Observations from Michael Totten.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Hitchens And Hell
Some thoughts from Ross Douthat. I’ve never even pretended to start to understand Christian theology. It always struck me as rationalization for what people want to believe.
Light-Bulb Liberty
Idiotic arguments against it. This come from both a fundamental lack of understanding of both economics, and unintended consequences of good intentions.
The EPA’s Fracking Scare
Gee, it’s almost like they have a political agenda or something.
You Go, Girl
Maria Conchita Alonso speaks truth to Sean Penn.
The Enemies Of The Humanities
In Which My Respect For Penn Jillette’s Intelligence
…plummets. Gillette certainly doesn’t seem “wicked smart” in this episode.
It occurs to me that Jillette wouldn’t say this if he thought that Obama really was a Christian. It’s just a pose for the rubes, and he approves, recognizing the cultural necessity. Obama doesn’t believe in anyone higher than himself.
A Terrible Week For Liberty Fighters
First Hitchens, and now Vaclev Havel has died. Here’s what Matt Welch had to say about him a few years ago.
Don’t expect the media to make a big deal of it. He was the wrong kind of dissenter, being too American for Europe. The fact that he never won a Peace Prize, while Yasser Arafat and Barack Obama did, says something very fundamental about the corruption and uselessness of that once-honorable achievement. I’d also note (to cite a tweet) that he’s an example of the ancient dictum (that I just made up) that a country can do a lot worse than having a dissident playwright as a president. Mamet, 2012!
[Monday morning update]
More thoughts (from a couple years ago) from Bruce Bawer. And here’s a roundup over at National Review Online.
There He Goes Again
On Fox News Sunday, Romney just attacked Newt again on lunar colonies. This is getting very annoying. Someone in Romney’s campaign or the man himself decided that bashing space is a good weapon against Gingrich. Newt should make him pay for it with a speech on the subject. I suppose I should be happy that he’s at least made it a campaign issue. It usually isn’t.
The Recalcitrant Planet
…refuses to obey the dictates of the computer models. Why oh why won’t Gaia cooperate with her socialist worshipers?