Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This is London calling, and it’s not a place you want to go. First, from Melanie Phillips, we get a view into how the media, especially the British media, reported the war (hat tip: Crossing the Rubicon): In short, much of the most incendiary media coverage of this war seems
Continue readingIf ever a single article told you everything you need to know about the torch the old anti-War protestors carry for their youth, you have to read this editorial by Andrew Rosenthal, the NY Times’ Assistant Editor (so the editorial also tells you a lot about the NYT). In Rosenthal’s
Continue readingI blogged earlier about how I was pleased that the California Legislature gutted SB 1437. This bill, as proposed, would have amended various Education Code provisions to require California schools, beginning in first grade, to teach positive lessons about homosexuals. In another post, I explained my position: I certainly do
Continue readingWell, it’s official: Popal’s defense will be that he’s crazy: A San Francisco judge ordered a detailed psychiatric report today on the 29-year-old Fremont man charged with 18 counts of attempted murder stemming from a hit- and-run rampage that prosecutors said was premeditated and involved a plan to kill a
Continue readingI blogged myself into exhaustion yesterday keeping up with the development (or, should I say, degradation) of the Popal story, as it went from being about random terror, to an Islamic perpetrator, to a crazy guy. Today, believe it or not, I should be working, not blogging. I’ll therefore leave
Continue readingYesterday, I heard on NPR that at least one of the soldiers charged with murdering an Iraqi man will not be subject to the death penalty. It was an interesting story in that it talked about the evidence, or lack thereof. At the heart of the case is a body
Continue readingLaer has a funny story that would have us believe the Europeans are finally figuring out the threat against them.
Continue readingGas prices are dropping (something I’ve already noticed at my local pumps): Gasoline prices are falling fast and could keep dropping for months. “The only place they have to go is down,” says Fred Rozell, gasoline analyst at the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS). “We’ll be closer to $2 than
Continue readingWell, if the numbers at my stat counter are any indication, my 15 minutes of blogger fame are just about wrapping up. I enjoyed it tremendously while it lasted, and do think I was a useful respository of information about an interesting, and possibly quite significant, story. Now it’s back
Continue readingIf you don’t have the stomach to wade through the banal, silly comments at MoveOn.org in order to find the more sinister and distasteful anti-American, anti-Semitic comments that pepper that same site, take heart. Some brave bloggers have stepped forward to do it for you. Check out MoveOn.org, Please Move
Continue readingI’m basking in the love of a good dog right now, but if you’re not, and you either (a) miss having a dog around or (b) merely admire them from a distance, check this out.
Continue readingDo you think electronic scanning at grocery stores has increased or decreased magazine sales? In the pre-electronic age, when grocery stores had long lines, I used to read the magazines kept near check-out. If what I was reading was interesting, and I wasn’t going to get a chance to finish
Continue readingToday, we all know that the principle purpose behind journalism is pretty close to what it was at America’s inception — to spread rumors and bring down governments (something that becomes obvious when you read David McCullough’s biography about John Adams). Certainly, both of these are activities that the First
Continue readingA madman ran amok all over San Francisco today, targeting pedestrians with his car and deliberately running them over: As many as 14 people were injured this afternoon by a motorist who drove around San Francisco running them down before he was arrested, authorities said. Seven of those injured were
Continue readingThe UN, in Resolution 1701, agreed to help pay for damages Lebanon sustained in the recent war, but has not even considered doing so for Israel. You could argue that Lebanon is a non-combatant that got caught in the middle. I think, though, this is a difficult argument to sustain
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