Philip Murphy of “The Invisible Hand” answers a European friend who’s kind enough to remind him that “military action in the Middle East ‘never solved anything’”: So far military action in the Middle East has been stunningly effective. After enduring a quickening tempo of mega-terrorist

As I write this, the execrable Ted Rall is on “Politically Correct,” sitting right next to Morgan Fairchild. Man. Were this 1981, I’d be, like, sooooo totally pissed…

Jonah Goldberg, from his latest column: […] What I cannot respect or understand are the absurd gymnastics used to say that Yasser Arafat, Saddam Hussein, or the Assad regime in Syria are not terrorists the way the ‘Bush doctrine’ defines terrorists. It is an insult to our collective intelligence to hear our elected leader explain that the people who foot the bills for suicide bombers aren’t terrorists because there’s a

Texas Congressman Ron Paul (R)* on “Hannity and Colmes” (I’ll paraphrase): Since 1984, the Jews have killed more Palestinians than the Palestinians have killed Jews. Therefore, the Jews are to blame for the trouble in the Mideast. Congressman Paul’s suggestion? Cut the Jews loose. Cut the Arabs loose. Save ourselves lots of money. Shoot us some of them border-hoppin’ Mexicans, instead. Yeeehaaaaaaw! *Paul is a former Libertarian candidate for President.

James Lileks, writing on European bigotry: Fresh spasms of anti-Semitism have flared in Europe — and why should anyone be surprised? Europeans wrote the book on anti-Semitism. (It’s called “Mein Kampf,” and remains a best seller in the bazaars of the Middle East.) Some have wondered whether the easy, open contempt for Israel shown by European opinion makers has emboldened the Jew-kickers and synagogue-burners. Perhaps. It’s clear that Europe’s leaders

While The New York Times, the Associated Press, ABC News, and The Detroit News (among others) were busy suffusing the story of Adam Shapiro with soulful violin music (in most cases only metaphorically, but not so with our buddies over at GMA!), Debbie Schlussel was busy doing some research. It seems that — far from being the concerned and earnest “humanitarian,” “volunteer worker,” or “peacekeeper” engaged in “global citizenship” and

Colin Powell, speaking to the international press from Spain, refused to classify the latest Palestinian attacks on Israel as “terrorism.” Which means the Haifu bus bombing was a martyrdom operation, I suppose. Thank you, Colin. And while you’ve got your tongue up the asses of our moderate Arab allies, you may as well be a sport and give ’em each a reach around. Who knows? Could be they’ll leave you

During last week’s Israeli miltary operations in the West Bank, I wrote here frequently of “Good Morning, America’s” coverage of the region — particularly, of the appallingly pro-Palestinian slant the “somber and earnest” Charlie Gibson was giving things (from the safety of a Jerusalem luxury hotel, of course — all the whitefish you can cram into your maw, eh Chuck?) with his silly equivalency arguments and his maudlin drivel about

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