Flemming Rose proposes that we answer Osama Bin Laden’s latest with defiance.
What should the response of Europe be? More cartoons or less cartoons? What kind of civilization are we, after all, if we refrain from mocking and ridiculing bin Laden and his followers?
In related news, the Bangladeshi cartoonist who drew a cartoon about a cat, [...]
Archive for March, 2008
“Bin Laden Wants My Blood”
Posted in Cats, Religion, liberty, tagged freedom of speech, Islam, Osama Bin Laden, Religion on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Perspective on Iraq
Posted in war, tagged Iraq, war on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Gateway Pundit uses graphics to relate U. S. military deaths in Iraq to those of various battles from World War II and Korea. It’s also instructive to compare battles from earlier eras of history: the 16th-19th centuries for example: 30,000 dead at Marignan in two days in 1515, 38,000 dead in one day at [...]
Reactions to Obama’s Speech
Posted in Distributive Justice, Equality, Politics, justice, tagged affirmative action, Obama, race on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Michael Goldfarb points out how amazing our current situation is:
What if I told you in 2004 that the Democratic party would run an African American candidate for president in 2008? I tell you National Journal will officially label this candidate the most liberal member of the United States Senate. This candidate will also have served [...]
The Power of a Portrait
Posted in liberty, tagged freedom of speech, Islam on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Wretchard reflects on the power of the Mohammed cartoons, which must be very powerful indeed, given the evidence of the latest from Osama Bin Laden.
What makes the Mohammed Cartoon attack on radical Islam so potent that Bin Laden himself must oppose it, is two things. First, anyone can make fun of radical Islam. Second, the [...]
Iranian Instability
Posted in Religion, foreign policy, tagged Iran on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“Death to Ahmadinejad!” shout Iranian protestors, while, in other news, a million Iranians are estimated to have converted to Christianity within the last couple of years.
Your Brain on Jazz
Posted in Music, tagged brain, creativity, jazz, Music on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
I worry about improvising while undergoing an MRI, but the results are intriguing:
The scientists found that a region of the brain known as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a broad portion of the front of the brain that extends to the sides, showed a slowdown in activity during improvisation. This area has been linked to planned [...]
Tenure, the Movie?
Posted in Academia, tagged tenure, universities on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Good luck with that. There’s plenty of drama to tenure decisions, but it plays out slowly—though I guess the months involved an writing an article and the months it takes to hear a journal’s decision can be glossed in an 80s-style montage with bouncy music in the background.
Barack’s Speech
Posted in Politics, economics, tagged Obama, race, trade on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reaction so far seems predictably mixed—ecstasy on the left, skepticism and even poetry on the right—but my chief response is that the real concerns haven’t been answered. Victor Davis Hanson:
So here we have it: a candidate who professes racial transcendence is comfortable with a racist; a candidate who preaches a new candor and transparency [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beer on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
In honor of the holiday, here are eight reasons why drinking beer is good for you.
Free Tibet
Posted in Cats, foreign policy, tagged Cats, China, Tibet on March 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Protests are spreading throughout China.
And, China’s treatment of cats is worth its own set of protests.
