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 everything we in the west would like a Muslim leader to be”. Writing about her murder, Andrew McCarthy had this to say about the nation she once led and, I…
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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 that her return was more likely to lead to blood in the streets than democracy. Sadly, that rather obvious guess has proven true: Benazir Bhutto is dead, killed by an suicide…
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, even common, causes and people instead. While it is true that progressive points of view are given short shrift by conservatives there are often valid reasons for their dismissal. As…
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 late to really enjoy this special day. Perhaps that’s what’s got me thinking, at this hour, about the real reason for the Christmas season. If you believe in God the father…
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 with their end of the business cycle because they can’t find enough labor to perform the unpleasant labor needed to turn a pile of oysters into a viable food product….
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 the plant moves to China, and you’ve been working there for 20, 30 years and suddenly you have the rug pulled out from under ya… And you don’t have healthcare,…
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 Washington is strongly opposed to Taiwan’s plan for a referendum on United Nations membership. Ms Rice said applying to the UN in the name of “Taiwan” was a “provocative policy”…
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 thought to be of low risk to the general population: According to details of a budget proposal made available to The Bee, the administration will ask the Legislature to authorize…
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 belongs to Islam”. An excerpt: They claim to be believers in the marketplace of ideas, merely seeking a chance to respond to Mark Steyn. What they don’t say is that…
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 Sox infamy, "Say it ain’t so, Ron. Say it ain’t so." But as Frank James writes and his comment section elaborates on quite eloquently: As Paul’s campaign explained, it plans…