Liberal Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun wrote about affirmative action in University of California v. Bakke. It can be summarized as: “In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. . . . And in order to treat some persons
Category: Politics
Dennis Miller on Politics
We haven’t heard from Dennis Miller until his recent appearance on the Jay Leno Show… He always has an interesting viewpoint: When asked about global warming… “I just don’t think we control [the temperature] like we think we do,” said
Political Climate in Israel
It never ceases to amaze me what Ehud Olmert and his ruling party will attempt to give away for this illusory image of “peace”. Last week, Olmert was offering to give away my land in the eastern part of Israel. This
1960’s .vs. 2000’s
Another interesting insight from Mark Clower… + Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack. 1960 – Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack’s rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show
Making a Mockery of Our Military
A great article from Jack Kelley. Some of his key comments appear below… Many bright young people have enlisted to fight and have re-enlisted after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. That the reason is a mystery to Rep. Rangel, Sen. Kerry
Our First Postmodern War?
Victor Davis Hanson just says it so well… I’m not even going to try to elaborate. Read the excerpt below, which summarizes his view (and mine) about the current war against radical Islam: If you have taught [American] youth for
CNN Documentary on Islamic Extremism
CNN host Glenn Beck criticizes the rest of the Western media, including by implication his own station CNN, for drastically failing to properly report on Islamic extremism. Beck says he decided to show some of the remarkable footage the rest
British Newspapers Out of Touch
I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I read a headline from the Guardian newspaper that says “Hopes for peace as Hamas agrees to truce”, it just further convinces me that these folks are used to reading
Does the Future Belong to Islam?
An excellent essay in Gates of Vienna about the prospects of Western civilization controlling the impact of radical Islam… A few excerpts: Islam will not be defeated because “the strengths of the world community of Muslims are being underestimated.” Yet
Ironic Politics
It’s not too difficult to find irony in politics, but I came across the Yahoo news home page today and I thought that this was particularly interesting (see below)… Let’s see if I understand this correctly, Kissinger contends “military win impossible”.