If Power Made One Evil, Then God

We Are All Descended From Cavemen Who Broke The Skulls Of Their Enemies With Rocks For Fun Or Profit. But That Hardly Mitigates The Crimes Of A Man Who Does The Same Thing Today. I See No Problem Judging The Behavior Of The Islamic State And Its Apologists From The Vantage Point Of The West's High Horse, Because We've Earned The Right To Sit In That Saddle.

Americans Are Very Smart About The Things They Care About, And Ignorant About The Things They Don't.

In Europe And America Alike, Voters Increasingly Recognize That The Benefits Of The Green Revolution Aren't Worth The Costs, Particularly When The Revolutionaries Don't Have A Clue What They're Doing.

Liberals And Leftists Have Been Dismissing Inconvenient Facts By Attacking Motives For Generations. In The 1930s, '40s, And '50s, Soviet Spies And Abettors Attacked The Motives Of Their Accusers Because The Fact Of Their Guilt Was Undeniable. In The 1960s, Over A Thousand Psychiatrists Who'd Never Even Met Barry Goldwater Signed A Petition Saying The Gop Candidate Was Too Mentally Unstable To Be President.

Those Who Say [joseph] Padilla Should Get A Civilian Trial Are Essentially Saying That If You Reject The Rules Of Civilized Nations, Like Those Inscribed In The Geneva Convention, You Therefore Deserve To Be Treated Better, Not Worse, Than Those Rules Require.