(Hat tip to Melanie Phillips) Bernard Lewis gave a must-read speech at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on March 7th. Old news to many, but new to me. Very interesting reading. A key paragraph: The declaration of war begins at the very beginning of Islam. There are certain letters purported to have…
Month: March 2007
UN Watch: UN Human Rights Council “Criminal”
Watch UN Watch’s presentation to the UN Human Rights Commission at Little Green Footballs – it’s a good thing. Here’s the transcript as lifted from UN Watch’s own web site: (Note that it’s not exact. But it’s close. And damning.) Mr. President, Six decades ago, in the aftermath of the Nazi horrors, Eleanor Roosevelt, Réné…
Assimilation
I’ve written about the need for immigrants from other cultures to assimilate when they come to the United States but as a conclusion to my last couple of posts I felt like I wanted to bang that drum again. It’s been said that the writing on Black Shards is anti-Mexican, anti-immigrant, and anti-Muslim and from…
Inside Threats
One of the problems with W’s War in Iraq (Wii – coincidence?) is that it has taken America’s eye almost completely off the ball, which is the global struggle against Islam. The enemy – and they are a real enemy, in case anyone’s not convinced yet – is not just in Iraq. Or even in…
Drunk + Illegal = Murder
Check out the Texas Rainmaker’s post on the recent drunk driving crash in North Houston that killed two women. Turns out the driver was an illegal alien who had 3 prior DUI convictions. TTR says: Is anyone in immigration and law enforcement awake anymore? Consider the deaths of these three innocent people yet another tragic…
It’s a Only a Book…
…and you know the one that I’m talking about. It is, after all, the only article on the planet made of little bits of wood pulp, horse hooves, and black drops of dye (die) whose supernatural synergies grant the reader the inalienable right – nay, the duty – to kill anyone who thinks differently than…
Death Penalty Revisited
The horrific murder of a Texas co-ed at the hands of an obsessed ex-boyfriend and a report of an even more sickening fate suffered by an innocent 6 year-old boy have been lodged in my psyche as if the stories were shards of glass blasted into my mind’s eye. I’ve read a lot lately about…
Liberalism = Nihlism
At the TownHall, Michael Medved asks “What constitutes the essence of modern liberalism?“. The rhetoric of today’s left shows that they see society divided between the privileged and the powerless, the favored and the unfortunate, victors and victims. Liberals feel an irresistible instinct to take sides with the less fortunate. While the right wants to…
Mandatory Vaccinations
Yesterday Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order that mandates a new 3-step vaccination for pre-teen girls. One would assume that there is a medical crisis either in play or in the making for Perry to do an end-run around public debate in the Texas legislature, right? So what is it that’s such a…
Teachers and Pay
Ask virtually any teacher whether they are paid enough for the work they do and you’ll get the same answer. “No!” Is that true? Teachers are represented by unions, organizations that exist for the purpose of raising wages and improving working conditions. So why do teachers feel they are getting short-changed? On the surface of…