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Dr. Gro Harlem Brundlandt, notorious enemy of the human race, is at it again, with a report that Violence claims 1.6 million lives a year. The facts cited by the report seem perfectly straightforward: suicide is presently the main cause of violent death worldwide, with murder and war following in that order.… More ...

If you wondered what sort of spectacle the giant pew is designed for, here’s the answer.

A query for any internet whizzes: a Google search for “View from the Right” turns up this blog immediately, and one for “On to Restoration” turns up the main page for counterrevolution.net. Nonetheless, one for “Traditionalist Conservatism Page” turns up first an old address that no longer works and for most of the past year … More ...

I used to live near Bristol, Connecticut, so I’m glad to see the local paper is doing its part in the war on hate: ethnic backlash in city. Their September 11 front page report detailed 4 “crimes against people of Middle Eastern background” over the previous year:

• Shortly after last year’s terror attacks someone

There will always be an England—or maybe not. The editor of a news program for the new BBC expresses himself, with the British nastiness that we can never duplicate, about the supporters of one of the largest political demonstrations in recent British history a few days after his program failed to report the event:… More ...

Here’s a useful compendium of references to one sort of spin that’s been put on the attack on America last year: Christians blamed for September 11. The big problem is religion, you see, especially Christianity, so you should ignore who actually did the deed and their particular reasons for doing it. The real story … More ...

This story manages to capture quite a lot about a New York attitude toward religion in general and Christianity in particular: Gideons pass out Bibles in New York. At the end Norman Siegel gives the authoritative word—it’s part of the goodness and wonder of being a New Yorker to feel a bit queasy about … More ...

To discuss the Episcopal Church as it now is may be, to borrow from Dr. Johnson, “to waste criticism upon unresisting imbecility.” Still, it clarifies thought to consider the present state in America of an institution that once expressed the spiritual life of much of our branch of European civilization. Maybe the Episcopal Church still … More ...

In evident response to recent disputes over the rights and wrongs of the late unpleasantness between North and South here in America, the Eurocrats are talking about settling such issues in advance: Bid to lock Britain into EU.

Say what you like about the New York Times, their science coverage isn’t bad, at least as long as it’s not one of Natalie Angier’s chirpy little pieces. Every now and then they even have group photographs of particle physicists and such. When looking at such pictures I’ve always wondered why no one challenges … More ...