Archive for February, 2009
Return of the War Party
“Real men go to Tehran!” brayed the neoconservatives, after the success of their propaganda campaign to have America march on Baghdad and into an unnecessary war that has forfeited all the fruits of our Cold War victory. Now they are back, in pursuit of what has always been their great goal: an American war on Iran.
Israel First, Again
Most Americans agree that the greatest problem America faces right now is a faltering economy. One would never know that by looking at NRO’s Corner on Thursday, February 26. Apparently the greatest threat to the Republic is the appointment of the former ambassador to China and Saudi Arabia, Charles Freeman, to head the National Intelligence Council.
From One Assault on the Constitution to Another
Rep. Bobby L. Rush, D-Ill., has introduced the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009. As the British and Australians learned, once firearms are registered, the government knows where they are. The government’s next step is to confiscate the firearms.
Florence Diary III
Let me make another confession: I hate museums. Oh, yes, I like to look at paintings and sculptures as much as the next man, unless the next man is some culture-vulture like Bernard Berenson, but museums, especially the great omnium-gatherum collections like the Louvre or the Met, are vast cemeteries of the human spirit.
Everybody in America
Your benevolent feds have announced a goal that “everybody in America” have access to broadband. What I want to know is whether “everybody in America” includes millions of illegal aliens.
Courage, Mr. Holder
Lecturing a conscript conclave of Justice Department bureaucrats, Attorney General Eric Holder last week called America a “nation of cowards” for not spending more time talking about race.
Florence Diary II: The First Few Days
We spent our free days before the beginning of school getting reacquainted with the layout of the city and visiting churches and piazzas where we were supposed to pontificate. The first afternoon we walked up to the Mercantino, where they now sell used furniture at what are no longer bargain prices.
Clueless Catholic
A regular correspondent on our website sent me this priceless paragraph (from NRO) from that noted philosopher George Weigel, commenting on the Pope’s meeting with Nancy Pelosi, with the question: What does this mean?
The Long Retreat
But if victory over the Taliban has been ruled out by the United States, have the Taliban ruled out a victory over the American Empire to rival the one their fathers won over the Soviet Empire? What price are we prepared to pay, in “prolonged indecision,” to avert such an end to a war now in its eighth year? America had best brace herself for difficult days ahead.
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