Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni announced today that the Palestinian civilians killed by the IDF in Gaza were “a product of circumstance.” Livni recognizes that the carnage may present a public relations problem for the Israeli government: “These matters will present us with a complicated task … The consequences, in the context of civilians casualties, are something […]
Readin’ Ain’t What it Used to Be
Kudos to cartoonists Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman for capturing the demise of reading better than a stack of volumes by contemporary professors and a heap of studies by the National Endowment for the Arts. [Click on the cartoon for a full size version of the Zits cartoon] Unfortunately, the “experts” respond to this problem by recommending […]
Nitwit Senate Resolution on Gaza
So the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed by voice vote a resolution blindly supporting Israeli attacks on Gaza and heaping derision on Hamas. This craven display should awaken anyone who sanguinely assumed that “everything changed” on November 4. The resolution contained numerous twists of history, but the most glaring absurdity is the following: “Whereas Hamas was […]
Why Not Kill all Gazans?
Reading the justifications that Israeli supporters are offering for the IDF assault, I don’t see any rationale being offered that would not justify killing everyone in Gaza. If a single rocket is fired from Gaza territory, does that mean that everyone living in that area has automatically forfeited their life? The New York Times notes today that […]
My George Mason U. Speech is now on YouTube
The spiel I gave last month at George Mason University is now on YouTube. The Future of Freedom Foundation, which sponsored the gig, has a webpage linking to the various YouTube segments of the speech. The audience asked excellent questions and there was some good stomping of the bailouts.
End-of-the-Year Carnage & Absurdity in Gaza
Both Hamas and the Israeli government bear some of the blame, but the Israeli slaughter of civilians far exceeds that inflicted by the ragtag rockets fired from Gaza. The craven response by the American political class to the use of American planes and weapons to slaughter civilians is what any reasonable cynic should have expected. […]
Thanks to Jerry Arnett and AAPS for their kind words
The current issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons includes a review of Attention Deficit Democracy by Jerome Arnett, a West Virginia doctor and freedom activist. I much appreciate Jerry’s kind words for the book – as well as the great work of the journal’s publisher, the Association of American Physicans and Surgeons. […]
