One good thing about the Koran burning/mosque hating meme that is so dominating conversation is that it is generating additional conversation about organized religion, in general. I recently started thinking about the transition from polytheism to monotheism. Actually, I was thinking about the society and culture of 60-100 CE and consciously realized, for the first time, the … [Read more...] about From Polytheism To Monotheism : A Quest For Power?
Vodkapundit Stephen Green and ‘The Blogging Caesar’ guests on The Rick Moran Show
You won't want to miss tonight's Rick Moran Show, one of the most popular conservative talk shows on Blog Talk Radio. Tonight, I welcome Dan Riehl of Riehl World View, Vodkapundit Stephen Green, American Thinker's Larrey Anderson, and Scott Elliott, The Blogging Caesar. We'll look at the hot political stories making news today. The show will air from 7:00 - 8:00 PM … [Read more...] about Vodkapundit Stephen Green and ‘The Blogging Caesar’ guests on The Rick Moran Show
Let Our Fear Be More Accurate (Guest Voice)
Let Our Fear Be More Accurate by Tina Dupuy Right after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, a dry cleaner’s storefront was vandalized and set ablaze in Modesto, California. The reason? The business was named “French Cleaners.” The French government took a strong anti-war stance regarding our preemptive invasion of the sovereign nation of Iraq. They said they would not … [Read more...] about Let Our Fear Be More Accurate (Guest Voice)
Tea Party Express
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That Crash You Heard Was The Housing Market, Again
It’s my business to blow peoples’ bubbles to smithereens when they are not focused on the ball in play. Those primary elections and runoffs in five states Tuesday, well, the outcomes don’t mean a hill of beans. The real news — the stuff that counts — is the housing market continues to collapse if it already isn’t gasping its last breath. Sales of existing homes plunged … [Read more...] about That Crash You Heard Was The Housing Market, Again
Demand Is Huge At Company Behind Demonization and Political Polemics
Did it ever cross your mind that one company could be behind the demonization and political polemics that now make up such a great part of American politics? My most recent Cagle.com column is an exclusive interview with a man who influences what so many Americans say, hear and think in today's politics. Here's the beginning of it: An office located in a tiny building in … [Read more...] about Demand Is Huge At Company Behind Demonization and Political Polemics
Two Female Candidates Plus Two New York Papers Equals One Obvious Example Of Right And Wrong
I've written before about how exactly do women use whatever positive attributes, as women, we have on the campaign trail, especially given that there are three or four generations of women around to vote and they definitely don't all view female politicians and campaigning as a woman in the same way. But now the New York Times has really conflated the coverage of women … [Read more...] about Two Female Candidates Plus Two New York Papers Equals One Obvious Example Of Right And Wrong
The Sensitivity Argument
'We know all Muslims are not responsible for 9/11. We know our feelings are not completely rational. But they are our feelings. So we ask you to build your mosque elsewhere, because that is the sensitive thing to do.' … [Read more...] about The Sensitivity Argument
1 in 4
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It’s 10 Weeks to the Midterms: So What Should Obama and the GOP Do?
It's 10 weeks now to the midterms. So what should be on Barack Obama's Things To Do List -- and what should be on the GOP's? CNN has this list for Obama. And this list for Republicans. Who'll stick closest to the list? Who'll be derailed or fall off message? (Take your bets now). Right now it seems the GOP is poised to do at least one of them: getting the focus back … [Read more...] about It’s 10 Weeks to the Midterms: So What Should Obama and the GOP Do?
Google’s Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars
Writing in The Chronicle, Geoff Nunberg kicks off his criticism with a look at publication dates: To take Google's word for it, 1899 was a literary annus mirabilis, which saw the publication of Raymond Chandler's Killer in the Rain, The Portable Dorothy Parker, André Malraux's La Condition Humaine, Stephen King's Christine, The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolf, … [Read more...] about Google’s Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars
Who Defends the “50,000-Dollar Crowd”?
The title quote is from Kevin Drum's commentary on Paul Krugman's latest column about the conservative resistance to not extending the portion of former Pres. George W. Bush's tax cuts that go to the wealthy: … [Read more...] about Who Defends the “50,000-Dollar Crowd”?
Iraq’s ‘Kurdish’ Army Chief Serves His American Masters: Iraq News Agency, Iraq
Comments by Iraq's army chief of staff, that the Iraqi military won't be ready to protect the country without U.S. assistance until 2020, triggered this angry and sarcastic response from Muhammad al-Ammary of the Iraq News Agency. Continuing with our coverage of the Iraqi reaction to America's combat troop withdrawal and highlighting the cleavages among the country's ethnic … [Read more...] about Iraq’s ‘Kurdish’ Army Chief Serves His American Masters: Iraq News Agency, Iraq
Welcome Home
No matter how you may feel about the US policy in the Middle East, you cannot help but be moved by the reunions between service members and their families. The Welcome Home Blog offers some truly touching videos … [Read more...] about Welcome Home
Mosquerade Party (Guest Voice)
Mosquerade Party Raging Moderate, by Will Durst There is only one halfway-decent reason why a mosque should be built two blocks away from Ground Zero in New York. It’s called the First Amendment. Maybe you’ve heard of it: that’s the one that lets pretty much anybody say pretty much anything they want, and yes, that includes worshipping whatever goofy deity they choose. … [Read more...] about Mosquerade Party (Guest Voice)
Voting for John McCain
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As Our Troops Leave Iraq, Will We Forget the Refugees?
Refugees are persons seeking refuge in a foreign country from war or persecution or natural disaster. I have seen the anguish, the fear, the sadness, the total dependence and vulnerability in the faces of hundreds of South Vietnamese refugees. It is a sight, a feeling, an emotion that stays with one forever. It is because of such past experiences that … [Read more...] about As Our Troops Leave Iraq, Will We Forget the Refugees?
Newbie And The Snake, Part II (The Art Of Conversation)
Each of us is instructed by the events and experiences of our lives. In Part I of “Newbie and the Snake” I related the events of last Friday where talking to a rabbit grazing in the yard saved my wife from a painful snake bite and a trip to the hospital. Since then I’ve had the weekend to ponder whether there are broader lessons in this account or perhaps, less grandiosely, a … [Read more...] about Newbie And The Snake, Part II (The Art Of Conversation)
A Better Idea About Those Expiring Tax Cuts
The next big legislative soap opera in this country will involve expiring tax cuts. A few long-time fiscal sinners seeking to do a hair shirt number (think Alan Greenspan here) have been saying all these tax cuts, instituted in 2001 with George W. Bush in office, should be allowed to expire because otherwise the national debt will grow still more disastrously in coming years. … [Read more...] about A Better Idea About Those Expiring Tax Cuts
LA Opening Half Billion Dollar School
And people wonder why public schools are struggling for money. LA Opens Most Expensive School … [Read more...] about LA Opening Half Billion Dollar School