I was only eight years old when it happened, but even I know that Wallace was paralyzed, not killed, by would-be assassin Arthur Bremmer. Didn't even have to look all that up. But do I have a column in the … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2007
Actually, it’s because you keep blowing things up…
"In July, a self-described atheist created a group with a name that explicitly curses Islam, angering many Facebook users.
(...) "Defenders of the group insist they are free to criticize any religion and do … [Read more...]
“The difference between Jews and Muslims”
"This year Islam's and Judaism's holiest holidays overlapped for 10 days.
"During that period, Muslims racked up 397 dead bodies in 94 terror attacks across 10 … [Read more...]
Technology and the Lost Art of Crooning
"...once Crosby and company started singing soft and low, the words to the old love songs began to sound, well, more loving. They set to crooning, filling movie soundtracks and radio programs with … [Read more...]
Mainstream journalists are your intellectual and moral superiors
"Remember: This is the woman who is the co-editor of a religion website co-managed by one of the nation’s two most important newspapers and one of the nation’s two most important magazines. Neither … [Read more...]
Fjordman scolds Little Green Footballs
"Many LGF readers base their world view on the existence of a moderate Islam, which doesn’t exist, and on the existence of a large and rabid network of neo-Nazis in Europe, which also doesn’t exist. Neo-Nazi groups are generally … [Read more...]
Remember the good old days, when we used to just kill people?
"Aspiring Santas have been told not to use the term 'ho' because it could be seen as derogatory to women..." (Have you noticed, btw, how "derogatory" has become more or less a synonym for what we used to call … [Read more...]
Steal-able line of the day
Never an avalanche around when you need one
Couldn’t you tell that just by looking at her, Charles?
"'She wouldn’t do oral sex, she just wouldn’t,' says romance novelist Barbara Cartland of Diana, explaining Charles’ unhappy marriage..." What really shocks me is that Barbara … [Read more...]
My tax dollars at work
CBC's official employee blog calls police "damned pigs". … [Read more...]
Howard Dean: there are no bars in heaven. (Just bike paths.)
Oh wait: "There are no bars TO heaven for anybody," declares Expert Theologian Howard Dean, who adds "this country is not a theocracy." Whew!
Even a few second's (mature) thought leads to the conclusion that, nice as the concept sounds initially, an all-inclusive heaven is an unjust … [Read more...]