Month: September 2010
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“Mourning in America”: A Brilliant Inversion of Reagan’s Classic Campaign Ad
From John Steele Gordon at Commentary comes the helpful suggestion to watch the Great Communicator’s version first. “Morning in America” is one of the iconic ads that the Reagan re-election campaign deployed against the uninspiring VP of a failed president, en route to winning 49 states. I voted against Reagan twice, but now believe him […]
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Should French Women Wear Burqas at the Ground Zero Mosque?
Sometimes I blog to share what I think. Other times I blog to try to decide what I think. I don’t know what to think about the French Parliament’s vote last week to ban the wearing of the burqa and niqab. More precisely: The legislation adopted Tuesday by the Senate, the upper house of the […]
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In “Let’s Roll,” Neil Young Channels His Inner Neocon
This blog has a new theme song. As quasi-obsessive as I am about 9/11, I can’t understand how Neil Young’s “Let’s Roll” escaped my notice from November 2001, when he first released the single, until today. Thanks to Facebook friend Meg Marlowe for posting a YouTube link to the live version a few hours ago. […]
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Never Forget
This annual post was first published two years ago. It is dedicated to the men and women of the United States armed forces, and to every firefighter who has ever run into a burning building — 343 of them in particular. The name of this blog comes from something that English statesman Edmund Burke apparently […]
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Time Magazine Jumps Through the Anti-Semitic Looking Glass
Just ahead of the high holy days, Time magazine turns reality on its head with an astonishingly offensive cover story. Inside a Star of David constructed of white peace daisies on a blue background borrowed from the Israeli flag, the headline reads “Why Israel Doesn’t Care About Peace.” Yes, that’s right, Time says it’s Israel […]
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Park51 Would Be the Most Expensive Islamic Center in North America
One of the first thoughts that occurred to me when I began writing about the planned 13-story, 100,000 square foot, $100 million Islamic center near Ground Zero is, “surely this would be the biggest Islamic facility in the country?” To me, the trophy-building scale of the project is what makes it objectionable at that site. […]
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A Symposium on Moderate Islam — and Why the Ground Zero Imam Doesn’t Qualify
Two useful features today in the Wall Street Journal. First, a symposium titled “What is Moderate Islam?“, in which six scholars and thought leaders explore the topic that represents the world’s best hope for peaceful coexistence between Islam and the West. Second, “Letters from the Imam,” in which the man behind a controversial proposed Islamic […]