First Things has praise for “The Incredibles”. Incredible as it might seem, the Disney studios are to be congratulated for their moral rectitude. Allow me to explain. Having finally succumbed to renting the DVD of the animated feature film The Incredibles, I was stunned at how good it was. I don’t mean good in the [...]
The Green Helmet man, now known as Salem Daher, has admitted staging photos for propaganda purposes in Lebanon. He’s not apologetic however: “I did hold the baby up, but I was saying ‘look at who the Israelis are killing. They are children,’” Daher said. “These are not fighters. They have no guns. They are children, [...]
A fast growing field of horse specialization is equine dentistry. As unlikely as it sounds, many horse related illnesses can be traced to bad teeth. And bad teeth lead to bad nutrition which leads to bad feelings in the horse. While Carl Stuckey’s left hand wrestled with a flopping pink tongue the size and consistency [...]
The Philadelphia Inquirer published a really well written article and book review today, about a little known part of the horse industry and horse history — Black Horsemen. For a 10-year-old boy, spending a weekend in the company of men – expert horse trainers – working side-by-side, listening to their conversations, and sharing their equine [...]
A stinging new critique from Caroline Glick of the Jerusalem Post, calls for the Olmert government to go, en masse. Glick correctly notes that the current Israeli leadership squandered the good will of the people, the Israeli military, and even the American government: THE AMERICANS have lost faith in Israel as an ally. After he [...]
More global escapism from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In this case it appears that the study assumed global warming, and ran models to determine how bad it could be at various levels of warmth. Rising temperatures will increase the risk of forest fires, droughts and flooding over the next two centuries, [...]
In the great tradition of mid-East warfare, both sides have declared victory. All-powerful media manager, Hassan Nasrallah kicked off the festivities by declaring a “strategic, historic victory.” Lines of cars — some loaded with mattresses and luggage — snaked slowly around huge holes in the roads and ruined bridges. Hezbollah fighters hugged each other and [...]
Conservation economic stalwart Larry Kudlow continues as a nearly lone voice in the wilderness of economic nay-sayers. Today he has posted more great news about the robust American economy, including that consumer sales are up. Retail sales came in at 1.4 percent for July, way above Wall Street expectations, while core sales excluding autos, gas, [...]
Now here’s some good news, finally, that we all (most of us anyway) have been looking for. How’s this for a breath of fresh air? Barbaro is enjoying daily outings outside his intensive care stall to pick his own grass, enjoy the warm weather and stretch his recovering legs. Barbaro stepped outside his ICU stall [...]
If you wonder what kind of leadership Israel needs right now, take a look at this hypothetical speech. It’s all written and everything, just waiting for a courageous leader to give it. [H/T: Alexandra at All Things Beautiful]
