Crusader War College

An article posted by Gromgoru at Rantburg gives a series of three links to the "Gates of Vienna" blog that outline the details of the control system built into Islam that maintains it and propagates it. more »

This essay on the debate between evolution and design points out that many of the objections to the idea of the world being designed made by Scientists are actually religious and philosophical, relying on a specific (and naively idealistic) view of God'… more »

This is the title of an essay by Wretchard of Belmont Club on the creation of an entire generation of dependents whose only ability is to riot when the subsidies and the handouts run out.  It springs from a masterful article by Theodore Dalyrymple in Ci… more »

Planned Parenthood. One of Obama's top priorities was to preserve funding for Planned Parenthood. Interesting. I am now considering the reasons why.  The first few are making my blood run cold... more »

I was reading this morning in Zechariah 8 when it struck me that the blessings God was speaking of in that chapter, and in the entire Old Testament, were quite physical and material.  The emphasis was on God providing them, not the false gods whose idol… more »

A brilliant observation. A simply brilliant observation. THE Church of England’s only Asian bishop, whose father converted from Islam, has criticised many Muslims for their “dual psychology”, in which they desire both “victi… more »

I should, of course, have seen it earlier, but it appears that the intellectually flabby ethics of this age DID have an effect on me. However, sometimes it takes a truly blatant move like this to shatter the careful framing that keeps the victim in the… more »

The link is to the Rantburg article about a wealthy couple who kept two Indonesian women as slaves in their home. The comments are better. Here's Gromky's. Short. Penetrating. Its sad-sounding bewilderment adding to its eloquence: There's someth… more »

Spengler does a fantastic job ripping into the pretensions of the admirers of modern art: After I wrote Admit it - you really hate modern art (January 30), many readers assured me that I was quite mistaken about them. Especially among the educated el… more »

James Arlandson has an extended series of articles at The American Thinker on the relationship between Christianity, Pacifism, and government. The link is to the last article, which contains pointers to the entire series. He concludes: The kingdom… more »

Bruce Thornton notes the following in his article at Dr. Hanson's website: The West’s condemnation of Israel’s accidental shelling of two Palestinian Arab houses that killed 18 people once more reveals the bizarre incoherence that addle… more »

The link is to the Pope Benedict's speech at the University of Regensburg, that has been the "cause" of the ruckus amongst Muslims. more »

DANEGerus is shocked, absolutely SHOCKED: So it is with complete shock I realized that 2nd and 3rd trimester terminations are legal somewhere? WTF? We can agree to disagree about whether mother's might be compelled to bring a pregnancy to term in the… more »

Department: Theology And Philosophy Guest Instructor: Jim Geraghtry of National Review Online. Synopsis: The interaction of Fatalism and Islamist Terrorism National Review Online published, on July 11, a "culture review" by Jim Geraghty of Terminator 3… more »