Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford

Merry Christmas One and All…

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

…on the occasion of this thoroughly enjoyable, marvelously syncretic celebration. “For the people who were shovelling away on the house-tops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a … Continue reading →

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Glimpses of Future Disaster

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Demographic projections always have to be treated with a great deal of care, but this (from a piece in the National Interest) still makes disturbing reading: A recent report compiled by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics makes some projections looking … Continue reading →

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Another God, Dead

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Daily Telegraph: When the Sun of Mankind was born, in a humble log cabin on his nation’s holiest mountain, a new bright star shone in the heavens, and a double rainbow appeared. The birds sang songs of praise … Continue reading →

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Tanya Rosenblit

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the New Zealand Herald: She had no intention of emulating Rosa Parks when she set out to find a bus to Jerusalem on Friday but by yesterday Tanya Rosenblit had become a defiant symbol around whom a majority of … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich & David Barton

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

OK, the source is Right Wing Watch, but here is Gingrich speaking with Rick Green, one of David Barton’s colleagues at Wallbuilders, but, clearly, ‘at’ Barton. Gingrich: All I can tell you is that sometime in February or March, Calista … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich, Historian

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Economist: Believers in the idea that America was established as a Christian state scored a hit last year when the Texas school board, a politicised body in which evangelicals control crucial votes, ordered up textbooks laying out this … Continue reading →

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Choosing

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via The Tablet, an interesting story from Israel: According to the Israeli government, there are roughly 5,800,000 religious Jews in Israel, 1,320,000 Muslims, 150,000 Christians, 130,000 Druze, and exactly one secular Jew. His name is Yoram Kaniuk—and if a new … Continue reading →

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Well?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

We’ve heard a lot recently from the Vatican on the “social justice” front, most of it the usual leftish sanctimony garnished with the distaste for the free market that has long been an important strand of Roman Catholic thought. Well, … Continue reading →

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Shouldn’t it be OccupyHoliday?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner. Via the Vancouver Sun: OTTAWA — Adbusters, the Vancouver-based magazine that inspired the worldwide Occupy movement, has a new target: Christmas. Calling its campaign OccupyXmas, the anti-capitalist magazine is calling on consumers to buy nothing for … Continue reading →

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Reality Bites

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Via the Wall Street Journal: CAIRO—Egypt’s secular-minded politicians, facing a greater-than-anticipated drubbing by Islamist parties in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, began Friday to assess their dwindling prospects for the poll’s final two rounds. … Continue reading →

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