Hoist by their own petard

I’m going to keep this at the top for a day or two, until everything settles down. Please scroll down for new posts. My apologies again for the log-in process, and if it’s too difficult, I may just abandon it. For now, though, this is how I believe it works: 1. Click: “Comment” 2. Look for “Leave a Reply - You must be logged in to post a comment.” 3. Although it’s hard to see on the comment page (although easy enough to see here)... more

Since the Iraq War began, the Left has attempted to disassociate itself from the ugliness of 1960s anti-War protests by repeating, over and over, “We love the troops. It’s just the War we hate.” That line always had a stilted quality, especial since we have a volunteer army, and our troops are willing to serve in this war. This little charade may well be over now, since the hoo-ha in Berkeley has peeled away any attempts amongst the radical Leftists to praise the troops whi... more

I was still an oldlib, not a neocon, when the Clintons finished their White House tenure. I was also uninterested in politics so, like the vast majority of Americans, considered myself informed because I glanced at the headlines. I therefore managed to ignore complete the details and import of Bill Clinton’s sua sponte decision to pardon 16 FALN prisoners, all of whom were serious and unrepentant Puerto Rican terrorists with much blood on their hands. Debra Burlingame, however, has not... more

Reading this , you can’t tell if it happened in 1938 or 2008: An American tourist was kicked out of a cafe in Belgium for being Jewish. Marcel Kalmann, a 64-year-old professor, told the Antwerp Jewish magazine Joods Actueel that he was ejected from the renowned restaurant Le Panier d’Or in Bruges after a waiter saw his yarmulke under his cap. “We are not serving Jews, out of here,” the magazine reported. Kalmann also told Joods Actueel that he was mistreated at... more