How Times Have Changed

What to make of these two pictures?

In 1960 we have President Richard Nixon going toe-to-toe with Nikita "we will bury you" Krushschev.

This is a picture of our President going toe-to-toe with Hugo "America is evil incarnate" Chavez.

The Moral Argument Supporting Torture

On my other blog, The Moral Christian, I advance the argument that torture is not always and everywhere immoral. The context is my response to a First Things post entitled The Mental Murder of Torture.

 

Ezra Levant's Grilling by Canadian Thought Police

Ezra Levant, former publisher of Western Weekly, a conservative weekly magazine, was called before the Canadian Human Rights Commission for publishing those infamous Danish Mohammed cartoons. A three-year legal battle ensued culminating in the dropping of the charges.



The message here is that the internet saved Mr. Levant's hide. After this video was published, the outrage generated against the HRC was overwhelming and the HRC retreated.

Obama and Education Reform

The Wall Street Journal weighs in on the closing of a successful School Voucher program in Washington D.C. If you don't have time to read the whole editorial, here is the last paragraph.

See if you can follow this political syllogism. President Obama and his Education Secretary have repeatedly promised to support "what works," regardless of ideology. The teachers unions adamantly oppose school vouchers, whether or not they work. Ergo, Messrs. Obama and Duncan decide to end a D.C. school voucher program that works and force poor kids back into schools where Messrs. Obama and Duncan would never send their own children. What a disgrace.

Disgraceful is too nice. This actually damages young kids who otherwise might be afforded a chance out of the D.C. quagmire.