Archive for November, 2009

A Trial That Will Convict Us All

Republican members of Congress and what masquerades as a “conservative” media are outraged that the Obama administration intends to try in federal court Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of Sept. 11, and four alleged co-conspirators.

Our Pushover President

All that bloviation we heard for two decades—about the “Second American Century,” the “End of History,” the “New World Order,” America as “omnipower” and “indispensable nation,” the “New Rome” seizing its “unipolar moment” to impose “benevolent global hegemony” on mankind and “ending tyranny in our world”—it was, all of it, bullhockey.

Multiplication Tables

No one can accuse Mandolyna Theodoracopulos of not being provocative, and I read her recent post “Jon and Kate Plus Hate” with interest.

Dumbo Univeristy

As George W. Bush famously asked, “Is our children learning?”

Apparently not in the twin capitals of liberalism, D.C. and New York.

In a ranking of 50 states and D.C. by how much each spent per pupil in public schools in 2005, New York ranked first; D.C. third. The state spent $14,100, and New York City just a tad less.

Athens and Jerusalem V: The Germanization of Christianity

The title of James C. Russell’s The Germanization of Medieval Christianity: A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation does not sound like the opening shot in a war against Christianity. However, ever since Sam Francis’ apparently glowing review, conservative neopagans, atheists, and Nordicists have trumpeted the book as proof that whatever virility existed in Medieval Christianity comes from the German element.

Keeping the Faith—December 2009

Thomas Fleming on on working and praying, William Murchison on the liberalization and decline of the Episcopal church, Mark Tooley on conservative Methodists, and Srdja Trifkovic on the battle against Christianity. Plus, Stephen B. Presser on continuing government involvement in running the businesses that run America.

Remembering Who We Are—November 2009

Thomas Fleming on the culture and history of Quebec, Tom Landess on racism and charges of racism in the United States, and Luc Gagnon on Quebec’s efforts to preserve French. Plus, Doug Bandow on the damaging effects of Social Security and the reasons it is headed toward failure.

Athens and Jerusalem IV: Medieval Christian Wimps

Like, for example, Charles Martel and his son Charlemagne, Otto the Great and Barbarossa, Henry II of England and his son Richard Coeur de Leon, or, going to the East, Belisarius and Heraclius, Leo the Great and Basil the Bulgar-Slayer, or the Christian Medieval rulers of Serbia—Stephan Dusan and Prince Lazar—and Hungary and Rumania—Janos Hunyadi and Vlad Drakul, whose enormities against the Muslims made his name a byword for vampirism.

Is America a Serious Nation?

Are we at war—or not?

For if we are at war, why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen?

America’s Dismal Future

It did not take the Israel lobby long to make mincemeat out of the Obama administration’s “no new settlements” position. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is bragging about Israel’s latest victory over the U.S. government as Israel continues to build illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land.