Pat Buchanan writes, “Western media are declaring the million-man march in Paris, where world leaders paraded down Boulevard Voltaire in solidarity with France, a victory over terrorism.” Pat continues, “During the slaughter [at Charlie Hebdo] the Kouachis shouted “Allahu akbar,” said they had “avenged the Prophet,” and spoke of ties to al-Qaida.… And the first […]
Archives for January 2015
Blasphemy Laws—No Longer a Relic of the Past?
Walter Olson, senior fellow with the Cato Institute, opines on the real danger in the aftermath of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo. After the solidarity, the grief, the outrage pass, will there be an outpouring of advice on the safer course to take? The course of silence? Journalist Josh Barro wrote, “Islamists have by and […]
Thornography: Knee Jerk Reactions, Divisional Round, Patriots VS. Ravens
WEEI’s Jerry Thornton with the Divisional Round, Patriots VS. Ravens, recap: Things to consider while basking in the afterglow of the best erotic thriller since “A Gronking to Remember”: — Sometimes I just hate being right. A few weeks ago, when there were still eight or nine teams alive in the AFC playoff picture, I […]
HHS: $15,000 One Way
An excerpt from article by Luke Rosiak, from the Washington Examiner: Records obtained by the Washington Examiner under the Freedom of Information Act show that HHS executives spent $31 million taking 7,000 first class and business class flights between 2009 and 2013, including 253 trips for which a one-way ticket cost more than $15,000. Half the records […]
Raise the Gas Tax?
Finally consumers are getting a break with lower prices at the pump. As it stands federal gas tax revenues have risen 6.1% per year since 1982. Let consumers keep more of what they make and not give it to a wasteful government. My friend Chris Edwards from Cato explains: Gas tax supporters say that it […]
Good at Doing Lunch
On a David Lebovitz food, chocolate, wine tour several years ago, Alex Lobrano, former European correspondent for the now defunct Gourmet magazine, joined us for dinner one evening at one of Christian Constant’s establishments in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. David, former pastry chef for Alice Water’s Chez Panisse in Berkley, CA, is the author of The […]
Night at the Museum
Cato’s Chris Edwards offers up a way to showcase government waste. About 18 million tourists visit D.C. each year. They view the grand government buildings, and they see the monuments to the great political leaders. They learn about the government’s successes in places such as the Air and Space Museum, and they read the pro-government […]
“The Plague of Islamic Radicalism”
Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, writes, “The blunt fact is that Europe has a Muslim problem because radical Muslims have a problem with it. They are following a Leninist strategy of attempting to heighten the contradictions between Western values and Islamic ones.” Heilbrunn continues, “For now, however, the most immediate political beneficiary is Marine […]
Marine Le Pen on Charlie Hebdo Attack
The Telegraph quotes Marine Le Pen as saying, “We must not be scared of saying the words: this is a terrorist attack carried out in the name of radical Islam.” “It is my responsibility to make sure that the fear is overcome… “This attack must instead free our speech about Islamic fundamentalism. We must not […]
The Menace of Militant Islam
Read here comments from the late Christopher Hitchens on the 2006 deadly riots over cartoons published in a Danish newspaper depicting Muhammad, as quotes by The Wall Street Journal. The incredible thing about the ongoing Kristallnacht against Denmark (and in some places, against the embassies and citizens of any Scandinavian or even European Union nation) […]
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