…you cannot come into the Netherlands!. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – The camera focuses on two gay men kissing in a park. Later, a topless woman emerges from the sea and walks onto a crowded beach. For would-be immigrants to the Netherlands, this film is a test of their readiness to participate in the liberal Dutch culture. ADVERTISEMENT If they can’t stomach it, no need to apply. Despite whether they find the film offensive, applicants must buy a copy and watch it... Read more
…than to be shredded and killed in the womb. Please read these two remarkable pro-life stories In the case of little Benedict Oliver, I believe that love, life and the entire world were much better served by the 24 hours of profound love that was let into the world, than by the disallowing of the Coming of Love. H/T Julie Read more
That’s all…just…awwwwwww…. Hmph. This is not at all what Tina Brown had in mind. Read more
If he can’t insist on a vote for Russ Feingold’s motion then he needs to vacate his position. And he can stand down on his presidential campaign, too. One hopes he realizes that. Hugh Hewitt spells it out in no uncertain terms. Let’s see if the GOP can actually do something right. Read more
Ann Althouse and Gawker and Jeff Jarvis are all talking about Mark Warner’s unfortunate – truly unfortunate – photograph on the cover of last week’s New York Times Magazine – a photo which the Times admits wasn’t quite accurate. Okay, but he should have known better. The New York Times Magazine has madea habit of putting deplorable, awful, really cheesy pictures on its front cover when it comes to two sorts of people: Any Republican, and Anyone Who Might Run... Read more
Well, Dick Meyer at CBS has done it again! I’m not kidding, this fellow manages to find the most interesting things to write about – stuff no one else is looking at because most of us (and 99% of the press) run like lemmings to whatever breathless headline has been deemed “important,” like Birdshotgate… Today Meyer is wondering whether is political ruminations are worth putting to paper, or is political debate a futile and dead thing? He wonders about it... Read more
Benning has a piece about it and a picture. It’s purdy. Read more
Our Canadian neighbors know it, which is why they buy supplemental insurance so they can come to the US for treatment. It doesn’t work in the UK, either as Dr. Sanity points out. Ours may be an imperfect system…but it’s the best-working one out there. Read more
AJ Strata says that it sounds like the Democrats will accept nothing less than full surrender in Iraq. Pulling out the troops because we’ve done the job and the Iraqis will soon be capable of policing and securing themselves is not reality in their world, because Bushian SUCCESS cannot be a reality in their world – it destroys too many memes and it’s just bad politics for them…and heaven knows every issue for them is a political one. AJ writes:... Read more
Ken Pierce caught site of this post and it made him reminisce about Hillary’s spectacular luck at future’s trading. He is amused. Read more
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