You may have heard or read that the two kidnapped Fox newsmen were released by the Palestinian Hamas… You may not know that they were released based on a convoluted deal which entailed their public conversion to Islam, the newsmen making anti-American statements on video,
Russian Solves Historic Math Problem – Update
According to an article in CNN, a reclusive 40-year-old Russian scholar has won the math world’s version of the Nobel Prize for solving a very difficult math problem… Perhaps more interesting is that Grigory Perelman shunned the Fields Medal and the associated
The Changing Face of Warfare
Daniel Pipes writes an interesting summary with links to articles on the subject: “Warfare in recent decades has turned historic assumptions upside down. Countries used to be the enemy; now regimes are the enemy, while their subject peoples are our
Glaciers Have Been Shrinking for 100 Years
A recent article in Breitbart describes how the glaciers in Greenland have been melting for over 100 years. The study from Danish researchers notes, “70 percent of the glaciers have been shrinking regularly since the end of the 1880s at
How to Negotiate with Terrorists
This is a good one from Hurricane Harry that I’ve included in its entirety: A peacemaker walks up to the left side of a line. A terrorist walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker introduces himself. The
New Preamble to the Constitution
This is an interesting one that I received from Mark Clower… It’s been attributed to State Representative Mitchell Aye from Georgia, but I cannot vouch for its validity. “We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help
Movie Review: World Trade Center
We recently went to see the new Oliver Stone movie, “World Trade Center“. There have been various reviews — both good and bad — in the Washington Post, New York Times, etc. Frankly, I must admit that I had a very
Israeli Soldiers & Politics
Sgt. Eran Perry, who lost his right leg above the knee, and Sgt. Evyatar Cohen, whose right hand is not functioning, spoke from the hospital on Israel Television late last week. This interview in Arutz Sheva will provide you with
Radical Moslems and Sovereign Nations
Mark Steyn makes interesting observations in this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: Lebanon is a sovereign state. It has an executive and a military. But its military has less sophisticated weaponry than Hezbollah and its executive wields less authority over
Technology Comes to Tennis
Many of you may be aware that tennis now has the line “challenge”. It allows a player to “incorrectly” challenge 2 calls per set (similar to football, it doesn’t take away one of the calls if the challenge is correct).