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Article Roundup for June 11, 2010

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Much to catch up on!

Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’ – Fouad Ajami of the Wall Street Journal comments on the wretched response of the current president to the plight of Iranian dissidents being crushed by the mullahs.

The Cuckoo’s Nest – David Harsanyi of the Denver Post mocks the bitching and moaning of leftists who find normal people like Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman to be out-of-step kooks.

Brown: Goebbels crack ‘jogging talk’ – Maggie Haberman of The Politico writes on Jerry “California Über Alles” Brown’s nasty crack against Meg Whitman. No one talks to that lunatic because he is a gaffe machine that would make Vice-President Biden look as eloquent as William F. Buckley.

For Your Weekend Reading – If John Derbyshire is recommending books for your perusal, you may want to take him up on it. As a fine author on the subject of mathematics, he has impeccable taste in reading material. He will post his list at the Wall Street Journal, and I will place the link here when it’s up.

IPN announces Ninth Annual Bastiat Prize Competition – From the website: “For the ninth year, International Policy Network (IPN) is accepting submissions for its annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The Prize is open to writers anywhere in the world whose published articles eloquently and wittily explain, promote and defend the principles and institutions of the free society. Submissions must be received on or before 30 June 2010.”

Politically Correct Warfare – Arnold Ahlert of Jewish World Review wonders why the West has lost its spine when it comes to warfare.

Lee Harvey Oswald and the Liberal Crack-Up – An interesting essay by James Pierson of Commentary Magazine on where liberalism became unhinged.

New Silicon Graffiti Video: 1969—The Death of Modernism – Ed Driscoll offers more in regards to the liberal crackup.

Liberal Fascism: The Font – Another by Ed Driscoll. I love typography, and am probably among a handful of conservatives who enjoy avant-garde art movements. There’s something to the Helvetica font being utterly fascistic, though.

Conservatives for Kagan – Is Stuart Taylor at The Atlantic Magazine serious?! I didn’t know June 11 was a second April Fool’s Day.

A Special Relationship in Jeopardy – Eric Edelman comments on the sad state of affairs the Anglo-American relationship is in.

A shocking story of Israeli survival

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Wesley Pruden of the Washington Times nails it today, calling the phony anti-Semitic governments in Europe out for their “shock.” They are, at the very least, so naive as to not be worthy of their government posts, or at worst (such as in Turkey’s case) complicit in helping Hamas try to smuggle weapons into Gaza, a place that has absolutely no shortage of food, technology or anything else thanks in part to Israeli generosity on one side and smuggling tunnels on the other. This was a provocation, pure and simple.

Race and Resentment

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Thomas Sowell’s article on TownHall.com reminds his readership that racism is indeed alive and well. In the black community. Jealousy is a sickness that has to be resolved immediately, but that would place the race-baiters out of business. We can’t have that now, can we?

Arizona faces tougher sanctions than Iran

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Mark Steyn muses on the misguided among our fellow citizens who always seem to root for the bad guy rather than for the victim.  The left is truly filled with sick people.

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The Data That Do Not Fit

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Though I’m not Roman Catholic, I really enjoy reading The Catholic Thing, a blog for articles on culture, science, philosophy, and, of course, religion. In this blog post, Patrick Fagan discusses the effects of marriage and religion worship.

What Makes Us So Special?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru discuss American exceptionalism at National Review Online.