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Probably Just Faulty Wiring . . .
Exhibiting the reverence for holy sites that we have come to expect from Islamic extremists, Palestinian rioters (“protesters” seems a bit tame, at this point) set fire to Joseph’s Tomb overnight,...
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Marco Rubio’s Energy Plan
Despite President Obama’s best efforts to stop it, the energy economy of the United States is undergoing a profound transformation. No one who lived through the OPEC oil embargoes of the 1970’s would...
View ArticleSurgeon Amputates Ears so Man Can Look Like Parrot
The Onion is in danger of irrelevancy.We have now fallen so deeply into the vortex that a woman obsessed with becoming visually impaired was intentionally blinded–as a treatment–by her...
View ArticleCould Biden Beat Clinton?
I think the answer is no–or, at least, he would not be likely to beat her if he jumped into the race. That’s not because she showed some newfound strength in this week’s debate. It’s because the...
View Article'They're Human Beings Today'
The Media Research Center asked Debbie Wasserman Schultz whether she thinks her children were human beings before they were born. She refused to answer yes or no.
View ArticleIs the FBI Actually Serious About Its Clinton Investigation?
Two stories indicate maybe, possibly yes. First, Fox’s Catherine Herridge and Pamela Browne report that the FBI’s investigation is zeroing in on a specific, potential legal violation:Three months after...
View ArticlePutin's Power Play in Syria: Did Obama Blink or Wink?
If you thought Vladimir Putin’s military intervention in Syria was the result of some mad dictatorial impulse, better think again.Wednesday, the New York Times ran a story about how American military...
View ArticleRahm Emanuel: Police Going 'Fetal' for Fear of Ending Up on Evening News
Via the Washington Post:When more than 100 of the nation’s top law enforcement and elected officials met for a private meeting last week in Washington, there were some pointed — and controversial...
View ArticleInside the Heart of Darkness: The View From ISIS-Held Mosul
Thanks to Rod Dreher, I ran across this interview of a Mosul-based blogger who’s chronicling life under ISIS. I’d encourage you to read the entire thing, but this exchange stood out to me:In your...
View ArticleSalon/NPR/CNN Contributor: If You 'Love Guns,' You 'Need To Be Shot' to...
And so, the gun control debate has come to this. D. Watkins, an NPR and CNN contributor, has run to Salon (where liberals really get to emote) to advocate for a rather draconian form of gun control:As...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Russia Helping ISIS Regain Lost Territory in Syria
Charles Krauthammer said tonight that Russia is attacking U.S.-backed forces in Syria, effectively helping ISIS regain previously lost territory. “They’ve been attacking the forces, anti-ISIS,...
View ArticleA Trio in Nothing Flat
Once a year, the New York Philharmonic goes to the movies, or screens movies — and plays the score. This year, they did On the Waterfront and The Godfather. I’ve done a little series of three posts on...
View ArticleOne-State Solution Cont'd: U.S. Pays $400M for U.N. Agency Calling for...
My weekend column in on the Palestinians’ new intifada, the Obama State Department’s disgraceful response to it, and how Islamists and Leftists continue to push for the “One State Solution” – no more...
View ArticleEzra Klein Interviews Arthur Brooks
Ezra Klein interviewed AEI president Arthur Brooks for Vox’s“The Weeds” podcast. You can find the entire interview here, on AEI’s site.Think Tank Watch pulled some of their favorite quotes from the...
View ArticleThe Case of Uber v. San Antonio
In business as in romance, the upper hand in any relationship belongs to the party most willing to walk away from that relationship. That’s often great for consumers — it’s why Walmart and McDonald’s...
View ArticleThe Desire to Punish
We were warned not to meddle too deeply into God’s business: Eve and the knowledge of good and evil, judge not lest ye be judged, the Pharisee of Luke 18:11 who “prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank...
View ArticleI Didn't Have Time to Write a Short One
I hope you’ll forgive the 4,500-word Saturday-evening brain dump below. There is something to that Blaise Pascal line about sending a long letter because he didn’t have time to write a short one.
View ArticleMonday links
Excellent site for DIY intelligent women’s costumes. Related: Faust, Mephistopheles, Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell or a Hugenot: Halloween Ideas From an 1884 Costume Guide.The Fascinating History of 20...
View ArticleAnybody Checked on Obamacare Lately?
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:Obamacare, That Big Issue Barely Mentioned in the Debates . . . Hey, remember Healthcare.gov? You know, the $2 billion website that didn’t work at first and now...
View ArticlePlay Ball
Whitney Ball, a founder of DonorsTrust and a hero of conservative philanthropy, died in August. At its annual conference last month, the State Policy Network honored her with this video. It’s kind of...
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