Back of the beating hammer
By which the steel is wrought,
Back of the workshop’s clamor
The seeker may find the Thought,
The Thought that is ever master
Of iron and steam and steel,
That rises above disaster
And tramples it under heel!
The drudge may fret and tinker
Or labor with lusty blows,
But back of him stands the Thinker,
The clear-eyed man who knows;
For [...]
Used to the usual criticism from the White House whenever Israel took any steps to defend itself, I was surprised when Bush finally said something right.
What they hell are they thinking giving that pathetic, ignorant, lying, traitorous, drunken commie who recently accused our president of fraud and bribery a “George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service”??? Pathetic!
Update: Here is an editorial from the Wash Times. Nicholas at The Rule of Reason comments:
If we are [...]
You will find some new links among the blogs on the right. They are all good reading—sometimes informative, usually right, and always interesting. Let me know about any other websites you’d like to recommend.
My response to an ugly smear job:
In Praise of Sweatshops In Response to Jonathan Steeds Editorial
Jonathan writes that sweatshops represent the worst of capitalism. In fact, sweatshops are a great example of the virtues of free trade and free markets. Consider what conditions the citizens of third world countries live in before [...]
Robert Novak comments on the Plame scandal:
How big a secret was it? It was well known around Washington that Wilson’s wife worked for the CIA. Republican activist Clifford May wrote Monday, in National Review Online, that he had been told of her identity by a non-government source before my column appeared and that it was [...]
Daniel Pipes writes about the Anti-Islamists Muslims who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad:
Although a TV journalist and personality, Manji – a practicing Muslim – brings real insight to her subject. “I appreciate that every faith has its share of literalists. Christians have their Evangelicals. Jews have [...]
ALF, the eco-terrorist group responsible for a long string of attacks made a slight miscalculation it its latest scheme: Mink eat each other after animal rights break-in.
The Gateses have created a foundation worth $25 billion, the largest in the world, and have pledged to give it most of the rest of their $41 billion fortune, derived largely from stock in Bill Gatess company, Microsoft Corp.
I cant think of a more fantastic way to waste that much money than to spend in [...]