Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
There’s been a lot of finger pointing in the few days since Bhutto’s assassination. John Edwards blamed George Bush. Mike Huckabee went so far as to blame the entire United States, apologizing on our behalf. Robert Novak thinks the United States is also to blame for the fact that it
Continue readingI always enjoy Chris Muir’s cartoons, but some of them I enjoy even more than others — such as this one:
Continue readingThe conservative side of the internet has been enjoying the fact that Americans have rather consistently been rejecting the anti-War films oozing out of Hollywood. There’s a flip-side to this story, which is that Hollywood is slowly figuring out the wholesomeness sells: The family values era is dead – with
Continue readingMy apologies for not blogging the last couple of days. Originally, we were supposed to be on the road, but weather intervened. As I’ve repeatedly said to those who ask, I’m willing to drive to snow, but not through snow (which clearly shows my wussy West Coast roots). Being home,
Continue readingHe died at 92, and he’d retired long ago, but I still feel a sense of loss that Michael Kidd, the brilliant choreographer, has died: Michael Kidd, the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows like “Finian’s Rainbow” and “Guys and Dolls” and Hollywood musicals including “The Band
Continue readingIn 1914, an obscure Archduke and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, a place that, to most Western Europeans and Americans, was the back of beyond. It should have been nothing more than a bloody moment in local history that quickly vanished into the backwash of time. It didn’t, of
Continue readingI’ve traveled in America, Canada, England, Western Europe, Israel, Mexico and North Africa. My experience about driving (and walking) in these countries, is as follows: In America and Canada, roads are really exceptionally well-organized, with clear rules, and the drivers, for the most part, following those rules. In England, roads
Continue readingBy now, I’m sure you’ve all heard that Canada’s Orwellian “Human Rights” Commission has accepted a complaint from some irate Muslims regarding Mark Steyn’s allegedly racist temerity when he quoted in a Canadian publication the Islamist supremacist words uttered by Norwegian imams. Steyn has a few words on the subject,
Continue readingWhen my kids were little and we took them to the San Francisco Zoo my son would always need reassurance on the way home: “Are you sure the lions and tigers won’t follow us home?” “We’re sure. They can’t escape from the zoo. You saw the big moats around their
Continue readingToday’s Wall Street Journal offers a history, not of Christ’s birth, but of the Christmas holiday. I’m not sure any of it will be news to you, but it’s nevertheless interesting to see familiar bits of history packaged in one logical whole that explains the schizophrenia that characterizes Western celebrations
Continue readingMy best wishes to all of you for a very Merry Christmas! And my favorite Christmas song, written by a Jew, sung by an Irish Catholic, and beloved around the world: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y1GPxcxrBkI] Learn more about this very American Christmas song here.
Continue readingI’m going to try to keep blogging over the next few days, but it’s going to be spotty. We’re leaving tonight for dinner with friends, and tomorrow I’m getting ready for a family dinner at my house. Wednesday we’ll be on the road, and I probably won’t have computer access
Continue readingTime is running away from me so quickly. I think it’s the time of year. With work projects, school deadlines, and holiday planning, I can’t seem to keep up with things but, instead, keep finding myself staggering along, always a little behind. Which is why I’m only getting around today
Continue readingSelf-dealing, platinum parachutes, obscene profits — all these corporate acts inflame people, but I’ve now read a story that shows corporate executives sinking to a new low, engaging in an act that only the most depraved minds could imagine, let alone put into effect. Hold on to something tight because
Continue readingBloody Mary — or Mary I, her more official title — was Henry VIII’s oldest daughter by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Raised by staunchly Catholic parents, she too was staunchly Catholic. By the time she was about 16, however, Henry VIII was troubled by Catherine’s inability to bear
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