Scruton's Western Landscape (Image from Roger Scruton: writer and philosopher ) Conservative British philosopher Roger Scruton has recently published a thoughtful article, "Islam and the West: Lines of Demarcation," in the journal Azure:Ideas for the Jewish Nation (No. 35, Winter 5769 / 2009). In th...

The wind is whipping around our neck of the woods, pounding our house, and threatening the stability of the Thursday recycling piles. At work, I'm hearing periodic beeps from the UPS systems and the lights are flickering. The newspaper reports downed trees blocking roads. I wouldn't be surprised if ...

At least not last night. MM wanted to watch (fucking) Aladdin instead. On the plus side, we haven't watched that movie in OVER! A! YEAR! On the minus side, I can still recite the whole thing...which means it hasn't been long enough....

Like Dennis Prager, I’ve dedicated my life to uplifting the human condition. I pattern my behavior on tne highest ideals of Western Civilization in general and the Torah in particular. Despite this, I have people in my life who try to take me down from my cross (I climb up there every day to t...

If you’re tired of getting screwed by the President figuratively, now you can do it literally (image after the break to avoid frightening the children). by Hal_10000...

This Smells Of A Social Science Experiment This January 12, 2009 Telegraph news story at first just sounds like another reminder of the decline and fall of Western civilization: A student who is auctioning her virginity to pay for a masters degree in Family and Marriage therapy has seen bidding hit ...

Holy fucking shit. A former Forest City man and decorated Iraq war veteran was arrested last week in Oklahoma City on complaints of manufacturing explosives with the intent to sell them. The Oklahoma City Oklahoman reported that Steven A. Jordal, 24, was taken into custody on Dec. 22. … An infantr...

This sort of thing drives me crazy: It has all the makings of a holiday toy: a miniature Santa Claus that lights up, chuckles “Ho, ho, ho” and sings a Christmas carol. Novelty lighters, like these that Columbia fire Battalion Chief Steve Sapp uses to educate parents, can be a temptation ...

I haven’t commented on the idea of Caroline Kennedy taking over the New York Senate seat because I assumed it was a joke.  Well, it just got a lot funnier.  Behold the New York Post: Caroline Kennedy has made it official: She wants to be appointed to the US Senate seat that Hillary C...

God, I hate stories like this: American homeowners will collectively lose more than $2 trillion in home value by the end of 2008, according to a report released Monday. The real estate Web site Zillow.com calculated that home values have dropped 8.4% year-over-year during the first three quarters of...