Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Who needs an expensive PR firm when a clever American, armed with a computer, can create such a devastating video about Obama, our gum chewing (including chewing gum at memorial services), golf playing (including hitting the links on Memorial Day, apparently unburdened by his Commander in Chief status), surprisingly arrogant
Continue readingMy husband and I discussed the concept of stereotypes with the kids. What we were trying to get through to them is that it’s wrong to take ideas about a group, even if those ideas are complimentary or accurate, and to assume that they apply to an individual. The mere
Continue readingCNN just released its latest poll, showing climbing support for Obama. Ed Morrissey is suspicious, since it’s hard to reconcile the low poll numbers on specifics (economy, national security, etc.) with the high numbers for Obama himself. Suspicions, though, are all Ed’s got, because CNN has withheld demographic data. This
Continue readingYes, we won the war in Iraq and, as the inimitable Walter Russell Mead points out, we may have changed the course of history. Sure, it’s still early and there are many events that still have to play themselves out, but Iraq today is a country at relative peace surrounded
Continue readingI really agonized over my votes, since there was so much good stuff. I was therefore extremely honored that my fellow Council members chose my post, although credit really goes to the Life Magazine staff in 1967: Council Winners *First place with 3 2/3 votes! Bookworm Room––Contemporary coverage of the
Continue readingThree days ago, I asked whether the military has warmed up to Obama during his two years as C in C. By sheer coincidence, today Gallup gives the answer: No.
Continue readingI’m definitely an internet addict, but since I’ve got an addictive personality, I’m not surprised. I’ve never been one for drugs, which are anathema to someone who is as much a self-control freak as I am. My addiction has always run to words. It was no surprise to me that
Continue readingBecause, we know, people in government really, really care about you, special you, and want to take care of you. Because, just like your cat, they truly, truly love you, no matter what Republicans say. That’s why it makes sense to have Father Government take care of us, so that
Continue readingChris Muir nails it with fiendish puns. To do Weiner justice, he claims his account was hacked, which is either the truth (we’ve all been hacked at one time or another) or a brilliant falsehood (’cause we’ve all been hacked at one time or another).
Continue readingI hope that you have a lovely Memorial Day in the company of your family and friends. Spare a moment, though, to think of and thank those who currently serve, and those who gave their all for the freedom we (still) enjoy today.
Continue readingHere is an intriguing article about a dilemma faced by the United Kingdom: its wind power farms are running out of wind. Climate change? The article offers plenty of ideas as to why this may be. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/8545306/Wind-farms-Britain-is-running-out-of-wind.html The U.K., along with a few other EUropean countries like Denmark and Spain,
Continue readingI came across the following story about Winston Churchill when I was reading The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes: In the summer of 1941 Sergeant James Allen Ward was awarded the Victoria Cross for climbing out onto the wing of his Wellington bomber, 13,000 feet above the Zuider Zee, to
Continue readingI’ve often heard people use the expression “he saw the handwriting on the wall.” I wonder, though, how many know that it originates in the Book of Daniel, which is a part of the Old Testament. I’m reasonably sure that most of my readers are familiar with the story of
Continue readingAs Ace said after getting a look see at Ah-nold’s most recent girlfriend, a hound dog isn’t looking for better, just different. Case in point.
Continue readingWell, I managed to lose this Saturday entirely. Between trying to catch up on my chronically lost sleep, running a few necessary errands (which included the great, and unexpected, pleasure of running into Charles Martel at our local Staples), and an emergency meeting of one of my volunteer committees, I
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