Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I blush to admit this, but the recession has been something of a blessing for me. Subject to two short intervals, once when I was a 19/20 year old exchange student and was not allowed to work abroad, and once for a few months after my second child was born,
Continue readingHeritage for America explains that there is a legislative procedure for repealing ObamaCare — but we need 218 House votes to make it happen. That means that Americans have to rally at the polls this November. It’s not going to happen in Marin County, but maybe you can make it
Continue readingThe popular meme amongst the unholy cabal that is Islam and the Left is that Israel is a murderous genocidal regime that is currently using the blockade to impose unimaginable suffering on the Gazans. Fortunately, modern communications allow us to see the full extent of that “suffering” (h/t Sadie): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-okjIj8MSY[/youtube]
Continue readingYou already know the whole sordid story of the progressive journalist listserve — Journoloist — that actively strategized about ways to suppress the story of Obama’s sordid affiliation with black racist Jeremiah Wright. For those of us who pay attention to the one party MSM, there is nothing knew about
Continue readingGovernment organizations certainly get points for creativity. Hat tip: Sadie
Continue readingThe post title is the question Jake Tapper asks at Political Punch. As one of Warren’s ex-students, I find the thought unpleasant, not just because I disagree with Warren’s politics, but because Warren distinguished herself as a spectacularly inept professor. Bottom line: I have no confidence in the woman, whose
Continue readingYou all know the following, but do your friends? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w[/youtube]
Continue readingLord alone knows why, but I’m on the email list from the DCCC. That’s why I got this delightful missive from James Carville: You hear what the Republicans are saying now? They’re out there bragging that they’ll actually win back the House this year. But if the thought of John
Continue readingAlthough it’s been open for more than a year now, I went for the first time today to the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. My visit there was an interesting contrast to my first visit, some years ago, to the newly rebuilt De Young Museum
Continue readingThis weekend, I was at a block party, and the talk got around to the fact that, thanks to the internet, our children leave a trail a mile long. They’ve got posts and pictures up at Facebook or MySpace, and videos all over YouTube. Whether they’re applying for a job
Continue readingOff for a family outing, which will mean being away from my computer today. Have a happy Sunday and, if you feel so inclined, have fun with this open thread.
Continue readingOn July 14, the French parliament voted to ban the burqa in public places, causing much anguish amongst Muslims, Leftists, and even some conservatives, especially libertarians. Regardless of the political filter through which they viewed the new law, its detractors all claimed that a free society cannot ban clothes without
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Continue readingWhen Ronald Reagan took on the Soviet Union, which he did through the simple tactic of announcing that he was taking on the Soviet Union, conventional wisdom, on both sides of the aisle was horrified. How could he? After almost 40 years of Cold War, we’d reached a tenuous balance
Continue readingGrowing up as I have in the San Francisco Bay Area, I’ve known for more than thirty years that even the most committed gay relationships are seldom monogamous relationships. My “common knowledge” has now been confirmed by a study. The fact that gay partnerships do not involve even a bow
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