1) After Sarkozy's historic victory in France, the president-elect said that America can "count on France as a friend" -- bold words, indeed! This prompted Bill O'Reilly to lift his boycott of France. I agree with Bill, though I'm perhaps a bit more *cautiously* optimistic (yet optimistic nonetheless).

(Denis Boyles takes several lessons from ( Read more... )

Yes, they still have stonings in that part of the world. Apparently, this 17 year old girl was dating a boy with the wrong religion so her village stoned her to death.

Behind the lj-cut are a bunch of links that I've been holding onto for a while now, waiting for some free time when I could turn them into full posts. Instead, they're simply adding to a very long list of "things to do" that are mentally and emotionally sapping my strength. It's literally been building up for YEARS. So instead of a dozen different ( Read more... )

1) First, here are a bunch of Father's Day articles from NRO:
Rich Lowry: The Father Effect: It can't be replaced
Carrie Lukas: Indispensable: Fathers and their day
James S. Robbins: Whistler's Father: Why didn’t he get a painting?
Jennifer Roback Morse: Husband's Day: Your children will thank you
Dave Konig: Happy Father-In-Law's Day: When I ( Read more... )

First, the AP has just released photos of one of Zarqawi's 70 virgins. (UPDATE: "Virgins" may just be "white raisins" -- though I'm guessing hellfire...)

A Crucial Moment
Zarqawi’s demise, our opportunity.By Andrew C. McCarthy ( Read more... )

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida leader in Iraq who waged a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been killed in a precision airstrike, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday. It was a long-sought victory in the war in Iraq ( Read more... )

This is our enemy:

1) Watch the most popular Iranian after-school special: How to be a suicide bomber!

2) Skeletons, many still clothed and wearing blindfolds, jut out from the desert sands in southwestern Iraq where forensics experts have unearthed at least two mass graves of victims from the brutal suppression of a 1991 Shiite uprising ( Read more... )

From Warren Bell at NRO's Corner:

Dear Soft Thinkers of the Left [Warren Bell]

I am going to save you some time. You no longer need to email me every time I take some position in favor of the War on Terror, the invasions of Iraq or Afghanistan, or in fact any pro-military stance. I now am completely and thoroughly informed that I am a ( Read more... )

I'm really running late today so I'll leave you with a few quick things:

1) With the announcement that he won't seek reelection as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney fueled speculation that he'll run for president in 2008. This article scratches the surface in showing why.

2) Elections in Iraq appears to be very successful thus far. A recent ( Read more... )

1) A man testifying in front of the Senate argued that the best way to win the war of public opinion in Iran would be to convince Trey Parker and Matt Stone to make a "Team America"-style movie with top Iranian officials as the bad guys. See why this line of reasoning actually makes sense...

Parker’s and Stone’s special gift is to see the pompous ( Read more... )