Lo, he hath witnessed the Child walk through the Holy Land, and hath recorded the Gospel that others might believe.
BUT… did he feed 200,000 or 20,000?
Archive for July, 2008
The Gospel according to Gerard
Posted in Politics, tagged Obama on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More Obama Contradictions
Posted in Politics, foreign policy, tagged Israel, Middle East, Obama on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Caroline Glick gets to the essence of the incoherence of what Obama says about Israel:
His repeated assertions of his commitment to Israel’s security were repeatedly contradicted by the policies he wishes to adopt if elected. On the one hand he opposes permitting Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but on the other hand, he insists that [...]
German Sermon
Posted in Politics, tagged Obama on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Obama’s speech in Berlin.
UPDATE: Scott Johnson dissects it.
Banking on the Media
Posted in Politics, Truth, tagged Obama on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Barack Obama claims to be a member of the Banking Committee—he’s not—to take credit for something it did. Good grief. If a Republican had done this, it would be front-page news all over the country!
UPDATE: John Hinderaker asks whether Obama could be a serial liar. Today he lied about his own prediction [...]
What You Won’t See in The New York Times
Posted in Politics, foreign policy, war, tagged Iraq, McCain on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
John McCain’s editorial on Iraq, that is. Here it is:
In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he called the situation “hard” but not “hopeless.” Today, 18 months later, violence has fallen by up to 80% to the lowest levels in four years, and Sunni and Shiite terrorists are reeling from [...]
Americans for Prosperity
Posted in Politics, tagged conference on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was at an Americans for Prosperity conference. Some quotes and observations:
John Fund: “If we fight, we win. If we flinch, we lose.”
Grover Norquist, contrasting left and right: “Around their table aren’t friends and allies, but competing parasites.”
Michael Steele and Michael Williams are exceptionally fine thinkers and speakers who deserve national exposure. [...]
“Dangerous Fantasy”?
Posted in Politics, tagged Obama on July 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I noticed this a while ago but didn’t write anything about it because, like Ed Morrissey, I didn’t understand what on earth he was talking about. Here’s what Obama said in a July 2 speech:
We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got [...]
Survival Skills
Posted in philosophy, tagged survival on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an excellent article on how to survive disaster—and cope with the lesser problems and annoyances that most of us are much more likely to face. (HT: Brian Lollar)
Plato on Craigslist
Posted in philosophy, tagged Plato on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First edition! Signed copy! Thanks to Matt for telling me about it.
Changing Human Nature
Posted in Politics, philosophy, tagged human nature on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shrinkwrapped has an excellent post on the temptation to try to make people better, and the misery it inevitably entails. I trace the tendency to Rousseau’s second Discourse, which argues that private property makes people artificial, making them try to seem to be what they are not. This leads to Marx’s concepts of [...]
