Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’m reading and voting. You don’t get to vote, but you do get to read all the good stuff from this week’s Watcher’s Council: Council Submissions The Noisy Room – Stalking the Blogosphere BlogBurst Friday for Free Speech The Colossus of Rhodey – This Is Even Funnier Because Of
Continue readingYou all saw that Mr. “I know Judaism better than the Jews” is now refusing to apologize for having referred to Polish, as opposed to Nazi, death camps. What a maroon. I always tell my kids (usually after they’ve said “Moooom, you’re embarrassing me”) that a person can only embarrass
Continue readingThe T/A Travel Center in Denton, Texas, learned that you don’t forget to fly the flag on Memorial Day. (Go here for more about one veteran’s self-help approach to fixing that problem.)
Continue readingOne of the hardest fought propositions on the California ballot this June is Proposition 29 which is described on the ballot as a new law that “imposes additional tax on cigarettes for cancer research.” Doesn’t that sound nice? Those who smoke have to fund cancer research. It’s an indirect version
Continue readingI’ve never thought of myself as a libertarian. Instead, I would characterize myself as a conservative with libertarian tendencies. Why the distinction? Because viscerally I viewed libertarians as fringe nutcases and because intellectually I did not, and do not, like libertarian foreign policy, especially when it comes to Israel. Watching
Continue readingI know a bit about really short buzz cuts. On the kids’ swim team, when swim season starts, all the boys get buzzed. They do it to each other, and they do a pretty darn good job: take clippers, run them over person’s head, sweep up the mess. It’s not
Continue readingI’m impressed, both that these Politico writers wrote about the bias and that Politico published their article: Republicans cry “bias” so often it feels like a campaign theme. It is, largely because it fires up conservatives and diminishes the punch of legitimate investigative or narrative journalism. But it also is
Continue readingApologies for not writing more today, but I’m just a little tired. I seem to have used up my energy on running the household, and don’t seem to have anything left for blogging. I see no reason, though, why I won’t regroup tomorrow. I am assuming now that I’ll be
Continue readingI bet all of you all remember “Everyone Blog About Bret Kimberlin Day.” After all, it took place less than a week ago. For those unfamiliar with it, this is the way it worked: Conservatives bloggers learned that Brett Kimberlin, using both the legal system and a bit of self-help,
Continue readingSergeant Major Michael Burke, who blogs at Castra Praetoria, is now stationed back in the U.S. He’s also become a radio personality. I’m happy (and not surprised) to say that Mike did a great interview. As I told him, he’s either got a great job or a great personality —
Continue readingBefore I get to the winners from last week’s Watcher’s Council vote, I’d like to suggest that you toodle over to the Watcher’s of Weasels site yourself, to check out this week’s forum question: “Prediction — What Will Happen in the Trayvon Martin Case?” I had nothing to add, since
Continue readingChris Hayes got himself a great spanking because of his inability to acknowledge military heroism: CHRIS HAYES: Thinking today and observing Memorial Day, that’ll be happening tomorrow. Just talked with Lt. Col. Steve Burke [sic, actually Beck], who was a casualty officer with the Marines and had to tell people
Continue readingAs is usually the case for me after a long weekend, my brain is a gray mush, and my paper inbox is piled high. Between the one and the other, it takes me a little bit to regroup for blogging. Until then — It’s Open Thread Time! Yay!
Continue readingI promise that this post will be a review of Marcus Luttrell’s Service: A Navy SEAL at War. First, though, I have to start with the ridiculous, before I can give proper context, not to the sublime (because war isn’t sublime), but to the important and meaningful. The ridiculous is,
Continue readingI have a question for you, my very knowledgeable friends. I don’t like the taste of artificial sweeteners, nor do I even like the taste of corn syrup. I like good old-fashioned cane sugar. I’m old enough to live with that decision. Am I making a mistake, though, when I
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