Michael Moore is Right

I am glad Osama bin Laden is dead. He was an evil man. And I think the surgical method used to kill him is commendable. The Bible, especially Judges, endorses assassinations: Kill the head, and the body becomes powerless . Wars slaughter thousands, or hundreds of thousands of relatively innocent . . . . Continue Reading »

Exhortation

On New Year’s Eve, an Egyptian Muslim blew himself up outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, killing 25 Christians and injuring 90 others. At the end of January this year, eleven Christians were killed in a massacre in the village of Sharona. These were only two of many attacks on Coptic . . . . Continue Reading »

Good Riddance

Doug Bandow wrote the following for the American Spectator Online back in January: “Dina Guirguis of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy testified last week before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: ‘Egypt’s native Christians . . . . . Continue Reading »

De-Christianization

In USA Today , Jody Bottum reminds us of the suffering of Egyptian Christians: “About 10% of the Egyptian population (and declining, down more than half over the past century ), these people have suffered discrimination under 30 years of rule by the now-embattled president, Hosni Mubarak. And . . . . Continue Reading »

Ally?

We must support our ally Egypt, the cry goes up. ” I stand ready to assist President Obama in the pursuit of a policy that defends our invaluable ally; and advances Egyptians’ inalienable, peaceful aspirations,” says an email message from Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan. And . . . . Continue Reading »

Kvetching

David Brooks’s NYT editorial today puts Gen. McChrystal’s removal in cultural context.  Everyone in DC and in the military kvetches, Brooks says; it’s part of the culture, part of the way political groups maintain their cohesion over against everyone else.  It has always . . . . Continue Reading »

Homosexual Monogamy?

An article in the January 28, 2010 issue of the New York Times cites a study that indicates that, contrary to the defenses offered for a change in law, gay marriage does not nudge homosexuals toward monogamy: “A study to be released next month is offering a rare glimpse inside gay . . . . Continue Reading »

Wind power

Cambridge physicist David JC Mackay ( Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air , online at www.withouthotair.com) offers a sobering analysis of the practicality of wind power as an alternative energy source for the UK: “Let’s compare this estimate of British wind potential with current . . . . Continue Reading »