not exactly clear what’s … Continue reading →
Completely unsurprising news of the day: al Megrahi celebrates the one-year anniversary of his release
Yessiree, and there was a big bash planned, although Britain has warned Libya against it and Libya is apparently complying. As for al Megrahi, he’s living in a lovely villa, and his sons have been given lucrative government jobs. Is … Continue reading →
Obama, America, and the Ground Zero mosque
No one should be surprised at President Obama’s defense of the planned mosque at Ground Zero. It’s another in a long series of stands Obama has taken that runs counter not only to the opinions of the majority of Americans, … Continue reading →
Islam, religion of peace
Douglas Murray doesn’t think so.
Continue reading →Absolutely no suprise…
…here. [See these for background.]
Continue reading →The continuing saga of Al Megrahi
Remember our friend the Lockerbie bomber, Al Megrahi? The one who got a “get out of jail free” card back in August of 2009 because he only had three months to live, max? Well, it’s nine months later and Al … Continue reading →
Obama, Daniel Pearl, and freedom of the press
It seems like a long, long, time ago that Daniel Pearl was kidnapped, held hostage, and then beheaded by jihadists in early 2002. At the time, it was a profoundly shocking event, and part of the horror was the fact … Continue reading →