One banning I’d support

About 6 years ago I used to work near the Hebert Candy factory. They had premium chocolate and make your own sundaes. Once in a while we would take the kids there, everybody had a good time and the stuff was absolutely wonderful. Hebert’s also made most of the bars that the kids would sell [...]

I’ve got to say I’m really torn on the Rifqa business…

…and the events of the last month haven’t made me less torn. There are many basic things here, all are important and none of it makes this easy: A parents right to raise their children as they see fit. The right to practice Religion without fear. The long history of Honor Killing in Islam The [...]

Question: What would have happened if Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski

…was in charge of Iraqi airspace in 1981? Answer: Either George Bush would have been fighting a Nuclear Iraq ten years later OR Saddam would be in power and in charge of Kuwait (and maybe Saudi Arabia) as we speak. And that is the Best case Scenario! Exit question: If Carter had won in 1980 [...]

You can’t argue with the numbers

In a mostly self serving story at the Washington post (despite the title) worrying about an Israeli strike on Iran, Jackson Diehl reports an important truth: Between April 2001 and the end of 2008, 4,246 rockets and 4,180 mortar shells were fired into Israel from Gaza, killing 14 Israelis, wounding more than 400 and making [...]