Celebrating a minor milestone for this blog: this post (‘Sarah Palin, An Esther For Our Time?’) crested 1,000 views as of yesterday. Not exactly Instapundit, but hey, I’ll take it. I re-read it and stand by it entirely. And, if it’s possible to stand by something more than entirely, this deserves featuring IMHO:

One major (and creepily precise) parallel involves Esther’s role in averting an impending Jewish holocaust brought on by deep hatred on the part of a few nut-job Persians in positions of power. (Persia = modern-day Iran). That’s the same Iran that has vowed to wipe Israel off the map and is well on their way to acquiring the nuclear weaponry to do so — with no effective opposition (and considerable de facto support) from the international community. And along comes tough, clear-eyed, plain-speaking Sarah Palin.