Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This one didn’t make the original post, because the malfeasor isn’t a politician, she’s a journalist. Nevertheless, Elspeth Reeve deserves to be called out for her lies. UPDATE: Welcome, Ace of Spades readers! As you’ve probably figured out, Maetenloch gave more meat to the story than I did. The only
Continue readingMy sister asked me “What do you think about Prince Harry?” For starters, I don’t think about Prince Harry too much, but right now, the front page coverage is making one forcibly aware of him. Frankly, this is how I think of Prince Harry: He’s an Australian sheep dog, and
Continue readingTodd Akin’s ill-informed remarks opened the floodgates for the usual smears about the fact that all conservatives are ignorant, racist, sexist, theocratic, misogynistic tyrants. The one that got the greatest play amongst my liberal Facebook friends was Timothy Egan’s New York Times‘ column claiming that Akin isn’t the only Republican
Continue readingSometimes real life is a pain in the whatsit. Exercise was good, but I wasn’t thrilled that paying work (yes, real paying work), plus a doctor’s appointment for my Mom not only dragged me away from blogging, but dragged me away from thinking about blogging. Feh! Tomorrow should be a
Continue readingI’ve been moping around this morning, but I cheered up a lot when I saw this one. I’m going off to exercise now, which should elevate my mood, but it precludes blogging. Consider this a Monday Morning Open Thread.
Continue readingIdentity politics worked very well for the Democrats for a long time, provided that they played the various little groups off against “white men.” Barring some in-fighting in academia amongst various “victim” subgroups — a spectacle that Christina Hoff Sommers described to hilarious effect in Who Stole Feminism?: How Women
Continue readingThe Democrats are kvelling about Todd Akin. Indeed, at the New York Times, one enterprising writer has put together a list of a handful of Republicans who hold views that are outside of the mainstream (or who articulate arguably valid views in invalid ways). A cartoonist has also put together
Continue readingLast week, I wrote a post about relationship porn, in which I argued that the sex in romance novels is the least interesting part for romance readers. The most interesting part, I said, is that the heroes like, respect, and support the heroines. I also said that there are few
Continue readingI got another Obama campaign solicitation in this morning’s email. I get them every day and have for months. In the beginning, they were rather jaunty. “Hey, we’re going to win. Pitch in.” Then they got commercial. “Want a chance to sit in the backroom of an Obama event? Pitch
Continue readingThere’s a new movie out called Premium Rush. It has something to do with a bike messenger who finds himself trying to stay one step ahead of a dirty cop. I can’t comment on the movie, not having seen it. However, every time I hear the title, I get a
Continue readingArthur Brisbane has written a rumination about his two years’ as the New York Times’ public editor. It is an interesting piece, as notes the way in which (a) the New York Times has slimmed its one massive corporate holdings so that they consist only of core news corporations and
Continue readingI have to say, guys and gals, that it was no surprise to me that JoshuaPundit (aka the Watcher) won again, this time with his brilliant post about Israel’s war prospects. Everyone else’s posts were stellar, but Rob really knocked it out of the park. If you haven’t read it
Continue readingIf we lived in Israel, we’d always assume that liquid-filled bottles are dangerous. In America, though, if we find one in our yard, our first thought is almost certainly going to be “garbage.” And our second thought will be “kids.” As it happens, the second thought is probably correct, but
Continue readingY’all know that, for some years, I’ve been trying to monetize this blog. I started off with some small advertisements (see sidebar), put up a Pay Pal link for donations (see sidebar), and then went to bigger advertisements (see sidebar too). I’ve also done that irritating things where some corporate
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