Bookworm Room

Looking for something to read this morning?  I highly recommend Ed Driscoll’s neat little review of William McGowan’s Gray Lady Down: What the Decline and Fall of the New York Times Means for America.  And after you’ve read Ed, you should probably get a copy of McGowan’s book. By the way, I know that the [...]

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I was talking with my lib friend yesterday (the same one who said Tuesday’s vote would inaugurate fascism in America), when he opined that Boehner had said something incredibly stupid. “What?” I asked. “He said something along the lines of ‘the American people want us to lower spending and create more jobs.’” I replied, “Well, [...]

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Bob Etheridge is demanding a recount against Renee Elmer.  Apparently he understood what I said yesterday, which is that a candidate shouldn’t concede before the last vote is counted.  He seems to think that he shouldn’t concede even long after the last vote is counted.  But still, a recount is his right. Recounts, though, mean [...]

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I feel as if I should say something profound, but I don’t really have that much that is profound to say.  I do have a few observations, and then I’ll start compiling a running list of good post-election posts (so check back often): I’ll repeat what I said yesterday:  it irks me when elections are [...]

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I am OK, very much OK, with last night’s results. My big worry was that Republicans would secure a complete hold on Congress and therefore find themselves in the kill zone when our country inevitably hits a financial, economic and regulatory wall over the next two years. Here is how I see the results and [...]

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DQ here.  Yesterday, Republicans made gains all over the country, in the House, the Senate, the Governorships, state legislatures, pretty much everywhere it seems.  Except California.  As I write this, in California Democrats lead every statewide race but one (Democrat Kamala Harris is narrowly leading in her bid to become the worst Attorney General ever), by double digits.  Oh, [...]

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American Digest is getting lots of hits for this list, and deservedly so.  It surely explains what’s happening in California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc. UPDATE:  And if you want something that will make you laugh, this will.  I need to laugh.  I’m bummed, although not surprised, about California. UPDATE II:  SGT Dave said [...]

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Just a reminder, now that the election frenzy is over (assuming you’ve voted, the results will be what they will be), that you might want to think about the Soldiers’ Angels Valour-IT fundraiser, which uses donations to purchase helpful technology for wounded warriors. This year, consistent with my Navy League affiliation, I’m urging you to [...]

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As Jonah Goldberg pointed out in Liberal Fascism, socialists, as part of their ongoing effort to perfect mankind, are obsessed with food intake.  The Nazis were especially focused on purifying the Aryan body. Now, I’m not likening the San Francisco Board of Stupidvisors to the Nazis — God forbid! — but I am pointing out [...]

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I wouldn’t have thought so, but AJ Strata thinks it’s an actual possibility. What’s bizarre to me, a native Californian, is that nobody in California seems to have figured out that California’s golden years coincided with Republican governance and its years of decline coincided with Democrat control of either the assembly or the governorship (or [...]

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I was very flattered that neo-neocon used one of my posts to examine how she, when still a liberal, thought about Republicans.  Her primary point is that, because she is just a few years older than I, she still remembers a Republican era in America that wasn’t bad.  She has Eisenhower memories, while my Republican [...]

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I never liked Jean-Luc Godard movies.  I go to movies to be entertained, not bored.  He failed my simple test. Aside from being (in my mind) a boring film maker, it turns out that he is, as well, a deep, blatant, vicious antisemite.  Of course, if you’re a New York Times consumer, you’d never know [...]

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One after another, our intellectual betters on the Democrat/Progressive side of the political spectrum have assured us that the American people are simply too stupid to appreciate Obama’s greatness, let alone the Democrat Congress’ greatness.  They may have a point about American stupidity.  And if the Democrats/Progressives are the elite of America, that clearly means [...]

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As it’s being sold, California’s Prop. 21 is meant to gladden the hearts of all who love open space, wildlife, natural beauty, etc. I know I do. Even better, the proposition seems so reasonable: For just $18 per car per year, which is less than most people, even poor people, spend on coffee (or chocolate) [...]

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Could it be worse than this?  The politics of Jimmy Carter and the personal style of Richard Nixon.

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I was very surprised to see an AP wire story reporting that Islamic militants (as opposed to mere “militants” or “insurgents”) were holding “Christians” (as opposed to mere “people”) hostage.  Even more surprising, the AP reported that the Islamic militants were probably affiliated with Al Qaeda in Iraq, an entity one apparently couldn’t acknowledge during [...]

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Since the Delaware media outlet that took Christine O’Donnell’s commercial (and, presumably, the payment for that commercial) somehow managed to “forget” to air it — twice — it’s up to “we, the citizen media” to air that ad for her.  If you have an outlet (email, a blog, facebook, myspace, etc.), consider running O’Donnell’s ad [...]

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My little bookworm is, thankfully, feeling somewhat better, so I thought I’d throw out a few things that have piqued my interest over the past few days. You may recall my rant about solar panels a little while ago.  Things are better now, because we’ve just entered the half of the year where most hours [...]

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Day two of the sick child saga.  It’s a manic Monday: Please feel free to use this as an open thread.  As my child gets better (yay!), I’ll have more time to focus on the news on this, the second to last day before the Democrat lame duck session in the House begins.

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