Political Links
Though some of these are quite old, hopefully they overcome the modernist journalist supposition that for reporting to be good, it must be new. Thus the demise of pop culture, the trivialization of history, etc. Obviously, that is the start of rant for another blog post. Have you read the following articles?
Is there a Saudi-Iranian Rift?
What is the role of Middle-Eastern people in our plans?
10 Things We've Forgotten About the Iraq War
Once you're done reading you can be one of the 200+ commenters engaging in Blog War.
How the U.S. Government Spends
A break down of the budget. Fascinating. Or, if you want to know how you are personally contributing, go to this page and follow the directions.
"Aliens Cause Global Warming"
A piece delivered to the California Institute for Technology by Michael Crichton. He argues against consensus science and places the importance of being a skeptic back in academia. He asks, "Nobody believes a weather prediction twelve hours ahead. Now we're asked to believe a prediction that goes out 100 years into the future? And make financial investments based on that prediction? Has everybody lost their minds?"
Mohler on the WSJ on Jihad on America
The difference between jihad and America is perseverance; jihad has it, the West doesn't. Professor Bernard Lewis explains.
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