Rabbi Shmuley Boteach thinks that Sarah Palin’s use of the term “blood libel” was both appropriate and justified. I said it was, from the start. I also have made it clear that I believe she knew full well what the … Continue reading →
Mitch McConnell has stirred up a hornet’s nest on the left (see, for example, the comments here) by suggesting that we should hold hearings on the question of whether every child born in the US, even if his/her parents have … Continue reading →
Well, I’ve read the article that may be the undoing of General McChrystal’s military career, and perhaps even the Afghan war itself [I wrote that sentence before I saw the breaking news that McChrystal is gone and Petraeus has been … Continue reading →
They got this out in record time [hat tip: Bob from Virginia]: [NOTE: Richard Landes has some thoughts on the flotilla incident and the perceptions of the beholder.]
Continue reading →[NOTE: I happened across this old post the other day, and I thought it might be a good one to republish right about now. So here it is, ever-so-slightly edited.] Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran has scored a surprising … Continue reading →
Entrepreneur Dan Kennedy writes of the fear Obama’s economic policies are sowing in the business community. He offers the following quote from a board member of a community bank, a man Kennedy describes as someone not prone to wild fears … Continue reading →
On the topic of Obama’s decision to release the so-called “torture memos,” others have stated the basics already, and stated them well (see this and this, for example). In the latter article, Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, ranking Republican on … Continue reading →
There’s been some relabeling going on in the Obama administration. The “Global War on Terror,” a term criticized by the Left as too simplistic and truculent, and on the Right as too general and nonspecific, has been rebranded. The “solution” … Continue reading →
The intrepid Richard Landes is on the case.
Continue reading →For those who have followed the France2/Karsenty/Al Durah libel trial, Richard Landes has some encouraging news.
Continue reading →Richard Landes continues on the topic of the Enderlin/France2 case, and expands into a discussion of media intimidation and complicity.
Continue reading →It’s not that I’m unsympathetic to the plight of those such as Bookworm who are Republicans (or Independents, or at the very least non-liberals) living in mega-blue areas such as Marin County, and who choose to keep their mouths firmly … Continue reading →