Twas the Night Before TownHall
And all through the one-stop mall of ideas sponsored by The Heritage Foundation, not a creature was stirring, except for columnists defiantly announcing that Christmas is in the Bible, but Santa Claus isn't!
Anyway, here are my favorite columns for today:
Ben Shapiro
Rabbi Ben interprets Judaic law for us, and finds, strangely enough, that it commands you to be Republican!
American Jews should feel joy specifically because America is a Christian country -- the dominance of tolerant Christianity means that more non-Jews are fulfilling God's plan for them.
[snip]
Because male-female relationships have the ability to transcend the physical, the Noahide Laws frown upon celibacy. God created the sex drive for a reason.
Jonah Goldberg
The war is a success; Bush is a genius; and while Jonah doesn't need no stinkin' Newsweek, the link between 9/11 and Iraq is that we WILLED ONE INTO EXISTENCE!
While recent revelations about links between al-Qaida and Saddam are troubling (a recently discovered memo suggests that Mohammed Atta was trained by Abu Nidal in Baghdad months before 9/11), the real link between 9/11 and Iraq has been based in our newfound resolve.
[snip]
The significance of Saddam's capture has been thoroughly hashed out by now, and only Baathists, grumps, fools and Dean supporters think it is anything but an untrammeled victory for the forces of truth, justice and the American way.
Tony Blankley
Only history can decide whether or not the war is a success; we must trust in God to deliver us from Bush; and Jonah is fundamentally silly.
But the recent question of whether we are safer since Saddam's capture is fundamentally silly. The answer is unknowable, and the current debate is fatuous and self-serving on both sides. As yet we are in but the earliest stages of a war that is likely to go on for decades, perhaps generations.
Thomas Sowell
Gordon Gekko lives! And is probably selling kidneys in the Bronx.
If making a fortune represents greed, then greed is what drives prices down.
Michelle Malkin
Since Michelle just had a baby, and since it's Christmas, she is not going to condemn mothers who abandon their infants . . .well, she will, but will stop if they will promise to read the press release from "Newborn Lifeline Network" and say it counts as Michelle's column for this week.
As a mother who has just joyously brought a baby boy into the world, I cannot imagine your despair. I cannot fathom your horror. Those of us with healthy children, happy marriages and doting families often take for granted our bountiful blessings. It would be so easy to condemn you, to pontificate about your recklessness, to attack your selfishness, to mete out blame and shame. But not now.
Cal Thomas
Are you sick and tired of smutty TV, dirty movies, liberals with bad attitudes, bratty kids, etc.? Well, then amend the Constitution so it will prohibit same-sex marriages! This won't actually do anything to change the things that are bugging you, but at least it will give you chance to feel powerful about something, by pushing around some homosexuals.
A majority of the public thinks traditional marriage is important enough to preserve as an ideal, no matter how many may fall short of it.
Most people would probably be happy to launch a counter strike in the culture war. Many could be counted on to support an amendment that tries to do something about the social, moral and cultural erosion over which they have felt powerless. Surrounded by bad television, worse movies, anti-religious attitudes of judges and certain liberal activist groups, a pervasive sense that "anything goes," most of those responding to the New York Times/CBS News Poll apparently find a constitutional amendment in support of marriage a much-needed line in the sand. They think we have already gone too far, too fast on too many things
Walter E. Williams
The Libertarians CAN TOO legally secede from the union, but then Bush would say that the invasion of Vermont was an essential part of the war on terror, and then nuke them. So, Walt only gives the secession idea a cautious endorsement.
Every single bit of evidence shows that states have a right to secede. There's absolutely nothing in the Constitution that prohibits secession. What stops secession is the brute force of a mighty federal government, as witnessed by the costly War of 1861. [snip]
There's little to suggest that the same brutality wouldn't be encountered if secession were tried again, as one writer cautioned: If New Hampshire seceded, massive troops along with today's deadly modern military equipment would be on its soil before lunch.
And so, from all of them, to all of you, peace on Earth (except in Iraq), and good will to men (except gays who want to get married).
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