Name that speech:
[W]e must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man. We know that living in this world means dealing with what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or, as theologians would put it, the doctrine of sin. There is sin and evil in the […]
Mark Steyn, describing President Bush’s recent interview with a group of conservative journalists:
The president’s view is that before it was Iraq it was Israel; with these guys, it’s always something. Sometimes it’s East Timor — which used to be the leftie cause du jour. And, riffing on the endless list of Islamist grievances, […]
Watch the video. Anything a normal, sane person is willing to pay $800 to have done to himself and then laugh about minutes later cannot possibly be considered torture.
To me, this looks like a measured and humane alternative interrogation technique. It is preferable to actual torture, which has historically been far more barbaric. Obviously […]
Oh for goodness’ sake! I guess this means diplomacy is out. Talk about itching for a fight!
If the U.S. keeps pestering us and increases pressure, we will regard it as a declaration of war and will take a series of physical corresponding measures,” the North’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by […]
If more Muslim leaders sounded like the Aga Khan — and if they spoke out more often — the world would have a better chance of avoiding a protracted clash of civilizations.
He’s a British citizen living in France and educated in the West. He is also the leader of the Ismaili, a Shia sect […]
I’ll grant that the resolutions probably are useless, but we did ask nicely and quite some time ago I believe they agreed not to pursue this course of action.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council should congratulate North Korea for its nuclear test instead of passing “useless” resolutions or statements, North Korea’s U.N. […]
From the Jackson Sun:
“Very devastating” is how Bradford Police Chief Ollie Bond described the amount of damage that could have been done by explosive materials found behind a building on Old U.S. 45 East Thursday morning. Bond said police were still searching for the owner of the material Thursday afternoon.read more | digg story
I have no way […]
I’d like to share a book that we discovered about a year after 9/11/01 called Fireboat. It’s the true story of an old fireboat commissioned in 1931. It saw the construction of the George Washington Bridge and Empire State Building. By 2001 it was very old and was destined for the scrapyard. But on 9/11 […]
Mr. Ex gave his account of 9/11/01 last year. Here’s mine:
We overslept so I didn’t follow the usual routine of turning on the radio and listening over breakfast. Mr. Ex called me from the car on the way to work about the first plane. My first thought was “That must have been […]
This Ongoing War is usually interesting and informative and I would encourage everyone to check-in there on a regular basis. The last few posts have prompted me to mention them specifically.
First, Hezbollah has it’s own youth program. The only requirement for 10-15 year olds recruited for the “Mahdi Scouts” is that they be […]