Archive for June, 2011
Speaking of Comments…
After toying around with Forum software, we have decided to re-impliment comments, under a new system. All the old rules apply—some new ones, too. For more information, please see the text just about the comment section at the bottom of new articles. Let there be endless speculation as to our sinister motives. And, oddly enough, [...]
More Ugly Questions
Isn’t a great example of bipartisan statesmanship that all our leaders got together to save “our” economy by giving billions to the New York banks and stock speculators?
The Death of Moral Community
“The opponents (of same-sex marriage) have no case other than ignorance and misconception and prejudice.” So writes Richard Cohen in his celebratory column about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s role in legalizing gay marriage in New York state.
Private Eyes Are Watching You—August 2011
Here’s a sneak preview of the August 2011 issue of Chronicles—just sent to press.
The ICC Orders Qaddafy’s Arrest
The Libyan affair became a choreographed farce on June 27, with the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants for Muammar Qaddafy, one of his sons, and his chief of military intelligence.
The Conservative Movement Raises the White Flag, Again
Unless you live in a cave, you know that New York’s legislature recently passed a bill recognizing homosexual marriage, a bill that was quickly and enthusiastically signed into law by the latest loathsome member of the Cuomo clan to govern the Empire State. The mainstream conservative movement’s reaction to this event was only slightly less [...]
Say Goodbye to Los Angeles
Centuries before William James coined the phrase, men have sought a “moral equivalent of war,” some human endeavor to satisfy the jingoistic lust of man, without the carnage of war.
Libya: A Non-Hostile War
Only one spectacle in recent weeks proved more nauseating than the Commander-in-Chief fine-tuning the Afghan drawdown to suit his re-election timetable. It was Barack Obama’s attempt to justify continued American participation in the illegal and unnecessary war in Libya by claiming that—far from being a war—it does not even merit the designation of hostilities.
What This Country Needs
A Presidential contender who has once in his life done something that is truly worthwhile, notable, patriotic, or unselfish.
Is Obama Only Postponing the Inevitable?
In deciding to pull all of the 30,000 troops from the surge out of Afghanistan, six weeks before Election Day 2012, but only 10,000 by year’s end, President Obama has satisfied neither the generals nor the doves.
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