The International Herald Tribune reports that the Netherlands’ Labor Party is moving toward a more realistic definition of what it means to accommodate Muslim immigrants, many of whom have refused to do the one thing necessary to deserve it – assimilate. Lilianne Ploumen, Labor’s chairperson: Ploumen says, “Integration calls on the greatest effort from the…
Month: December 2008
Kurdish Girls Suffer Sexual Abuse, Mutilation
The Washington Post reports that more than 60% of Kurdish women in the northern part of Iraq have had their clitoris “circumcised” as part of what some Kurdish women consider a cleansing procedure demanded by Islam. Is there a more vile crime a woman could inflict on another woman? Usually it takes a man inflict…
Making an End to Political Succession
Voters in New York should take the number one lesson from the Bush years to heart and refuse to vote Caroline Kennedy into the U.S. Senate as Hillary Clinton’s replacement. Ms. Kennedy says that she has good relationships in Washington that could help the people of her state. But what exactly are her qualifications for…
Tolerance at Christmas in Israel
Merry Christmas! If you believe in that nonsense, that is. CNSNews has this from Nazareth: As Nazareth’s Christians prepare to celebrate Christmas, they are playing down the appearance of a confrontational Islamic banner that challenges an elemental Christian belief. Journalists visiting the city saw two large banners–one in English, one in Arabic–hanging in the plaza…
Military Spending as an Economic Stimuli
Martin Feldstein says that the planned budget cuts at the Department of Defense shouldn’t happen. At first read the idea seems ludicrous. The U.S. already has a huge budget deficit caused in large part by excessive military spending. But Feldstein argues that depleted supplies and overworked equipment should be replaced now and that doing so…
Warren Derangement Syndrome, Take 2
Many on the far left are beside themselves because Barack Obama selected well-known pastor Rick Warren to give his inaugural invocation. But they’re not the only ones howling at the moon – Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake took a swipe at Warren this week, saying that God is going to punish the author of The…
Casualties of the American Drug War
America’s War on Drugs is a known failure and it’s south-of-the-border derivative is literally the cause of blood – and decapitated heads – in the streets of Mexico. Drug lords there regularly defy the government’s efforts to stop narco-terrorism and Sunday dumped twelve headless, tortured bodies in Chilpancingo along with a love note to police…
Competition No Longer an American Ideal?
Michael Lind says that southern states have waged an economic civil war on the rest of America, the real America, in Lind’s mind, by creating an economic environment in which companies want to do business and bringing jobs from the heavily unionized north of the country and from overseas. This, Lind Says, creates wage competition…
Obama’s Choice of Rick Warren is Inspired
Barack Obama’s choice of pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his presidential inauguration is a good one. Warren, whose book The Purpose Driven Life has inspired millions of Americans, represents American values – and American citizens – far better than the far-left zealots who are frothing at the mouth over Obama’s decision. Is…
Palin Church Arson a Hate Crime?
The church of Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin, former Republican vice-presidential nominee, was torched Friday night and over $1M worth of damage was done to the structure and its contents. Happily, none of those inside the church were injured. This is obviously a hateful act. Should the arson be treated as a hate crime? That depends…