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What Should the U.S. Root for in Egypt?
2 comments on What Should the U.S. Root for in Egypt?Hosni Mubarak is a dictator, despite whatever a clueless vice president says. But while he may be an S.O.B, he’s our S.O.B., and it could be that the interests of the U.S. diverge from the…
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This Blog Gets Results: Janet Napolitano to Scrap Color-Coded Threat Advisories
Who says the federal government isn’t responsive to ordinary citizens? Barely a year has passed since A.T.I.N. advised Janet Napolitano to scrap the silly color-coded alert system, and now published reports say the Homeland Security…
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Preacher, Activist, Martyr… and American
At church today I had the privilege of reading excerpts, from the lectern, of one of the greatest speeches in American history. I was worried that I wouldn’t make it all the way through without…
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In the Face of Evil, Good People Did Something
Seldom has any news event captured the spirit behind this blog’s title as powerfully as the atrocity (not tragedy) in Tucson. “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do…
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Shooter’s Derangement Points to Need for More Civility in Politics
Sarah Palin and everyone associated with her political action committee are, no doubt, regretting the boneheaded decision to superimpose crosshairs on the districts of Gabrielle Giffords and other House members Palin was “targeting” in the…
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“Catastrophic Success: The Perils of a ‘Do-Everything’ Democratic Congress”
It was mathematically impossible for the Republicans to pick up enough seats in 2010 for a veto-proof majority that would allow them to overturn Obamacare altogether. So now the strategy is to delay and defund…