Jefferson and the Pirates

You really need to read this handy history. Hitchens at his best.

Here’s hoping we’re at least as successful against the Barbary as were our forefathers.

Predicting the Future

Trying to see a century ahead is usually considered a loser’s game. I must admit, though, I’m impressed by how well the Ladies Home Journal did – in 1900.

I’m glad that most of the really wrong guesses never came to pass, though.

Going Out on a Limb

Buttle’s World regretfully predicts that Yale will be the site of another massacre. The school is volunteering for it. Why else would they be laying the groundwork?

And here you thought college folk was smart.

Barbarians With Medical Degrees

How else can one describe “doctors” who perform partial birth abortions, especially after reading Andy McCarthy’s gut-wrenching post?

I wonder. Are there any people out there in favor of partial birth abortion and also supportive of the CIA’s terrorist interrogation techniques? I rather doubt it. It seems there’s a huge amount of cognitive dissonance among the left’s non-thinkers.