Oct 17th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Mark Steyn was in The Australian commenting on the ubiquitousness of Gore and his horror flick.
… A school kid in Ontario was complaining the other day that, whatever subject you do, you have to sit through Gore’s movie: It turns up in [...]
Oct 16th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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UVA poly sci prof thinks the Dems have taken over the moniker previously reserved for the GOP: that of the stupid party.
Twice during the past half century, the Democratic party has faced a challenge from its left wing. In the late 1960s, [...]
Oct 15th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Ralph Peters call the Dems on one of their more disgusting stunts.
… This resolution isn’t about justice for the Armenians. Not this time. It’s a stunningly devious attempt to impede our war effort in Iraq and force premature troop withdrawals.
The Dems calculate that, [...]
Oct 14th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Many of our favorites have columns and posts on the peace prize.
Claudia Rosett is brilliant.
So, beyond the Nobel Prize, what is it that Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, the United Nations, Mohamed El Baradei and Al Gore all have in [...]
Oct 11th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Christopher DeMuth who ran the American Enterprise Institute for 21 years does his swan song.
… Think tanks are identified in the public mind as agents of a particular political viewpoint. It is sometimes suggested that this compromises the integrity of their work. Yet [...]
Oct 10th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Christopher Hitchens says we need to help Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
… Suppose the narrow and parochial view prevails in Holland, then I think that we in America should welcome the chance to accept the responsibility ourselves. Ayaan Hirsi Ali has become a symbol of [...]
Oct 9th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Melanie Phillips gave us a short yesterday on Ayaan Ali’s new danger. We add two items today. The LA Times has an op-ed co-authored by Salman Rushdie.
As you read this, Ayaan Hirsi Ali sits in a safe house with armed men guarding her door. She [...]
Oct 8th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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NY Times reports on a French priest who is working in Ukraine locating graves of Jews murdered in the “bullet holocaust” before the Germans developed the gas chambers in mid 1942. There have been other similar efforts. In 1994, Nina Tumarkin, Wellesley history prof, wrote The [...]
Oct 7th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Stephen Moore with a story we can not hear often enough. It’s about the optimists among us including the late great Julian Simon. Simon famously challenged the population scold Paul Ehrlich to a 10 year wager. Simon claimed the earth’s bounty was becoming more plentiful. [...]
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