Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Drudge report is masterful at using news headlines to create mini-advocacy essays. As I read this little trio from today’s Drudge Report, Matt Drudge is suggesting that law-abiding citizens would do well to arm themselves:
Continue readingIf you’ve been following polls, you’ve probably noticed something interesting: When people are asked about specifics, such as Obama’s performance on the economy, national security, immigration, etc., they give him very low scores. However, when those same people are asked about Obama himself (“do you like him?”), they say they
Continue readingSometimes, as you all know, I have really good days in terms of hits. There was the never-to-be-forgotten Rush mention; there are the occasional, and always appreciated, Instalanches; and the periodic nods from other big sites, all of which send lots of traffic my way. And then, peculiarly, after I
Continue readingObama Double Speak is a new website that, in straightforward fashion, gives example after example of Obama saying two entirely different things on the same subject, depending upon his audience. Interestingly, while he’ll intermittently make statements that are pro-Israel, or pro-national security, or pro-fiscal austerity, his actions are always consistent
Continue readingEven if you’re not a member of the Navy League, I thought you’d find interesting this email I received (emphasis mine): Dear Navy Leaguer: The sea services need our help. As you may be aware, The Budget Control Act of 2011 mandated $487 billion in security cuts over the next
Continue readingStudents, not normally a personally wealthy group, are all for redistributing other people’s money. Apparently, though, they draw the line at redistributing the fruits of their own labors: The next step is to get the students to listen to Jon Lovitz’s F-Bomb laden rant and understand that, whether we’re talking
Continue readingThis election will be the first election since California voters decided, in 2010, to turn ours into an Open Primary state. The practical effect of having done so is that the November election, rather than being head-to-head combat between the two parties, will be a run-off between the winners from
Continue readingThe Left periodically floats the idea of reinstating the draft. They dress it up in an “everyone should share the burden” argument, but it’s pretty clear that the goal is to create a Vietnam War dynamic, in which young people take to the streets to protest a war, not because
Continue readingThis morning, at the American Thinker blog, Thomas Lifson posted an article saying that the National Enquirer is asserting that Michelle Obama came up with the idea to attack Ann Romney on the ground that she was a stay-at-home Mom. Thomas Lifson says that this report is credible, given Michelle’s
Continue readingSeveral years ago — in 2007, to be precise — at one of the kid’s sporting events, I met a very nice man. Since we were stuck out in the boondocks for the day, we talked. I learned that he and his wife had just filed for divorce. Divorce is
Continue readingI have two different types of ads on my website: the type that pop up automatically (that would be the Google Ads and those irritating turquoise words) and the ones that people or corporations place deliberately at Bookworm Room (that would be the hyperlink text and “Premium” ads), because they
Continue reading(Image by Luigi Novi) The Marin County Republican Party, which last year hosted the late, great Andrew Breitbart, was able to entice John Stossel to come visit as part of his book tour for No, They Can’t: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed. To no one’s surprise, during his half hour
Continue readingWe finally got around to watching The Iron Lady, which won Meryl Streep another Best Actress award. It was a movie that failed at so many levels, most strikingly in its obvious goal of denigrating Margaret Thatcher and leaving a sordid historical record behind. To appreciate how the movie failed
Continue readingFrom Sadie:
Continue readingI’ve already confessed to having a weakness for romance novels. My problem with this shameful weakness is that there was only one Georgette Heyer. Everything else is second best, with most books being more secondary than others. Because of my fondness for Heyer’s wit and delicacy, I prefer true romances
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