Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
What happened today was entirely not my fault. I’m only retelling it here because (a) it’s funny and (b) it’s a good reminder that no matter how well prepared we think we are, things happen. To appreciate this story, you need to know a few things: we have a home
Continue readingThose in the know are saying that tonight will be bye-bye to someone big in Congress. This could be interesting.
Continue readingIn the wake of the horrific child abuse scandal roiling Penn State, many have been trying to understand how Sandusky’s predatory behavior could have continued unchecked for so long. The focal point of this “how could this happen” question is the fact that Mike McQueary actually witnessed an assault. Rather
Continue readingLast weekend was a freezing cold Saturday morning swimming meet open thread. Today it’s a chilly Saturday tennis match open thread. Have at it!
Continue readingWhen my son was very little, he always asked me, “Are lions bad?” What he really meant to ask is “Are lions evil?” I always explained to him that lions aren’t bad, because they don’t make moral decisions. They are animals, acting according to instinct. Evil means understanding right or
Continue readingI can’t decide if Rich Lowry is praising Newt with faint damns or damning him with faint praise, but it’s still an excellent précis of the candidate that is Newt: In many ways, Gingrich would be better-suited as an intellectual ombudsman of the GOP race than as a candidate himself;
Continue readingHere are this week’s submissions, which I’m carefully reading as I prepare to cast my vote. (This is very good practice for being a thoughtful voter next November.) Council Submissions The Noisy Room – Democratic Socialists of America Goes National For Occupy Wall Street Joshuapundit– War Drums On Iran? GrEaT
Continue readingThe lovely Gloria DeHaven entertaining the boys in Two Girls and a Sailor: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHPTjiL1Bo[/youtube]
Continue readingWith the holidays nearing, this is a lovely charity to make sure that our troops far from home (and that’s true whether they’re stationed half a world away from home or on the other side of our own country), can talk to their family and friends. (Thank you, MNK, for
Continue readingFor those of you who have things you want to say about the goings-on at Penn State (the sexual abuse, the cover-up, the firings, and the riots), have at it. My take is that it’s worth contrasting this appalling sexual abuse with the claims against Cain. I know that a
Continue readingA few days ago, I jumped the gun. Today, however, really is the Marine Corps’ birthday. Happy Birthday, Marines!!
Continue readingThis is what passes for humor on the Left: Get a “celebrity” who’s been in prison for rape, has bitten off people’s ears, kicked strangers in the groin, is a high school drop-out and — oh, yes — happens to be black, and have him pretend to be Herman Cain
Continue readingDorothy Rabinowitz thinks that Newt’s slow but steady race, one that focuses on beautifully articulated ideas, will win the day. She points to this speech as evidence of Gingrich’s intellectual strength: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB181Lm9shs[/youtube] (Or view it here.) What do you think? As for me, the more I see of the others,
Continue readingThis is as pithy a summary as any I’ve seen about the antisemitism permeating Occupy Wall Street, and binding together the Left, the Islamists, and the White Supremacists: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTMIjkMoLk[/youtube] (If the video isn’t showing up, watch here.) By the way, why is no one commenting on the fact that the
Continue readingBruce Kesler spoke with Jonathan Spyer, who wrote Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict. Despite the current upheaval in the Middle East, and its attendant rise in antisemitism (which is impressive, considering its previous high level), Spyer is sanguine, and even optimistic. Check out Bruce’s post and see
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