Current Affairs
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I've always know that Veterans' Day, November 11, originated as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I, and was later expanded to include all war veterans. So I was mildly surprised when I noticed some discussions indicating that a lot of people had never heard of Armistice Day. I wonder how long it…
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Sunday Night Journal — December 5, 2010 (I started this piece last Sunday, and had to stop writing to deal with a software emergency at work. But I had already seen that I was probably not going to be able to handle the subject in a blog post. I took it up again today, and…
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I think this thesis of this piece, that "Sarah Palin's happiness is what really irks liberals," is only partly true. Her detractors can present much more solid reasons for finding her an objectionable political personality. But there's probably a little something to it. For an awful lot of people who are on what I call the…
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Just a few quick notes–I had sort of wanted to comment at more length on these but ran short of time: The Future of Social Democracy: English (Telegraph) columnist wonders why the U.S. is starting down the path that Europe seems to be coming to the end of. Related sentiments from Germany: "The US has lived…
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I generally try to avoid speaking quite so harshly about the president, but aside from that I agree with Kevin Williamson's agreement. The beginning of the piece to which he links is excellent, but unfortunately the rest of it is unavailable to non-subscribers (to The New Republic).
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"Sending Republicans back into power without a clear mission is like sending teenagers to Vegas for a school trip without a chaperone. Sure, they’ll check out the museums." —Jonah Goldberg
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That was my first reaction to the Cordoba House/Park 51/"ground zero mosque" controversy, and after thinking about it and listening to the arguments on both sides for a week or two, I've come down again pretty strongly on the same position. Last night I was watching the Alabama-Penn State game (24-3, thank you), but I…
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Apropos the conversation with Daniel (on this post) about anti-Muslim feeling in the U.S., I wondered how many mosques there are in the state of Alabama, and I found some interesting stuff. Many people in this country would be quick to tell you that white southerners are the most racist xenophobic etc. in the country.…
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Yes, that pretty well characterizes the intention of some jerk preacher to burn copies of the Koran. I am in total agreement with Jonah Goldberg on this. Reasonable people can disagree about the Cordoba Center, I think. But not this; it can have no effect but to increase the amount of hatred in the world. And I…
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Sympathetic words (more sympathetic than mine) for Anne Rice, from Kathryn Jean Lopez.
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