Islam / Liberalism / Pakistan
Murder on the Road to Democracy
by I have to admit that I’m stuck on Benazir Bhutto. Quoting Mark Steyn again, “She was beautiful and charming and sophisticated and smart and modern, and …
Month: December 2007
Freedom Dead in Pakistan?
When Benazir Bhutto first decided to return to Pakistan to attempt to reclaim power I commented on a post by Kevin Sullivan to the effect …
Ah, Intellectuals
David Frum recently wrote about what he thinks is a disturbing trend among conservatives, dismissing too intellectual positions without properly understanding them while advancing popular, …
The Reason
Like many of you I’ve walked in and out of too many stores, spent too much money, wrapped too many presents, and stayed up too …
Oysters a Bad Business
Get a bad one and you’ll wish you’d never tried shellfish, for sure. In Texas, some oyster processing companies are having a bit of indigestion …
Obama’s New Ad is Half Right
The Politico has a transcript of Barak Obama’s new Iowa ad here: Ordinary people all across the country are struggling from paycheck to paycheck. If …
Taiwan to Seek U.N. Membership
Taiwan’s March 2008 referendum will evidently take place without much support from the United States. Per the BBC: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says …
California to Release 22,000 Prisoners?
The buzz at the Sacramento Bee is that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon ask the state legislature to approve a massive release of prisoners who are …
NRO on Steyn, Muslim Plaintiffs
At the National Review, Stanley Kurtz has a great post about the Muslim law students who are suing Maclean’s over Mark Steyn’s article “The future …
Ron Paul to keep Racist’s $$$
When this issue came up again my first reaction was to think, like the little kid in the legend of Shoeless Joe Jackson of Black …