Couldn’t have said it better

Here is a column that says what everyone who has spent any time in a public school classroom lately knows is the truth: we are dealing with a generation of rude young people who think they are entitled to do as they please. They have been so pampered and catered to so their precious “self-esteem” won’t be damaged and instead have become arrogant and incredibly oblivious to the rights and needs of others.

Read the rest of this excellent column here.

Exactly!

Here is someone finally saying what needs to be said about oil prices and drilling. See More Drilling Please

Verrrrrry interesting…

With all the caterwauling we have been hearing about “global warming”, here’s a very interesting warning coming from a scientist speaking of the danger of global cooling! See
World needs more CO2, environment confab told.

“Secular-progressive” bigotry

Jonah Goldberg has always been one of my favorite writers. I was particularly struck by his most recent column in which he contrasts the ways that “secular progressives” bend over backwards to avoid offending Muslim sensibilities, yet revel in a form of “in-your-face” bigotry against Christians:

Recently, however, it seems Jesus fish have become outnumbered by Darwin fish. No doubt you’ve seen these, too. The fish is “updated” with little feet on the bottom, and “IXΘΥΣ” or “Jesus” is replaced with either “Darwin” or “Evolve.”
I find Darwin fish offensive. First, there’s the smugness. The undeniable message: Those Jesus fish people are less evolved, less sophisticated than we Darwin fishers.
The hypocrisy is even more glaring. Darwin fish are often stuck next to bumper stickers promoting tolerance or admonishing that “hate is not a family value.” But the whole point of the Darwin fish is intolerance; similar mockery of a cherished symbol would rightly be condemned as bigoted if aimed at blacks or women or, yes, Muslims…It’s not that secular progressives support Muslim religious fanatics, it’s that they reserve their passion and scorn for religious Christians who are neither fanatical nor violent.

The Darwin fish ostensibly symbolizes the superiority of progressive-minded science over backward-looking faith. I think this is a false juxtaposition, but I would have a lot more respect for the folks who believe it if they aimed their brave contempt for religion at those who might behead them for it.

Right on, Jonah!

See the full column here.