Mike Lask’s Selected Rants And Other Ravings
Friday, December 31, 2004
Still one of my all time favorite essays...
Hobbes and the Middle East
By Robert Locke
FrontPageMagazine.com January 23, 2002
DISCUSSIONS of the Middle East situation inevitably seem to at least allude to the idea that because Israel is founded upon conquest, its territorial integrity and legitimacy as a nation are somehow impugnable. So let's get three things perfectly clear:
By Robert Locke
FrontPageMagazine.com January 23, 2002
DISCUSSIONS of the Middle East situation inevitably seem to at least allude to the idea that because Israel is founded upon conquest, its territorial integrity and legitimacy as a nation are somehow impugnable. So let's get three things perfectly clear:
- Israel was founded upon conquest, a bald fact that no verbal manipulation of history can disguise. Let's just admit it.
- So was the United States.
- So were most nations.
It is time, that is, to squarely confront the ancient and time-honored political doctrine of the right of conquest. ...
A warrior’s warrior
George "Buzz" Beurling - The Top Scoring Canadian.
Written by Wilhelm Ratuszynski.
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/beurling/beurling.htm
"Screwball" or "Buzz" Beurling is one of those forgotten warrior heroes of WW II. Just the kind of man you need to win.
We all know of Sherman and Sheridan, Patton, Audi Murphy, Sgt York, etc., etc. But there were many more who's stories are far less well know. As I find good summaries on the web I will post them in what I hope to be a ongoing series.
Written by Wilhelm Ratuszynski.
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/beurling/beurling.htm
"Screwball" or "Buzz" Beurling is one of those forgotten warrior heroes of WW II. Just the kind of man you need to win.
We all know of Sherman and Sheridan, Patton, Audi Murphy, Sgt York, etc., etc. But there were many more who's stories are far less well know. As I find good summaries on the web I will post them in what I hope to be a ongoing series.
Still one of the best essays from 2004
Commentary - September 2004
World War IV: How It Started, What It Means, and Why We Have to Win
Norman Podhoretz
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/podhoretz.htm
World War IV: How It Started, What It Means, and Why We Have to Win
Norman Podhoretz
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/podhoretz.htm
The Politics of Disaster Relief
IT'S ABOUT THE TRAGEDY - NOT MORE BUSH-BASHING
By JOHN PODHORETZ
December 31, 2004
http://www.nypost.com/commentary/37436.htm
Ignoring Israeli Kindness
HonestReporting.com December 29, 2004
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16478
By JOHN PODHORETZ
December 31, 2004
http://www.nypost.com/commentary/37436.htm
Ignoring Israeli Kindness
HonestReporting.com December 29, 2004
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16478
Sri Lanka rejects Israel rescuers
BBC News World Edition, 28 December, 2004
Who the Devil Really Was
Is this the European left's response to elections in Afghanistan? If so, it had better brace itself for even worse news: elections in Iraq
By Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6700784/site/newsweek/
By Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6700784/site/newsweek/
Into the Tar Pits
Dinosaurs either evolve or die
Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online - December 30, 2004
VDH's Private Papers::
Actually I thought he was a little harsh on Dinosaurs. Humans would be very lucky to be as successful a species. 150 million years or so is a pretty good run.
Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online - December 30, 2004
VDH's Private Papers::
Actually I thought he was a little harsh on Dinosaurs. Humans would be very lucky to be as successful a species. 150 million years or so is a pretty good run.
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