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A Pair of Books on a Bleak America and, Perhaps, a Bright Future

Jimmie | October 3, 2011 | Comments (1)

(This column originally appeared in the September, 2011 edition of Smart Girl Nation magazine, found here. Please check out the magazine, and past issues for more of my columns as well as some very good work by a bevy of very smart women!) I’m going to start this month’s column with a proposition that will [...]

Kim Jong-Who?

Jimmie | May 31, 2009 | Comments (0)

Mark Steyn on the most under-reported story of the week. What does a nuclear madman have to do to get America’s attention? On Memorial Day, the North Koreans detonated “an underground atomic device many times more powerful than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” as my old colleagues at the Irish Times put it. [...]

When Geeks Attack!

Jimmie | May 18, 2009 | Comments (0)

Every self-respecting geek knows the most famous classic blunder is “never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly well-known is this: never go in with a Star Trek criticism without at least two fully-fledged Trek fans at your back. Mark Steyn now knows the folly of his ways.

“Never Again”? Well, How About “Okay…Maybe Again”.

Jimmie | May 17, 2009 | Comments (0)

Mark Steyn says the world is well past anti-Semitism today. We’re into plain-old utilitarian bigotry. When Western governments are as reluctant as King Abdullah to fly the Star of David, those among the citizenry who choose to do so have a hard time. In Britain in January, while “pro-Palestinian” demonstrators were permitted to dress up [...]

We Can’t Lead if Our President Doesn’t Like Us

Jimmie | April 26, 2009 | Comments (4)

Mark Steyn asks us to look a few years into the future and decide if that’s the world in which we really want to live. What’s the greater likelihood? That in 10 years’ time things in Pakistan will be better? Or much worse? That nuclearization by basket-case dictatorships from Pyongyang to Tehran will have advanced, [...]

They Always Travel in Pairs.

Jimmie | March 14, 2009 | Comments (0)

It is said about the Lords of the Snark that where there is one, the other must surely be nearby. So it is today in the blogosphere. First, the apprentice, Frank J. Could Obama have a flaw? Could he be, in fact, too awesome? Before you grab the pitchforks and label me an apostate, hear [...]

Saturday Blog Hooky LinkFest

Jimmie | March 7, 2009 | Comments (3)

The weather is nice today so I’m going to take advantage, open a few windows and do some early Spring Cleaning. But I’ll leave you with a few links for your Saturday reading pleasure. First, as it must be on a Saturday, is Stacy McCain’s Full Metal Jacket Saturday. Read all the way to the [...]

Happy Anniversary, Wendy!

Jimmie | February 11, 2009 | Comments (0)

Today is the fifth anniversary of Girl on the Right, the blog written by my friend Wendy Sullivan. Wendy has been right in the middle of the free speech fight that has been happening in her country and is one of the few people in her country willing to stand up to the Islamists who [...]