Victor Davis Hanson says the Mumbai attacks should remind us that we are still living in a post-9/11 world.

Clifford May says the Mumbai terrorists cannot be negotiated with, only fought.

Still, there are people who do not believe there is such a thing as a "war on terror". In terms of the phraseology, I agree. You cannot make war on "terror", which is a tactic, not a political body, or even a political movement. We should be engaged in a war with Islamofascism, as expressed by the ideology of such groups as al Qaeda, but not limited to them.

The Hollywood version of the story is always this...a man is pulled over by a policeman for driving too fast. The policeman discovers the frantic man is trying to drive his wife, who is in labor, to a hospital. The intrepid officer provides an escort, sirens blaring and lights flashing. The baby is born, and the grateful parents choose the cop's first name as the baby's middle name. Of course, that's Hollywood. In Massachusetts, the cop issues a citation.

Once upon a time, a very bleak time indeed, the German soldier was feared as a paragon of discipline, tactical ingenuity, and toughness in a fight. Now, at least according to this story, he is fat, lazy, and unwilling to fight. Of course, lest we forget, after the Second World War, an effort was made to de-militarize the German people. It succeeded.

George Will is skeptical when it comes to all this talk of "creating jobs" by the President-elect.

Want to raise the IQ of the world's population? Just add iodine.