Comments on: Steyn Goes Over the Top

by: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Steyn on Pinochet

Wed, 13 Dec 2024 20:28:42 +0000

[…] I have never been as impressed with Mark Steyn as have many in the Rightward side of the ‘Sphere. Recently, I have found him to be rather outrageous (for example, here and here–and, in fairness, the one time I quoted him approval, it ends up he was quite wrong). […]

by: Dr. Steven Taylor

Mon, 03 Jul 2024 14:28:27 +0000

Matthew,

Both valid points–and I should have commented on that ill-advised pun.

And anonymous: truth is, I tend to do as you advise, but saw the headline and felt the need to comment.

by: anonymous email

Mon, 03 Jul 2024 10:47:35 +0000

Mark Steyn was never and will never be a bright journalist. I recommend you to ignore his articles.

by: PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Quick judgments on Hamdan decision

Mon, 03 Jul 2024 03:24:42 +0000

[…] ents on Hamdan decision
By Bryan S. (guestblogger) @ 10:24 pm

What Dr. Taylor wrote earlier this afternoon, coupled with my earlier post suggests that the “frame” of the recen […]

by: Matthew Shugart (Guestblogger)

Sun, 02 Jul 2024 23:56:51 +0000

Well, given that a more appropriate definition of jihad might be “striving in the way of God,” I should have to think that “the right to jihad” has been in the US Constitution for a good long time.

If I were a Muslim, I would be really offended by Steyn’s phrasing (not that he’s unusual here). And if I were a Jew, I think I would be rather offended by his far-too-clever turn of phrase at the end of the same paragraph in which you quoted his comments on jihad.