Explaining Away Atrocity
Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill:Less than 24 hours after the barbarism in Paris, the bodies of more than 120 concertgoers, Friday-night revellers and children barely cold, and the apologism has already begun....
View Article‘Somebody Has to Go Fight Them’
This morning, I wrote a post headed “On ‘Liking’ War.” It was about the charge against people like me — who favor an unblinking and unstinting response to the Jihad — that we get a kick out of war. An...
View ArticleSanders: ‘Absolutely’ Global Warming a Worse Threat than Terrorism
Asked tonight whether, in light of last night’s terror attacks in Paris, he still believes global warming is a worse threat than terrorism, Sen. Bernie Sanders said “absolutely.” Here’s that exchange...
View ArticleClinton: 'We Should Increase the Number of Refugees'
In a conversation during tonight’s debate about whether the terror attacks in Paris put America’s planned embrace of Syrian refugees in a new light, Hillary Clinton said she still favors increasing the...
View ArticleAsked About FBI Investigation into Her E-mail, Clinton Jokes, Bashes GOP
Tonight Bernie Sanders reiterated that “I am still sick and tired of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails” and urged the media to instead focus on the middle class – to which Hillary Clinton added, “I agree...
View Article"This cannot be an American fight"
Hillary Clinton is the hawk in the Democratic field, such as it is, but even she says the fight against ISIS can’t be an American fight. But if we don’t take the lead, the fight isn’t going to happen,...
View Article'A Careless Skier'
The Paris atrocities will inevitably have sharpened the debate over immigration in Europe, particularly so far as the latest wave of refugees/migrants is concerned, not least because of this (via the...
View ArticleParis and the Spread of Radical Islamic Terrorism
I was on a plane when the attacks in Paris occurred. I’ve had a number of shocked phone calls, texts, and e-mails since from friends.I can’t say that I’m shocked. What surprises me is not that this...
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View ArticleMonday links
This 1968 memo to Gene Roddenberry about William Shatner’s disappearing wigs from the Star Trek set is a hoot, plus bonus Monty Python/Star Trek mashup.15 Non-Sex Uses For Condoms.Photos Of Boys Who...
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Don’t Be Surprised By Friday Night’s Terror Attack
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:Be Horrified or Angry, But Don’t Be Surprised By Friday Night’s Terror AttackOne of the most maddening aspects of our reaction to Friday’s Paris attacks is that...
View ArticleThe Reviews Are In for Hillary's 9/11 Defense on Wall Street Donations
Here’s the good news: Saturday night’s Democratic presidential debate, held just 24 hours after the awful terrorist attack in Paris, did include a major discussion of the consequences of 9/11 for...
View ArticleScalia on the Role of the Courts
Last week Justice Antonin Scalia spoke at a Union League event with Princeton University professor of politics Robert P. George, who summarized the event on his Facebook page:Justice Scalia was...
View ArticleHow the Public Can Boycott Campus Fascism
How is one to address the ethical implosion on campus, from pampered student bullies to timid professors to invertebrate presidents? We forget that the campus is a contradiction in terms. American...
View ArticleFrank Bruni vs. Ted Cruz
Bruni, a New York Times columnist, uses some of Senator Cruz’s debate remarks last week to portray him as a big fat phony. But Bruni doesn’t seem to understand the remarks very well. Cruz, he...
View ArticleDem Refusal to Name 'Radical Islam' as Enemy Fails Laugh Test on MSNBC
President Obama played the “religion card” during his news conference this morning by accusing some Republicans of “feeding the notion” that the War on Terror as a “war against Islam.” It was a clear...
View ArticleGOP Governors Aim to Prevent the Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in Their States
Governors of Michigan, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana are announcing their state governments will not cooperate with any federal effort to resettle Syrian refugees in their states.Here’s the...
View ArticleISIS “Nihilist”? No, And It’s Not “Contained” Either.
Writing in the Guardian, Scott Atran examines the appeal and the ideology of ISIS.It’s well worth reading the whole article, but here’s the nub:Radical Arab Sunni revivalism, which Isis now spearheads,...
View ArticleThree Things You Need to Know about the Little Sisters of the Poor
The Supreme Court just agreed to rule on a long-brewing battle between the feds and several religious ministries. But few people even seem to know what the cases are about. For instance, the New York...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Destroy ISIS
From my most recent NRO article, on France’s response to the attacks: “The political heresy of an ISIS Caliphate must be crushed into nonexistence by the application of whatever level of military force...
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