Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts

Saturday, October 25, 2008

"Is America Really Going To Do This?"

Nashville blogger Kay Brooks highly recommends Melanie Phillips' latest contribution to the British Spectator in her post Getting down to brass tacks. Phillips, a brilliant author (most recent book: Londonistan) and essayist, asks in disbelief, Is America really going to do this?

Kay was particularly struck by these words
McCain believes in protecting and defending America as it is. Obama tells the world he is ashamed of America and wants to change it into something else. McCain stands for American exceptionalism, the belief that American values are superior to tyrannies. Obama stands for the expiation of America’s original sin in oppressing black people, the third world and the poor.
about which she commented "That's as succinctly worded a paragraph about the difference between these two men as I've read thus far."

Particularly for those with an interest in Israel and its fate, I'd recommend reading Melanie Phillips' entire essay. It will be well worth your time.

Friday, April 25, 2008

The UN: Good news/bad news

Meryl Yourish runs one of the best blogs in the business, and has actually been at it longer than Glenn "InstaPundit" Reynolds. She's always well worth reading, but today, she really outdid herself with this post: "The UN: Good news/bad news". Go read it, and while you're there, you might want to check out some of her other superb writing.