Everything that rises… (terrorism and crime)

This bit at Outside the Beltway reminds me strongly of the title of the Flannery O’Connor story, Everything That Rises Must Converge. I wonder how the islamofascist and palestinian apologists will rationalize this. Balkans Paradise for Al Qaeda » Outside The Beltway: The Houston Chronicle’s Gregory Katz has a disturbing report from Belgrade that the Continue reading Everything that rises… (terrorism and crime)

The day after…

That mysterious entity, “everyone,” seems to have vanished from the global network yesterday. I, of course, noticed this because I did not vanish from it. Shame on me! Wonderful Christmas dinner with everyone (who’d show up at my house on the 25th of December for festivities regardless of which religious tradition I decided to follow, Continue reading The day after…

France: Watching how they handle the (literal) clash of cultures

Again, if it weren’t for blogs, I’d not know a lot of what’s going on. About the French Rioters, from Southern Appeal: Southern Appeal: The news stories on the Paris riots have been cryptic. Few have been clear just who is shooting at police and burning property. From the accounts, it sounds like just a Continue reading France: Watching how they handle the (literal) clash of cultures