“Four people were killed

“Four people were killed

Writing in The Weekly Standard, Jonathan Last makes the point that ESPN — bowing to Title IX feminists — is biting the hand that feeds it: “First They Came for the Wrestlers“: Some […] creepy programs are scheduled for ESPN this weekend. On Saturday we have ‘On the Basis of Sex: The Battle of Title IX’ and its companion show ‘On the Basis of Sex: An ESPN Town Meeting,’ followed

Writing in The Weekly Standard, Jonathan Last makes the point that ESPN — bowing to Title IX feminists — is biting the hand that feeds it: “First They Came for the Wrestlers“: Some […] creepy programs are scheduled for ESPN this weekend. On Saturday we have ‘On the Basis of Sex: The Battle of Title IX’ and its companion show ‘On the Basis of Sex: An ESPN Town Meeting,’ followed

Suman Palit (of the always informative Kolkata Libertarian) writes his ode to Israel. Well, it’s more of a list than an ode, really. But if you ignore the numbers, and excuse the fact that nothing much rhymes, and can convince yourself Suman wrote it while sporting a black turtleneck and a beret and sipping a Dry Riesling…it’s a friggin’ ode.

“The days of standing behind your nation may be behind the times. In this new era radicals bolstered by their own sense of self-importance consider their cause more significant than national security.” So begins NYU Professor Herbert London’s latest column in The American Prowler. Dr. London continues: Take as an example the Greenpeace plan to post a color map on the Internet showing how a terrorist attack on the Kuehne

Are “soft values” — “sensitivity, subjectivity, tolerance, self-esteem, a therapy-based view of behavior, relativism, and nonjudgmentalism, all replacing the ‘hard’ values of individual responsibility, objectivity, self-control, patriotism, strong social expectations, and commitment to moral judgments” — adequate to the job of fighting terrorism? John Leo ponders: If you think soft values are adequate for the job, the behavior of Johnelle Bryant should set off bells. Bryant, a Department of Agriculture

Pej points and drools. Me, I’m just stunned. And sickened. And a bit annoyed, frankly. I mean, thank Christ this kind of rationalizing bookhumpage wasn’t charged with defeating Nazism. Getting too much to bear, is it dear? No problems. Just pen some wistful, world-weary words (a few fat paragraphs ought to convince people of your sincerity), strain a few analogies, and then its off to Starbucks to share a Caramel