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Not this nonsense again. Marc Thiessen writes at NR‘s Corner that “2010 is the last year of the decade. The new decade begins in 2011!” Thiessen is reviving the who “there was no year zero” gotcha that killjoys employed in 1999 to try to ruin celebrations of the coming millenium. And they are right— there [...]
Filed under: Culture
The Washington Post’s featured editorial today was “The Trouble With Yemen.” One paragraph deserves to be quoted in full, “Yemen’s steady slide toward failed-state status in recent years means that it, like nearby Somalia, will probably demand concerted and multifaceted U.S. engagement for years to come. More than Special Forces and missile strikes are needed: [...]
Filed under: War
About the first decade of what was to be the Second American Century, the pessimists have been proven right. According to the International Monetary Fund, the United States began the century producing 32 percent of the world’s gross domestic product. We ended the decade producing 24 percent. No nation in modern history, save for the [...]
Although Christmas has past, if still you’re still looking to exchange gifts or use a gift card, perhaps might I recommend a book entitled Tinsel: A Search for America’s Christmas Present by Hank Stuever. Here is a review of it. I just discovered this book the other day and I have nether have read or [...]
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“And this shall be a sign unto you: You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. “And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace to men of good will.” Here [...]
One of things that I’m sure frustrates plain old ordinary, non-factionalized conservatives is the ability of said cosmopolitan writers and pundits to complain about the vulgarities of popular culture or even the culture at large and bring up once again said Culture Wars, but not propose any kind of policies or actions to do something [...]
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The TAC editorial offices are closed for Christmas between now and Jan. 4, when we’ll resume updates to the main page of the site. In the meantime, there’ll be light but steady activity here and on our other blogs — including our newly installed TAC TV mini-site, home to Jack Hunter’s weekly podcasts. As well, [...]
Filed under: Announcements
The Rupert Murdoch owned Times of London reported last week that a 2007 document demonstrates that Iran has been developing a trigger for a nuclear weapon. Only problem is, it ain’t so. My intelligence contacts are telling me that the story is a complete fabrication, probably originating either with the Israelis or with a European intelligence service. [...]
Filed under: War
For Democrats like Harry Reid, who called them “evil-mongers,” and Nancy Pelosi, who called them “un-American,” the NBC News poll must have hit like a sucker punch at a Georgetown wine-and-cheese. The Tea Party movement, those folks rallying against spending last spring and Obamacare in the summer town halls, are viewed more favorably than the [...]
Filed under: Politics
If I am reading this correctly, the pending health care legislation requires me to buy insurance but the insurance companies can continue to use preexisting conditions to set the rates that they will sell that insurance to me. As my wife (in her fifties) and I (sixty-three) do indeed have preexisting conditions, as do most [...]
Filed under: Congress