Sunday Funnies: Klavan on the Culture
Forget Survivor and Jersey Shore, Andrew Klavan brings us the best reality show yet: Lies! Deceit! Treachery! You too can be a Mainstream Media reporter!
Britain relies on France for its defence? What could go wrong?
Oh, how about a French aircraft carrier breaking down?
Saints at the Panthers (UPDATE: PANTHERS LOSE 34-3)
The 1-6 Panthers continued to demonstrate last week why they are one of the worst teams in the NFL by losing to the St. Louis Rams 20-10. They’ll try to rebound here at home today against the Saints, while the Saints (5-3) will look to keep the race for NFC South leader tight (Atlanta and Tampa Bay are at 5-2). The Panthers uphill battle will be made all the tougher by the fact that running back DeAngelo Williams is still out with a sprained left foot.
What we believe: natural law
Bill Whittle continues his series of video essays on modern American conservatism, this time considering the topic of Natural Law and its distinction from Political Law, and when the former requires us to fight the latter. This has always been an obscure topic for me, even though it’s central to our essence as a nation, as shown by this one sentence in the Declaration of Independence:
Nanny-stater of the Month
My blog-buddy ST has ably covered the latest silliness from the Board of Supervisors Nannies in San Francisco, banning toys in Happy Meals unless vendors meet city-imposed guidelines, all in the name of “food justice.”*
Religious tolerance for me, but not for thee
Just another reminder that the principles of liberal democracy and Sharia law are not compatible: In New York, Muslims want to build a mosque near Ground Zero and most Americans, while hating the idea, agree they have the right to do it. Meanwhile, in Kuwait, Christians are denied permission to build churches: