Dead Cant Rant

Susan Ives has officially declared herself to be an oppressed minority held down by the vast conspiracy of liberal-hating news columnists:

I finally figured out that there is a big boy columnist club and I am not a member. You know who I’m talking about: writers with expense accounts, research assistants and 401(k) plans. East Coast [...]

Last week in Iran, two teenagers — Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18 — were hanged publicly for the crime of homosexuality.
At least, that’s what gay rights groups are upset about.
These two “boys” (men, at least one of them) were convicted of raping young boys, but the global gay lobby disregards this in favor [...]

We watched Sword of Gideon last night and I for one was profoundly disappointed. Nearly a year ago I read the book “Vengeance” on which the movie is based and while the movie was “generally” true to the book’s basic premise it was wildly inaccurate in several ways.
Of course, the book has been called “nonsense, [...]

This is the very first horror novel I have ever read, so I may not be the best to review it. “Horror” is almost not the right term; I would classify it more as a “supernatural thriller” but that’s just me. Suffice to say that I was at least somewhat impressed, but then again some [...]

Roger Ebert’s latest column in today’s Express-News (available online at his website) reveals much about his thoughts on the morality of mass-murder by “suicide” bomber. In his review of the film The Terrorist (under the heading “great movies”) he discusses the main character, Malli, and her decision to become a suicide bomber for what is [...]

Reneé and I receive the Voice of the Martyrs newsletter each month. Today, in an ad online, they had this to say:

Davou Bulle, his wife, and their 10 children each climbed into the van, exhausted from another full day of work on their family’s farm. He started to pull away but was soon jarred to [...]

Mike Greenberg showed his stupid side in yesterday’s Express-News, in a column about the eminent domain decision:

Here’s the case in a nutshell: The economically distressed city of New London, Conn., hatched a revitalization plan for the Fort Trumbull area calling for a new marina, a waterfront hotel and a U.S. Coast Guard Museum, plus residential, [...]

Bill over at All Things Conservative lights into Garrison Keillor’s new column, where he said “The Lord’s will is clear and He is commanding that a nutball be seated on the bench…”: Christians Need Not Apply

It looks like Mark was right about Garrison Keillor. We live in politically correct times, but it seems there [...]

Photo taken inside the tube of the London Underground, evacuating the rail cars after this morning’s bombing. Emergency lighting is seen.

Hundreds more at the 7/7 Community on Flickr.

Today we celebrate the official start of our nation’s struggle for independence from the arbitrary tyranny of George III. What better way to celebrate than by reading A User’s Guide to the Declaration of Independence?

A common twentieth-century criticism of the founding is that it enshrines the principle of self-interest at the heart of the regime. [...]