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That’s the estimated width of the tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri, yesterday: three-quarters of a mile. The hospital took a direct hit, as did multiple schools.  A busy commercial corridor–a Wal-mart, Home Depot, Sonic–needs more body bags. Pray for Joplin residents.  And consider donations to the Red Cross for the thousands who have lost their homes. UPDATE: [...]

Scathing Strassel

Who knew we’d have to worry about a President who remains more concerned with Kansas bball “firepower” than Gadaffi’s? Or the disaster of losing cable on game night rather than the millions suffering from real disaster in Japan? Kimberly Strassel in the WSJ: One knock on Barack Obama in the 2008 election was his record as [...]

“It’s amateur night”

So says a Clinton “insider” of Obama’s foreign policy. Apparently Hillary has tired of wringing her hands tied behind her back: Fed up with a president “who can’t make his mind up” as Libyan rebels are on the brink of defeat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is looking to the exits. At the tail end [...]

Please, head back to the golf course

Let’s see: genocide in Libya, absolute disaster in Japan, Saudi Arabia rolling over Bahrain. To say nothing of budget meltdown. Must be time for another vacation! Better get it in before the military gets shafted out of a paycheck or two while food prices rise astronomically! Via Hot Air: President Barack Obama will take his first [...]

The next day: “Wasteland”

There are no words. Tens of thousands of missing and 45,000 told to evacuate due to nuclear emergency. Explosion at one nuclear power plant, five others in state of emergency. Iodine distribution. Quake moved earth’s axis by 4 inches and Japan’s coastline by 8 feet.  Want to help? Text “REDCROSS” to 90999 to make a [...]

“There is really nothing to say, but in this first Friday of Lent, a day of abstinence, let us offer up our prayers and sacrifices for the stricken nation of Japan and the people living in anxiety as the water moves…”

So says the Anchoress of the massive 8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan. She’s right, though it feels woefully inadequate. I’ve dashed off emails and prayers for friends whose entire families are in Japan and one to a very pregnant friend in Hawaii who is most likely still awake now, still crying, still nervous with [...]