(t)he Most Important Reason American Leftists Love

(i)f France's Righteous Bloviating Against War Makes Them Your Dashboard Saint Of International Integrity, It's Either Because You Are Sand-poundingly Ignorant Of How The World Works Or It's Because You Think France's Self-interest Is More Important Than America's. If The Former Applies To You, Read A Book. If It's The Latter, Maybe You Should Move There Along With Alec Baldwin, Robert Altman, And The Rest Of The Crowd Who Promised To Leave A Long Time Ago. But Whatever You Do, Don't Call France's Position Principled, Because That Just Insults Us Both.

The Mainstream Perception That Conservatives Are Close-minded And Dogmatic While Liberals Are Open-minded And Free-thinking Has It Almost Exactly Backward. Liberal Dogma Is Settled: The Government Should Do Good, Where It Can, Whenever It Can. That Is President Obama's Idea Of Pragmatism And Bipartisanship: He's Open To All Ideas, From Either Side Of The Aisle, About How Best To Expand Government And Get The State More Involved In Our Lives.

Those Who Say [joseph] Padilla Should Get A Civilian Trial Are Essentially Saying That If You Reject The Rules Of Civilized Nations, Like Those Inscribed In The Geneva Convention, You Therefore Deserve To Be Treated Better, Not Worse, Than Those Rules Require.

Hollywood's Martyr-mythology Leaves Out The Fact That The Famed Hollywood Ten, For Example, Were In Fact Members Of The Communist Party, Which Advocated The Violent Overthrow Of The U.s. Government In Violation Of The Smith Act And Which Took Orders Directly From Moscow.

On Tuesday, The So-called Islamic State Released A Slickly Produced Video Showing A Jordanian Pilot Being Burned Alive In A Steel Cage. On Wednesday, The United Nations Issued A Report Detailing Various 'mass Executions Of Boys, As Well As Reports Of Beheadings, Crucifixions Of Children, And Burying Children Alive' At The Hands Of The Islamic State.