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SHS Continues to Grow

I thought I would look at a few of the statistics for SHS this evening. I am pleased. In the last 30 days, we have had more than 45,000 visits by some 36,000 distinct visitors. That’s about the size of a good crowd at Dodger Stadium. And the dailies are up a couple of hundred a day over a . . . . Continue Reading »

"Man" to Have Twins

I know it is considered rude to point out in our postmodern times when facts are contrary to the narratives. And we have been through this before with greater fanfare. But having resisted posting the “story,” it finally became too much when I saw it reported again today for the umpteenth . . . . Continue Reading »

The War on “Islamic Jihadism”?

THE STRATEGY for Afghanistan and Pakistan announced by President Obama yesterday is conservative as well as bold. It is conservative because Mr. Obama chose to embrace many of the recommendations of U.S. military commanders and the Bush administration, based on the hard lessons of seven years of . . . . Continue Reading »

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