The Face Of Evil

When you think of evil in the world today, what image comes to mind? Perhaps it's the black-clad thugs of ISIS cutting the throats of Christians. Maybe it's the bespectacled Ayatollah Khamenei chanting, "Death to Israel, Death to America." Perhaps it's a steely-eyed Vladimir Putin plotting his next conquest.

All of those images would be understandable. I suspect the farthest thing from your mind would be a little girl with pink ribbons in her hair.

"Day Of Rage"

Israelis are on heightened alert today after the terrorist group Hamas declared Friday to be a "day of rage." Palestinians began the day by taking out their rage on Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, setting fire to the Jewish holy site. Reports indicate the shrine suffered serious damage.

The Washington Post tells us that Muslims supposedly "venerate the site." Yet it was attacked and destroyed by Palestinian mobs in 2000.

Clinton Cruises

The consensus of the talking heads is that Hillary Clinton was the clear winner in last night's Democratic debate. But some focus groups and online polls suggested that Bernie Sanders held his own. Clearly, she did better last night than she has so far in the campaign.

There were some sharp exchanges, but none of the other candidates managed to damage her. In one sense, Clinton prevailed because her opponents were so weak.

Disarray?

Virtually every media outlet is declaring the Republican Party to be in a state of disarray, crisis or chaos. But what the media call disarray is just competition and debate about which leader is best able to fashion a strategy for dealing with a president who is willing to do almost anything to enact his agenda -- with or without Congress.

Reports today indicate that Obama is preparing to use executive actions to bypass Congress in order to further restrict Second Amendment rights.