Saturday, June 21, 2014

How to have fun during a French train strike

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There is a train strike on at the moment in France writes Stephen Clarke – but it has, perversely, become an excellent time to travel ...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Political Ad That Applies to Every Nation in the World

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"We can't afford that" says the young adult in the Shopping Cart political ad reported on by The Hill (thanks to Instapundit ...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Bart Guevara

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From The New Yorker
Friday, June 13, 2014

"Old" Europe’s anti-American impulse never in fact went away; At most, it merely went into a latent state, awaiting the proper conditions to become virulent again

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During the decade of the naughts and the two administrations of George W. Bush, Europe was seized by a veritable paroxysm of anti-American...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Leftists' defense of Russia’s sphere of influence overlooks the question of whether the countries that fall within it are there by choice or coercion

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Western intellectuals have long had a soft spot for Russia writes Slawomir Sierakowski in a New York Times contribution entitled Putin...

The Chickenhawk comeback embodies every liberal’s response to well-considered arguments: Shut up!

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Listening to Markos “Kos” Moulitsas wax indignant on his Daily Kos blog about critics of the Taliban “prisoner” swap is like déjà vu all...
Sunday, June 08, 2014

Obesity

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Serguei 's take on evolution
Saturday, June 07, 2014

"In Philadelphia they were ringing the Liberty Bell"

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Ronald Reagan 's speech at Pointe du Hoc for the 40th anniversary of the Normandy invasion (merci à Mike in San Diego ). Reagan als...

The Longest Day in a 10-Question Quiz

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For the 70th anniversary of D-Day , D-Day , Geo Magazine has a 10-question quiz on the Normandy landings ( en français but readily...
Friday, June 06, 2014

Civil Rights Act of 1964: The power of the word racist to close minds and mouths is unparalleled

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Most people only think they support the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because they don’t know what it contains and because portions of it go un...

When It Ends the Longest Day

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Many men won't see the sunset When it ends the longest day… The story of D-Day. Update: a  10-question quiz on the Normandy land...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

What Are Prisons For If They Serve to Radicalize Muslim Prisoners and Make Them Killers?

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The man who gunned down four people in Brussels last Saturday (he did this one day after Elliot Rodger shot three people to death in Sa...

What Are We Waiting For?! It's Long Past Time to Outlaw Knives (Especially When Kids Can Get Their Hands on the Weapons)

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The Associated Press reports that Prosecutors say two 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin girls stabbed their 12-year-old friend nearly to...
Monday, June 02, 2014

What Are the Bergdahls Proud of? That Their Son Is Wiser, More Talented, and More Tolerant Than the Average American (Soldier)

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Is it uncouth or beyond the pale to do a little analysis of the statements by Bowe Bergdahl's parents on CNN ? I'm proud of yo...

What Leftists Revel In: Shame — Shame for Being American, Shame for Having the Audacity to Speak Out, etc…

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According to emails quoted by CNN's Jake Tapper (thanks to InstaPundit ), freed POW Bowe Bergdahl is said to have vilified his countr...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

The weirdest souvenirs in Paris's new official merchandise shop have to be the Parisian scented candles

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The French, as we all know, are an inventive people Paris has just found a new way to earn some much-needed money for its anti-pollution ca...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Dirty Bertie: an English King Made in France

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The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, [Albert Edward, nicknamed Bertie,] had a reputation for being the most fashionable ...

Superpowers Don't Get to Retire: What America Still Owes the World

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Even the New Republic ! Even the leftists at New Republic state that the apologizer-in-chief 's dream of America is a fairy tale...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Like squeegee-men at a Bronx intersection, EU leaders simply won’t take no for an answer

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Enthusiastic supporters of the European Union (EU) are crying in their beers chuckles Benny Huang , after faring poorly in the Europe...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Who, Exactly, Is It Who Should Apologize for Slavery and Make Reparations? America? The South? The Descendants of the Planters? …

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Instapundit links a Richard Epstein article, The Case Against Reparations for Slavery . I wrote about what follows 17 years ago, when th...