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  1. Interview with a cool vampire, and a cruel Polanski

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 25 May 2013 | 8:59 am MDT

    Polanski warns his wife and star, Emmanuelle Seigner, not to act like "a dumb blond"

  2. Words Most Abused by the Left

    → House of Eratosthenes | 25 May 2013 | 8:07 am MDT

    1. Tolerance 2. Fairness 3. Equality 4. Inclusion 5. Science 6. Open-minded 7. Egalitarian 8. Stereotype 9. Oppressive 10. Non-threatening 11. Diversity 12. Everyone 13. Skeptic 14. Nuance 15. Progressive 16. Environment 17. Hate speech 18. Abuse 19. Torture 20. Greed 21. Assault (weapon/rifle/gun) 21. Wealthy 22. Any tangible noun that ends with “ist,” or [...]

  3. [Correspondence] Not time to RELAX in acute heart failure – Authors' reply

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    We thank Andrew Ambrosy and Ronald Witteles for their comments on the RELAX-AHF trial.

  4. [Series] Challenges in the management of the blood supply

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    Although blood suppliers are seeing short-term reductions in blood demand as a result of initiatives in patient blood management, modelling suggests that during the next 5–10 years, blood availability in developed countries will need to increase again to meet the demands of ageing populations. Increasing of the blood supply raises many challenges; new approaches to recruitment and retainment of future generations of blood donors will be needed, and care will be necessary to avoid taking too much blood from these donors.

  5. [Correspondence] Tofacitinib for rheumatoid arthritis – Authors'reply

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    We thank Elisa Gremese and Gianfranco Ferraccioli for the important points they raise. Within the ORAL Step study, patients who had an inadequate response to two TNF inhibitors (TNFi) responded to tofacitinib as well as those who had an inadequate response to one TNFi. There were few patients who had failed more than two TNFi. Within the tofacitinib rheumatoid arthritis development programme, most patients who had been treated with a biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) other than a TNFi had previously received a TNFi; therefore, the question of tofacitinib efficacy in patients who did not respond to first-line treatment with non-TNFi biologics cannot be addressed.

  6. [Editorial] Salt: friend or foe?

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    Dietary guidelines advise against the consumption of too much salt. A high intake of sodium causes raised blood pressure—an established risk factor for heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. But how much salt is too much? And could a very low salt intake also be detrimental?

  7. [Editorial] Human rights in China

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    On May 14, the Information Office of the State Council—China's cabinet—published Progress in China's Human Rights in 2012. The cabinet's white paper assesses human rights achievements through the lens of development: “Development is the key to solving all existing problems and facilitating progress of human rights in China.” The report reviews economic and social achievements as progress in human rights. It also lists improvements in living standards, stresses the achievements of lifting millions of Chinese out of poverty, raising annual incomes, improving education, housing, health insurance coverage, and access to health, and decreasing mortality of children younger than 5 years ahead of the Millennium Development Goals deadline.

  8. [Correspondence] Reducing exposure to avian influenza H7N9

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    Avian influenza H7N9 infections have extended to 39 cities in 10 provinces, infected 127 patients and killed 26 people in China as of May 1, 2013. This outbreak is very difficult to control, and covers a greater geographical area than thought. Stopping infection of people in China is a huge challenge.

  9. [Editorial] Blood: a precious resource

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    In The Lancet today is a Series of three reports on blood transfusion, which present the concepts, alternatives, and challenges. One notable challenge related to transfusion is its overuse, since there are many associated risks (eg, infection). The first report in the Series points out that the identification of non-A non-B hepatitis as one of the most common morbid complications of patients undergoing cardiac bypass, and the advent of HIV, changed the perception that donations from apparently healthy donors were safe.

  10. [Correspondence] Avoiding underfeeding in severely ill patients – Authors' reply

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    We thank Arved Weimann and Pierre Singer for their letter which gives us the opportunity to explain further the rationale behind our suggested strategy.

  11. [Comment] Blood management: transfusion medicine comes of age

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    Blood transfusions happen in more than 10% of all hospital stays that include a procedure. The American Medical Association identified overuse of five medical treatments—blood transfusions, along with cardiac stents, ear tubes, antibiotics, and the induction of birth in pregnant women—and highlighted the danger of unnecessary transfusions. Although blood transfusions are believed to be lifesaving, this assumption has never been shown in a controlled clinical trial; blood transfusions have been described as “unavoidably, unsafe, and inherently dangerous” in the US Blood Shield laws.

  12. [Articles] Safety and tolerability of an intratumorally injected DNAzyme, Dz13, in patients with nodular basal-cell carcinoma: a phase 1 first-in-human trial (DISCOVER)

    → The Lancet | 24 May 2013 | 6:01 pm MDT

    Dz13 was safe and well tolerated after single intratumoral injections at all doses.

  13. Rob Ford: Crack is Wack

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 5:52 pm MDT

    The other day I compared Rob Ford to Snookie (inebriated, tawny), the Polkaroo (absent)...

  14. Memo For File CLXXX

    → House of Eratosthenes | 24 May 2013 | 5:41 pm MDT

    Dennis Prager has said “I’d rather have clarity than agreement.” There doesn’t seem to be any place on the whole Internet that I can link to really give a good context for this, so I thought I’d just jot down what I know about it in a blog post, and then make this the place. [...]

  15. Infographic: A Senategate cheat sheet

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 2:09 pm MDT

    Having trouble keeping up? There's a graph for that

  16. Inside the world of Chinese hackers

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 1:56 pm MDT

    Jesse Brown on the latest attack, and its origins

  17. How humans will survive a mass extinction

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 11:00 am MDT

    Our review of Annalee Newitz's book, 'Scatter, Adapt, and Remember'

  18. “Star Trek” Writer Apologizes For One of the Best Scenes in the Movie

    → House of Eratosthenes | 24 May 2013 | 8:09 am MDT

    Telegraph: Damon Lindelof, the writer of Star Trek Into Darkness, has apologised to fans for the scene in which… Wait, wait, this is all wrong. That article is a stupid article because it doesn’t include any pictures of its subject. How are we supposed to know why the writer “apologised”? And what’s up with that [...]

  19. On the making of the Mary Tyler Moore Show

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 8:00 am MDT

    Our review of Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's new book

  20. QP Live: The Senate’s expenses, debated anew

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 7:56 am MDT

    Join us for your daily dose of political theatre. Tweet about the madness at #QP.

  21. Five politicians who survived their own foolishness

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 7:50 am MDT

    If a former mayor who killed a man before taking office could survive, why can't Rob Ford?

  22. We’ve got your weekend covered

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 7:00 am MDT

    Our latest book reviews plus the week's bestselling titles

  23. Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H.M.

    → Macleans.ca » Blog Central | 24 May 2013 | 7:00 am MDT

    Here's our review of Suzanne Corkin's book

  24. University Students Stomp on Jesus

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 24 May 2013 | 6:00 am MDT

    Universities are becoming increasingly hostile to Christian beliefs, especially the universities that are taxpayer-funded. The Bible is criticized. Christian values are starting to be called "hate speech.” Last month, a Democratic professor at Florida Atlantic University took anti-Christian culture to a new low by having his students "stomp on Jesus.” The students were instructed to write the

  25. N.C.'s Common Core-Based English Tests Ignore Spelling, Grammar, Usage

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 24 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - Legislators and the State Board of Education should take steps to ensure North Carolina's public school testing program places greater emphasis on English grammar, spelling, mechanics, and usage. That's a key recommendation in a new John Locke Foundation


  26. Friday Interview: Digging Beneath the Headlines on Climate Change

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 24 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - The Weather Channel trumpeted the headline "2012: Warmest year on record for U.S." But neither that channel nor any other mainstream media outlet devoted much attention to a contradictory piece of global warming news that surfaced at about the same time. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar, discussed the issue with Donna Martinez for...


  27. From the desk of Scott Feschuk

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 24 May 2013 | 4:00 am MDT

    Personal letters from our esteemed columnist to some people in the news

  28. Muslim Acts of Beheading in the West

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 23 May 2013 | 10:18 pm MDT

    The gruesome murder yesterday of a soldier outside London by a Muslim convert, Michael Adebolajo, brings to mind that throat slitting and beheading are Islamically sanctioned forms of execution. Although these occur particularly often in the course of

  29. Little Platoons

    → City Journal | 23 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Rod Dreher’s homage to his sister raises profound questions about family and modern life.

  30. The U.S. Government Compiles a Bibliography

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 23 May 2013 | 1:00 pm MDT

    At this moment of sequester and belt-tightening, the U.S. government has delivered a reading list on Islam. The National Endowment for the Humanities has joined with two private foundations, Carnegie and Duke, to fund "Muslim Journeys," a project that

  31. Steaks

    → House of Eratosthenes | 23 May 2013 | 8:37 am MDT

    A how-to guide at IziSmile. Hat tip to Linkiest.

  32. I Made a New Word LXV

    → House of Eratosthenes | 23 May 2013 | 7:19 am MDT

    Lerner-itis (n.) Mental illness triggered when the patient finds other people are forming opinions about him that he doesn’t like. The patient starts to behave irrationally, handing out orders to people about what to think and what not to think. The reasoning seems to be, since the subject of concern is the reputation of the [...]

  33. Peter Worthington: A Canadian original

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 23 May 2013 | 7:00 am MDT

    Barbara Amiel on a moral man who couldn't turn his back on truth

  34. Jamu or Jehmu She Is Still A Race-Monger

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 23 May 2013 | 6:45 am MDT

    Saturday afternoon a colleague sent me the following: “Dem strategist [Jehmu] Greene on Fox excusing Obama by saying the AP could have been hiding a terror attack. Then she went on to blame Bush for Valerie Plame. The outing of whom had nothing to do with Bush or Cheney and yet, five years later, she [...]

  35. Head Start Evaluation Finally Released

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 23 May 2013 | 6:00 am MDT

    Five years ago, the Department of Health and Human Services completed data collection for its final third-grade follow-up study of Head Start, the famous federal preschool program designed to improve the kindergarten readiness of low-income children. The bureaucrats sat on the report for a couple of months; they probably didn't want to release it because it didn't show the results they wanted.

  36. JLF Report Urges Move Toward Consumer-Driven Model for N.C. Medicaid

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 23 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence of how a consumer-driven model would improve the state Medicaid program. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report highlights the Indiana and Florida approaches to...


  37. Why the Senate must be scrapped, part II

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 23 May 2013 | 3:18 am MDT

    Maclean's editorial: 'These are grim times for our political leaders'

  38. Brown Happens

    → City Journal | 22 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    A new biography overlooks key episodes in the California governor’s career.

  39. Assessing Homeschooling in America

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 22 May 2013 | 6:00 am MDT

    Powerful forces are currently trying to take America into nationalized, federally controlled education under the name Common Core Standards. At the same time, the Homeschool movement is growing by leaps and bounds. A new book by a professor at Vanderbilt University School of education gives us an in-depth analysis of what is going on. The title is Homeschooling in America. The author Joseph

  40. Senate Budget Plan Excludes Funding For Eugenics Survivors

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 22 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - One stark difference between the GOP Senate budget plan and the one proposed by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is money to compensate victims of North Carolina's eugenics program. McCrory's budget, released in March, proposes to spend $10 million to compensate victims of the involuntary sterilization program that the state operated for decades. The Senate budget does not. "The Senate...


  41. House K-12 Voucher Bill Attracts Impassioned Rhetoric But No Vote

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 22 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - Sizzling oratory and stubborn statistics clashed as opponents of a tax-funded voucher bill for private schools squared off against advocates of the opportunity scholarship grants Tuesday morning in the House Education Committee. House Bill 944 has engendered bipartisan...


  42. Community Colleges Work To Improve Remedial Course Results

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 22 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - Scott Ralls, president of the North Carolina Community College System, says he noticed a problem with remedial education in the state's community colleges: "Too few students were coming out the other end." He was referring to the remarkably low success rate of community college students required to take remedial classes. Because of the low success rate, Ralls and system leaders are...


  43. Being Instant And Why It’s Important

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 22 May 2013 | 12:03 am MDT

    I’m always reminded that the Apostle Paul’s admonition to Timothy to “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, with all long-suffering and doctrine” (2 Timothy 4:2; KJV) is not instructive for preaching only. It is one of the single most important and powerful things we can do to reach people [...]

  44. New York’s Public School Paradox

    → City Journal | 21 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Support runs high for education reforms—but also for the teachers who block them.

  45. Pedophile Disembowled in Prison

    → House of Eratosthenes | 21 May 2013 | 6:30 pm MDT

    Newsflavor: A prisoner who bragged about his offenses was disemboweled in prison on Saturday. For many criminals, especially those who sexually assault people, it’s often in prison they are made to suffer for their crimes. Many men are raped, sexually assaulted, or murdered in prison. Mitchell Harrison (23) a serial sex offender, Saturday found the [...]

  46. English Flag Might Offend Muslims

    → House of Eratosthenes | 21 May 2013 | 6:27 pm MDT

    Examiner: The centuries old flag of England has been rejected by a local town council on the grounds the red cross on white background English colors may be “inappropriate” and “offensive” to Muslims, as reported by the on-line news portal The Bristol Post on 16 May, 2013. The town council of Radstock in Southwest England, [...]

  47. B.A.S.D.S.M.T.O.T.W.D.

    → House of Eratosthenes | 21 May 2013 | 10:32 am MDT

    I think I like this. An all-out assault against the WAGTOCPAN. Go get ‘em! Folsom has it worse than most places. Everybody looks like they’re receiving instructions on the formula for an antidote that will save humanity, or missile coordinates for the satellite that’s about to wipe out all life on Earth. But those conversations [...]

  48. Mean Liberals

    → House of Eratosthenes | 21 May 2013 | 9:30 am MDT

    So the producer and co-creator of The Daily Show, Lizz Winstead, made a bad joke about the Oklahoma Tornado hitting a red state. “This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives.” Then she apologized and backpedaled like crazy in the best self-deprecating manner should could rustle up, once [...]

  49. 35 Educators Indicted in Atlanta

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 21 May 2013 | 6:00 am MDT

    Here is a really shocking piece of news. 35 educators in Atlanta have been indicted for cheating on standardized tests. Charges include racketeering, theft, influencing witnesses, and making false statements. Beverly Hall, the former district superintendent and a star of the school reform movement, was included in the sweep. The former Georgia Governor, Sonny Perdue, took this matter very

  50. Senate Budget Would Require EV/Hybrid Drivers To Pay More

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 21 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - Drivers of some of the most fuel-efficient cars in North Carolina would be hit with extra license registration fees under the proposed Senate budget. It's an effort by senators to recoup money from motorists who are not paying the same amount drivers of traditional vehicles pay in gasoline taxes. "They're using the highways; gas tax is funding highway maintenance and highway...


  51. What’s Behind Black Flash-Mobs?

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 20 May 2013 | 11:16 pm MDT

    In the late 1980s, it was called “Wilding” and the actors were called “Wolf-packs.” Today they are called “Flash-Mobs,” but the actors and their intentions are the same. Marauding gangs of blacks are terrorizing cities across the country randomly attacking whites and destroying private property. As journalist, Colin Flaherty wrote: “Welcome to the new normal: [...]

  52. Death by Media

    → City Journal | 20 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    President Obama’s current woes and his cozy relationship with the press

  53. Well…That’s a Bit Trippy

    → House of Eratosthenes | 20 May 2013 | 3:11 pm MDT

    Just scraped the following image off Google Earth, Street View. Oh yeah, and that’s cute, the image hosting service calls it “meatpump” from the local filename me-at-pump.jpg. Go on, get yer minds outta the gutter… Anyway. The make/model of the coupe is not immediately recognizable. Sure looks like Bessie, with that distinctive, out-of-time, late-eighties “compact [...]

  54. Repairing Our Broken Assimilation System

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 20 May 2013 | 6:00 am MDT

    Every day we hear prominent Americans sounding off on the importance of comprehensive immigration reform. But there can be no comprehensive immigration reform without comprehensive assimilation reform. We should seriously examine what our assimilation policy should be, and we should develop a constructive plan to assimilate the legal immigrants who have come to our country over the last 5 years

  55. Institute of Medicine Study Overstates Number of Uninsured Due to Medicaid Rejection

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 20 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH -  Critics of the state's decision to shun Medicaid expansion have maintained that a study by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine concludes that 500,000 people would be left uninsured as a result. But the estimate is contradicted by that same study,...


  56. Telemedicine Initiative Could Deliver Mental Health Services More Effectively

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 20 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH -  North Carolina's mental health system is "very fragile," straining beneath the weight of psychiatrist shortages, emergency rooms overflowing with the mentally ill, and a Medicaid program whose structure too often fails to aid the behavioral disorder population in a timely, cost-efficient, and appropriate manner. State Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos issued that...


  57. Immigrants are eating too much

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 20 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    The NY Times reports: BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — Becoming an American can be bad for your health. A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. And while their American-born children may have more money, they tend to live shorter lives than the parents. The pattern goes

  58. The irrational modern woman, sexual anarchy, and “rape culture”

    → American Clarity | 19 May 2013 | 7:46 am MDT

    Having already expressed my profound admiration for womankind — that Woman is worthy of protection and chivalry — I must now express something far less comfortable, and yet vital to her well-being.  For in recent years I’ve become aware that modern woman, being alienated generations from the laws of nature and all sensibility, has placed [...]

  59. Taking charge to prevent extinction

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 19 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    CNS News reports: "Our survival as a species is dependent on women taking charge,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told a gathering at a campaign fundraiser earlier this month. She made the comment before introducing Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, who was among those attending the Schakowsky fundraiser dubbed ”The Ultimate Women’s Power Lunch” on May 3. ... “I

  60. Smile and Be a Villain

    → City Journal | 18 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    “Give it back!” I yelled uselessly. Pathetically. Sure, I had my hands on the getaway driver through the open car window, but there was little I could do.

  61. Interview: Kevin Williamson — Could Going Broke Leave America Better Off?

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 18 May 2013 | 2:31 pm MDT

    You know the bad news — our government is bloated, inefficient, and going broke. But could the wheels coming off of government actually be good for America? Tune in to find out why our guest says yes. Listen to Eagle Forum Live Radio Program aired on 5-18-13 Listen every Saturday (11-Noon CST): Bott Radio Network Archived Eagle Forum Live Radio Programs

  62. Charged with murder for inducing abortion

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 17 May 2013 | 11:19 am MDT

    The NY Post reports: TAMPA, Fla. — The 28-year-old son of a Florida fertility doctor has been charged by federal authorities with tricking his girlfriend into taking a pill used to induce labor and cause an abortion, killing the fetus she was carrying. John Andrew Welden was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges of product tampering and first-degree murder and faces up to life in

  63. Common Core's Political Agenda

    → Eagle Forum Blog | 17 May 2013 | 6:00 am MDT

    The standards now being forced on all public schools called Common Core are standardizing student learning and performance nationwide. The plan is to gauge achievement using national tests. The standards were created at the behest of the federal government. The standards use the word "state" prominently, but it definitely is a national program, and Governors were enticed to sign on before the

  64. House Would Replace Graduated Income Tax With Flat Tax

    → JLF > CJ Exclusive | 17 May 2013 | 5:00 am MDT

    RALEIGH - House Republicans Thursday unveiled their tax modification plan, a move that would eliminate the progressive income tax rate in favor of a flat tax. It also would lower the sales tax rate slightly and broaden the sales tax to include repair, maintenance, cleaning, and installation services, and service contracts. Unlike a competing tax plan presented by Senate Republicans, it would...


  65. One Tough Nutter

    → City Journal | 16 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Philadelphia’s Democratic mayor has cracked down on crime, reformed the city’s finances, and spoken frankly about black family breakdown.

  66. The Gross Gatsby

    → City Journal | 15 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Baz Luhrmann’s version loses its place.

  67. Blue vs. Blue

    → City Journal | 15 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    California’s powerful teachers’ union condemns Democratic reformers.

  68. Diversity Discourages Self-Initiative

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 15 May 2013 | 5:22 am MDT

    No single word and/or theory is more important in the vernacular of today’s higher education than “diversity.” In the Spring Edition of City Journal, Heather MacDonald writes a revealing (if you’re a liberal or if you’ve been living on another planet) article pursuant to the millions the budget-strapped University of California squanders “on mindless diversity [...]

  69. From Anarchists to Islamists

    → City Journal | 14 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Americans have been dealing with terrorism for longer than we realize.

  70. Internet Republic

    → City Journal | 14 May 2013 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Can digital technology spark more active citizenship?

  71. If I were giving the graduation speech…

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 14 May 2013 | 6:00 pm MDT

    Barbara Amiel on what she would say to the Class of 2013

  72. You Can’t Get Oil From Dry Hole

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 14 May 2013 | 12:27 am MDT

    Here’s a question for you. What do the Obamas have in common with the boot-strappin’ Appalachians and the bearded hillbilly “Backyard Oilmen” of the Discovery Channel reality series set in south central Kentucky? The answer is nothing. The Appalachian and hillbilly Backyard Oilmen worked to get where they are; they love America; they’re honest, God-fearing [...]

  73. Concerning the protection of women (a note on the upcoming article)

    → American Clarity | 13 May 2013 | 2:09 pm MDT

    There will undoubtedly be a barrage of angry emails over my upcoming post — The irrational modern woman and “rape culture” — and so, hoping to further explain my position on the matter, and why it is not just convenient, but necessary to have a universal and Biblical moral code for sexual pursuit, I present [...]

  74. Islam vs. Islamism

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 13 May 2013 | 8:02 am MDT

    What motives lay behind last month's Boston Marathon bombing and the would-be attack on a VIA Rail Canada train? Leftists and establishmentarians variously offer imprecise and tired replies – such as "violent extremism" or anger at Western imperialism –

  75. Support the Syrian Rebels?

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 11 May 2013 | 10:54 pm MDT

    A Washington Post article today, "Assad forces gaining ground in Syria" by Liz Sly, argues that recent events suggest that the Assad regime is not just surviving but has gone on the offensive. Drawing on local analysts, she finds that in the civil war,

  76. Google ‘Glass Explorers’ doesn’t sound nerdy at all

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 11 May 2013 | 3:00 am MDT

    Scott Feschuk considers Google's latest technology

  77. Benghazi Cover-up Hearings Charade For Doing Nothing

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 10 May 2013 | 8:21 am MDT

    My friends and many of my readers know that I do not do compromise nor do I capitulate. I don’t bargain with the enemy nor make deals with them. And under no circumstances do I allow myself to be dissuaded to go along with something I know or believe to be wrong. Recently a friend [...]

  78. A debate that surely won’t make history

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 10 May 2013 | 6:44 am MDT

    Paul Wells on a heritage committee study and the politicization of Canadian history

  79. Deceitful Response To Military Injustice

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 9 May 2013 | 2:19 am MDT

    I received the following letter from a reader who had written to voice his condemnation of the anti-God Pentagon initiative that Obama has sanctioned which penalizes (including court-martial) military persons for sharing their faith. D.W., Your accusation of censorship reveals an incredibly shallow, possibly nonexistent, understanding of the meaning of the word or its relevance [...]

  80. Why children need to feel the pinch

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 8 May 2013 | 8:00 am MDT

    From forcing kisses on relatives to hand-holding, kids may be losing their liberties

  81. Congressman Mel Watt Advocates Creating New Era Of Apartheid

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 7 May 2013 | 11:00 am MDT

    When it comes to stirring the caldron of racial animus directed at whites, there are those who will go to any lengths to keep flames burning under said kettle. As Booker T. Washington brilliantly observed, “There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships [...]

  82. Comment Of The Week

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 4 May 2013 | 2:19 am MDT

    FOLLOWING IS A LETTER I RECEIVED FROM A LONG TIME READER IN MONTANA. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT APPRECIATE IT AS WELL. ***************************** Hello Mr Mychal Massie, A few paragraphs from local paper then my response At a town hall meeting in Warren on Tuesday, Erica Lafferty, daughter of the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal killed [...]

  83. Our federal leaders are ghosts of premiers past

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 3 May 2013 | 10:00 am MDT

    Paul Wells on why Tom Mulcair sounds a lot like Jean Charest

  84. Time to have some nice, tolerant babies

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 2 May 2013 | 6:00 pm MDT

    Let’s stop worrying about the why, people. The cause of all ‘isms’ is the ‘ists’

  85. Water Always Seeks Its Own Level

    → The Daily Rant: Conservative Mychal Massie's Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics » Daily Rant | 2 May 2013 | 7:30 am MDT

    My beloved, late grandmother always told me, “A person is known by the company they keep.” My mother used to say, “Water always seeks its own level.” With those truisms in mind, (in the interest of space) let’s look at just a couple of the people Obama surrounded himself with to be advisors. There is [...]

  86. Lessons from the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 30 Apr 2013 | 10:14 am MDT

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation's list of "Ten Most Wanted" fugitives dates back to 1950 but the list of "Most Wanted Terrorists" dates back to just after 9/11 and a sense that terrorism had become a strategic threat. Today, the list includes 31

  87. Against the Boston interfaith vigil

    → American Clarity | 30 Apr 2013 | 9:26 am MDT

    A people’s forfeiture of self-rule — what does it look like?  Does surrender build piece by piece, day by day, law by law; or does it happen suddenly, publicly, officially — expressedly? Is it not debt that exceeds the boundaries of conceptualization?  Families broken — fathers who do not father, a birthrate shriveling into impotence?   [...]

  88. The problem with minority parties: a treatise on higher and lower faction

    → American Clarity | 27 Apr 2013 | 10:36 am MDT

    The future of the Republican party — this is what they say of you, dear Hispanics; but a future for better or for worse has yet to be seen. My suspicion has nothing to do with your capabilities, nor with your civility — for I know many work hard, and many more behave respectably.  But [...]

  89. The only thing liberated was their wallets

    → Macleans.ca » Opinion | 27 Apr 2013 | 6:10 am MDT

    Patients are left with costs as discredited MS therapy circles the drain, writes Colby Cosh

  90. Viscount Samuel, Meet Secretary Hagel

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 24 Apr 2013 | 11:26 pm MDT

    Emerging from intense controversy, the British politician Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) was appointed the first High Commissioner of Palestine, where he served 1920-25. A Jew and an influential Zionist, Samuel bent over backwards not to favor the Yishuv, to

  91. Education by Murder in Boston

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 24 Apr 2013 | 7:52 am MDT

    What will be the long-term impact of the Apr. 15-19 Boston Marathon attack and the ensuing action-movie-style chase, killing a total of four and wounding 265? Let's start with what its impact will not be. It will not bring American opinion together; if

  92. Boston Bombing Lesson: Ban Niqabs and Burqas

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 21 Apr 2013 | 10:29 am MDT

    The Tsarnaev brothers pulled off their terrorist attack with great skill but made a fatal mistake in letting their faces and bodies be seen at a heavily photographed international sporting event. This meant that multiple images of them were available for

  93. The trouble with niceness: bravery, stoicism, and the cancer patient

    → American Clarity | 21 Apr 2013 | 5:18 am MDT

    I couldn’t have been more than ten when my grandma passed away.  I remember her, wasted away, lying on her bed in an aging manufactured home, with an IV in arm, dying of cancer.  By that point she’d been so saturated with morphine that conversation was impossible, slurred speech uttering impossibilities and hallucinatory babble, a [...]

  94. "U.S. Fears Syria Rebel Victory, for Now"

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 17 Apr 2013 | 8:51 pm MDT

    The commentariat universally rejected my Apr. 11 column arguing that Western governments should "Support Assad" on the grounds that he is losing and we don't want the Islamist rebels to win in Syria but prefer a stalemate. An Arabic website in France

  95. 140,000 Canisters of U.S. Teargas to Egypt's Morsi

    → Daniel Pipes :: Writings | 13 Apr 2013 | 10:51 pm MDT

    The Egyptian publication Al-Masry Al-Youm reports that the U.S. government has supplied five containers carrying 140,000 teargas canisters to Egypt's Interior Ministry. It further reports that this shipment left Wilmington, Delaware, on Mar. 14 aboard

  96. On man’s physical boundaries (evolution, body, etc)

    → American Clarity | 8 Apr 2013 | 7:03 am MDT

    Supposing evolution were actually true, and that the first pile of primordial soup, ignited by a lightning bolt or some other energetic source, were to suddenly result in life, the first question we should ask should concern the boundary of choice. For all living organisms, whether great or small, conduct their behaviors according to their [...]

  97. On rape and the law

    → American Clarity | 8 Apr 2013 | 6:49 am MDT

    Earlier in the month of October, I heard a troubling story about a man.  Now, the man is not me (as some writers have a tendency to conceal), nor is he a man I know, but he is very close to a person who’s close to me.  We can very rightly say the man is [...]

  98. Nightmares

    → American Clarity | 20 Mar 2013 | 4:19 am MDT

    When I was young I used to dream of zombies, monsters, wolves and snakes; of terrifying things both large and small that would give chase, and I would run.   But now I’m grown and dream of things that could have been but never were; of someone I loved but then I lost; of people [...]

  99. Heritage as a matter of the will

    → American Clarity | 17 Mar 2013 | 2:51 am MDT

    Editor’s note: a version of this article appeared on The American Thinker, but was so badly mangled and inferior to the original, I request that the reader — if he has any appreciation of my writing — please read this version either instead, or as well. Look closely at those two words, heritage and destiny, [...]

  100. The sin of Achan

    → American Clarity | 3 Mar 2013 | 4:24 am MST

    Amassing upon the border of Canaan, swords in hand and Law upon two graven tablets of stone, Jehovah’s Israel prepared for war.  The promise had been given: the sins of Canaan, her idolatry, her child-sacrifice, her filth and lewdness and injustice had filled earth to the brim, spilling over the mountains into heaven; and now [...]

  101. Number 5

    → Ridin out the Recession | 1 Mar 2013 | 7:36 am MST

    Good morning guys! What’s up? We hope this finds all well, and everyone is enjoying good health. On our end, once again, life is good! You know, I knew a man who really enjoyed going to the dog track. This … Continue reading →

  102. An End of a Nation? Could Be…

    → Ridin out the Recession | 21 Feb 2013 | 9:58 pm MST

    Good morning guys! What’s up? Heard a story yesterday of a little boy, maybe seven years old, sittin on the street corner tryin to sell a lawnmower. A man of about 45 came pedaling up on a bike. The man … Continue reading →

  103. Society Today…Do You Really Like What You See?

    → Ridin out the Recession | 17 Feb 2013 | 5:27 am MST

    Hey guys, what’s up? I hope everyone is doing just fine. We’re all okay down here, but may see a freeze warnin Saturday night and Sunday night. Startin back Monday though, we’ll be warmin right back up. A good friend … Continue reading →

  104. Be Gardenin Again, Fore Ya Know It!

    → Ridin out the Recession | 13 Feb 2013 | 6:41 pm MST

    Hey guys! How the heck are ya? I hope this finds everyone doin A-OK! Well, like I stated last post, I’m bitin at the bit to get this “garden thing” kicked off. My tomato seeds I planted last week just … Continue reading →

  105. Isaiah’s Garden…and One Blessed Man

    → Ridin out the Recession | 11 Feb 2013 | 4:08 am MST

    Good morning guys! I hope this finds all doing very well. In all sincerity today, I’d like to say, “God be with you!” He sure stands beside me… Well, we’re getting our garden fired off. Although it still may be … Continue reading →

  106. God Is My Best Friend

    → Ridin out the Recession | 5 Feb 2013 | 8:52 am MST

    Good morning guys! I hope all are doing fine. Well, I have to tell ya, “Turtle’s List” has helped me out immensely! Life is turning around, and I’ve got to say that despite the confusion, moments of just wondering “how … Continue reading →

  107. Turtle and His List!

    → Ridin out the Recession | 28 Jan 2013 | 4:25 pm MST

    Good morning guys! I hope this finds everyone doing very well. Well, let’s try this…I’m back, once more. I gotta tell you guys that the loss of a spouse has been much, much tougher than I would ever have imagined. … Continue reading →

  108. Ya Miss Me?

    → Ridin out the Recession | 1 Jan 2013 | 8:05 am MST

    GOOD MORNIN GUYS! How are you? Let me start off this morning by wishin all a very Happy New Year to each and every one of you! Ya miss me? LOL! I think my last post was around the 26th … Continue reading →

  109. In the News…

    → Ridin out the Recession | 26 Nov 2012 | 8:35 am MST

    Good morning guys! What’s up? Been hangin out with a “younger crowd” over the holidays, thus, the “what’s up?” I’d be willing to bet the last gatherin I was at there wasn’t a single person there over 50?? Seems I’m … Continue reading →

  110. It’s Been 5 Months…

    → Ridin out the Recession | 15 Nov 2012 | 6:52 am MST

    Good morning. I sure hope today’s post finds each and every one of you guys in great spirits and health. May the Good Lord Bless you all. This morning I’d like to discuss a person who is very near, and … Continue reading →



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