That’s what they call it in Britain. It’s Memorial Day here but the spirit is the same. On both sides of the Atlantic we have come to associate the red poppie with remembrance of our war dead because of some words by Canadian Colonel John McCrae. McCrae had served as a gunner in the Boer […]
There’s a fascinating essay by Walter Russell Mead at the online version of “The American Interest titled: “Pentecost Power.” An excerpt: Christianity is not only the world’s largest and fastest-growing faith. Christianity is also the world’s most pro-American faith. Not all Christians like American values and American ideas; from Pope Pius IX to Dietrich Bonhoeffer […]
. . . seem close to slipping their threadlike leashes on the Korean Peninsula. At least this article in the Financial Times seems to indicate so. A shooting war there of any type at any time would be a very bad thing for the world. But especially now. Especially with this Commander-in-Chief.
The folks over at CollegeHumor.com (warning, that site is filled with, well . . . college humor) have put together a nice little compilation of some of the questions left unanswered by the writers of LOST. Note that I said “some” of the unanswered questions. There are scores of others. I find it amusing that […]
I had planned a long, pedantic post about what annoyed me about the series finale of LOST. But it’s late and I’m tired and I’ve been writing all day and it’s just a stupid television show. Let me just say for the record that I’m not confused about the ending of LOST. (Many commenters on […]
First things first. Here is a visual depiction of the “prophet” Mohammad: I have just flouted Islamic law. I obviously didn’t draw the image above but today’s protest is about challenging the threats and intimidation (and in some cases violence) being directed at those who violate the Islamic sharia ban on artistic depictions of Mohammad. […]
“. . . that Every American is Dependent Upon for Survival.”
Here’s a guy who says a major stock market crash is imminent (two days to two weeks away). He may be wrong but he’s no flake either. His charts are pretty sobering. Here’s his chart with the 1929 market overlaid with the current market:
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