Wretchard pounds the drum of common sense

You really must read Wretchard's most recent contribution if you want to understand what is at stake in this election. It has been proven time and time again that appeasement doesn't stop evil men, but some refuse to admit there are such men on the earth. Perhaps it's because, as Wretchard writes of Bill Whittle

I used to be a carrot man. Like most larval liberals, I grew up in a life that would be unrecognizable to all but the thinnest sliver of humans that ever lived on this great rock in space - that thin, thin sliver being everyone and everything you and I know and take for granted. ... So believing in the power of goodwill and friendship, of handshakes and agreement and compromise, of trusting to the good and noble in mankind was easy for me, for the consequences of being wrong in that belief cost me nothing at all. I'd never been robbed, raped, beaten or victimized in any way. That belief in goodwill, compromise, concession and trust grew as a result of being surrounded by decent people in a well-ordered, lawful society, with a long history of compromise and cooperation.

I prefer Teddy Roosevelt's philosophy - "Speak softly and carry a big stick".

We need the big stick more than ever now.