Where Has the Thrill Gone? By Victor Davis Hanson :The Harder They Fall? Who appointed over 40 ambassadors on the sole basis of campaign contributions, or has as many lobbyists in government as did any President in memory? And who releases touchy news—whether increased unemployment or trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civil courts—on Friday nights, […]
http://www.hurryupharry.org/ Harry’s Place recently noted the New Statesman “scoop†over supposed gaffe by easyJet’s in-flight magazine, which organised a fashion shoot at Berlin’s Holocaust Museum. This from a magazine which recently printed an interview with Khaled Meshal, leader of Hamas, an organisation which describes the Holocaust as a Zionist lie. There are arguments for publishing […]
Political Correctness and the Sunset of American Power  By David Solway Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refers to the U.S., and by extension the West per se, as an ofuli (sunset) power [1]. Nothing apparently new here. Ezra Pound’s 1920 poem “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley [2]†had famously written off Western civilization, and by implication the U.S. […]
http://online.wsj.com/article /SB10001424052748704888404574549741582508178.html Elections scheduled for December 6 will mark the official end of the Bolivian democracy. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY Â A dictatorship that fosters the production and distribution of cocaine is not apt to enjoy a positive international image. But when that same government cloaks itself in the language of social justice, with a […]
“The great Muslim reformers of the last 200 years have all been intellectually deeply intertwined with the West. The West has stimulated every single great modern Muslim conversation. The abolition of slavery, the study of science, public schools and widespread literacy, the widely felt and growing need for constitutional and representative government—and less meritorious subjects […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/23/tibet-thrown-under-the-bus//print/Â William C. Triplett II Buried in a very long joint statement by President Obama and President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China is the following declaration by the American president: “We did note that while we recognize that Tibet is part of the People’s Republic of China, the United States supports the […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/23/green-stimulus-growing-few-jobs//print/ “Green energy” is proving to be no miracle solution to the nation’s monumental unemployment problems, and it is doing little to help the economy emerge from its deepest recession in decades, economists say. A large part of this year’s $786 billion stimulus bill was devoted to green or renewable energy projects, with President Obama, […]
Dem senators at odds over health bill http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/23/democratic-senators-at-odds-over-health-bill//print/ Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation’s troubled health care system, with moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren’t met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend. The dispute among Democrats presages a […]
‘Climate change’ blamed for increased prostitution in Philippines John McLaughlin If you think advocates of global warming are over the top in the United States, check out this report by Philippine TV attempting to blame increased prostitution in that country on “climate change.†The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/obama-adminstration-appoints-muslims-to-key-homeland-security-posts—-but-theyre-moderates-arent-th.html Obama adminstration appoints Muslims to key Homeland Security posts — but… they’re “moderates,” aren’t they? The track record of the two appointees, taken together with the administration’s own ability to distinguish “moderates” from “extremists” inspires anything but confidence. After all, the Fort Hood jihadist was himself a member of a panel advising the incoming […]
