Ralph Kinney Bennett March 3, 1941 – December 18, 2024
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Ahmed Fadhil Nazzal al-Khalayleh was a murderous Jordanian thug who might have died relatively unknown. But the sullen, quick tempered, semi-literate gangster, thought by some in his own hometown to be a dangerous half-wit, had "found religion" as the expression…
As the story unfolds of the arrest of 17 suspected Islamic terrorists and the seizure of a huge cache of explosive materials, Canadians, Americans, and free men everywhere can be thankful that the Canadian police and intelligence services had the…
It shouldn't be too hard. If you're not near a military cemetery, just about any cemetery will do.
If you don't recognize the name of the guy who imparted that little bit of baseball wisdom, listen up. He was a journeyman among journeymen and it's been 50 years since he had his hour -- or, more precisely, his…
That piece of doggerel was written by one of the men who organized what is thought to be the first professional baseball club, the Cincinnati Redstockings, back in the late 1860s. It expresses a certain contempt for the impedimenta of…
Hardened by the bitter experience of ambushes, roadside bombs and snipers, Marines on patrol in Iraq notice things.
If I may paraphrase the late Richard Pryor. That Saddam. He BAD.
Greg Hallenbeck was like many men of his generation. He had to work hard to get a good start in life. A tough, stocky kid, part Sioux Indian, he managed to get to the University of Washington in the teeth…
In a desk drawer in my study in Ligonier is a piece of pale yellow paper I have kept for more than 40 years -- a telegram from the Philadelphia Inquirer inviting me to report for a tryout in the…
Whenever the great thinker and founder of the Hudson Institute traveled, he lugged a small library with him. I remember his delight over a special folding bookcase, which he sometimes took with him to set up in his hotel room.
First, remember the old wisdom regarding basic knowledge -- the importance of being able to tell the crucial difference between fecal matter and a certain brand of shoe polish.
Pfc. Steven Tschiderer fell thunderously when a high power round from a Dragonoff sniper rifle hit him in the chest.
As the Detroit Auto Show focuses on the flash and glamour of a host of new offerings from auto manufacturers this week, it might be time for a little antidote to the hype. Here it is, a fun little book…
When I first saw a photograph of Volkswagen's million dollar-plus sports car, the Bugatti-Veyron, the horseshoe grille at the front of the swooping bodywork caught my eye. It was the one design signature of this compelling new car that evoked…
This Holiday season most of you who will be traveling will go by car, and all who do so will inevitably visit that most ubiquitous fixture of the American commercial landscape, the gas station.
The bomb attack on the Palestine Hotel, in Baghdad, last week was typical of the vast majority of terrorist bombings in Iraq. It was a military failure, but to some extent a propaganda success in that it got the attention…
That's what ancient Roman men used to slap on their faces to staunch the bleeding cuts left by barbers who had shaved them with the iron razors of the day. No less an authority than Pliny the Elder has left…
There has been a replacement of Christianity and other freely expressed religions by a secular faith that scourges the expression of faith as blasphemy. Demanding public expression of bowing to the "law" (see Mosaic)
I was in my office in Washington when my secretary came to the door and told me to turn on the television. I was soon transfixed by the horror unfolding on the screen. I bowed my head at my desk…
I could not begin to count how many times I have engaged in such an exchange, and I am sure it is familiar to many in our fellowship. By insisting that Christians should call themselves just that, the 19th-century American…