5 March 2010

The Wall Street Journal’s Melanie Kirkpatrick, a very nice person with whom I’ve exchanged some e-mails, has an article on Christianity in South Korea. Interesting reading, even for those of us who prefer our religion much less organized. The statistic that 40% of South Korean Christians are Pentecostal is both remarkable and unsurprising. (Corrected, thanks.)

Because I’m a sucker for such things, let me direct you to Coming Anarchy’s fascinating Google Map of drone strikes in Pakistan. The anti-anti-terrorist left’s dumbest new initiative is its opposition to drone strikes. Unless you just don’t think we should kill terrorists at all, a lunatic fringe view in an age when terrorists are willing and able to kill thousands of Americans in our own country, I’m at an absolute loss to see any principled argument against using drones, as opposed to manned aircraft that require pilots to be put at risk for much greater cost. (Link fixed, thanks.)

No please stop: North Korea threatens to suspend Mt. Kumgang tours, which haven’t been happening for years anyway. Park Wang-Ja was not available for comment.