Sons Of Equivalences

[…because some equivalences are more equivalent than others, equivocally]


ITEM: GOV. SANFORD SAYS ARGENTINIAN MISTRESS HIS “SOUL MATE”

One has to admire Gov. Sanford’s non-repentant approach as almost refreshing in its chutzpah, particularly after the Clinton’s mess of denials and Spitzer’s wife-by-side mea culpa. One wonders [though certainly not too overly] how much of it can be directly attributed to his religious conservatism.

What it does further prove, however, is that conservative hypocrisy will always be more deserving of moral opprobrium than liberal hypocrisy. This is specifically because conservatives claim their principles are timeless and absolute, if not Divinely ordained, and therefore universally applicable; hence, betrayals are more trenchant. As much as liberals and progressives try to deify Marx, Hegel and their ilk, it will always be easier to chalk up a betrayal of said principles as a disagreement among men rather than a true “non serviam”.



ITEM: ANOTHER TRIUMPH OF SAIDISM

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06292009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/columbia_tenures_an_israel_basher_176594.htm

Much has been written about the case of Joseph Massad; it doesn’t surprise me that Columbia would resort to such under-the-table tactics to get his back on the faculty. However, this item really stands out:

In a recent work, "Desiring Arabs," Massad claimed to expose yet another plot against the Muslim world -- the "Gay International." He describes how a vast conspiracy of gay activists descended on Arab countries and endangered the lives of "practitioners of same-sex contact" by transforming them into "subjects who identify as 'homosexual' and 'gay.' " Nor is Massad fond of the women's rights movement, or "colonial feminism," as he calls it. He bristles at the attention paid to the Muslim practice of honor killings, which he likens to "crimes of passion," accusing women's groups of ignoring "rampant Western misogyny."

It just goes to show; you can be overtly homophobic and misogynist, but if you are an anti-Semitic non-Caucasian academic, all is forgiven. You can only expect so much. Somewhere in Hell, Edward Said must be smiling in between floggings.



ITEM: MADOFF GETS 150 YEARS

Consider that even if he lives to be 100, his sentence will be worth no more than 20% of what it originally was. Not quite the poetic justice anyone had in mind.



ITEM: JUSTICE THOMAS ONLY DISSENT IN STRIP SEARCH CASE

I hope no one is surprised; anyone remember what almost sank his nomination in the first place?