Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I wrote it. American Thinker published it. I’m reprinting it here for you to read it: ********************** I volunteer for a music organization in which my son is involved. Recently, through a community outreach program, my son’s group was augmented by some boys from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. These boys are
Continue readingI’m struggling to put words to my dismay upon reading the following: Saudi Arabia claimed an important diplomatic breakthrough yesterday when it said Iran had agreed to support an Arab peace plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. By securing Teheran’s apparent backing for the peace plan, which dates from 2002
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Continue readingIf you’re a student of British history, you know that this is a picture of Lady Jane Grey, the hapless teenager who spent a few short days as Queen of England, only to end up beheaded when Bloody Mary took the throne. Except that it’s not. Turns out that this
Continue readingOver the months, I’ve denigrated Western global hysteria on the ground that whatever we do is irrelevant. China (and possibly India) will make the difference. To pat myself on the back, I was right: Far more than previously acknowledged, the battle against global warming will be won or lost in
Continue readingIt was a very, very busy weekend. With the exception of a minute to check my email and comments, I never made it near the computer. That didn’t stop me from thinking, though, and as soon as I’m done with this service call, I’ll start blogging in dead earnest. If
Continue readingThis time, I’m going to be brief (dinner to prepare, slumber party to calm, dog to walk, yadda, yadda, yadda). Just go to Media Lies and see a good article about the real scandal behind Gore’s posturing — and it’s not those $30,000 annual energy bills.
Continue readingI don’t know what Tina Fey’s politics are, and I don’t want to know. The NBC show 30 Rock, which she writes and in which she stars is one of the best social satires around, which includes repeated deft and funny political asides. The show skewers both parties with such
Continue readingAl Gore might be thinking right now that he’s fallen into the “Be careful what you wish for, you might get it” trap. After all, his film, having won an Academy Award, is now coming under more intense scrutiny than ever. Wait, that’s wrong. The film isn’t, but Al is.
Continue readingMiramax is releasing a new motion picture called “Becoming Jane Austen,” which purports to tell of Jane’s abortive romance with a wild Irish lawyer. There is no doubt that, when she was young, Austen met Tom Lefroy, a young Anglo-Irish lawyer, thought he was nice, and had fun dancing with
Continue readingThe Watcher’s Council, residing comfortably at Watcher of Weasels, has again carefully reviewed 12 council-authored blog posts and 14 posts from the rest of blogosphere. As I’m discovering week after week, this is a great way for me to learn and read things that I wouldn’t otherwise know about. Aside
Continue readingThe mainstream American media is in trouble, big trouble. Whether in TV land or in print, the big outlets are seeing their market share dropping and dropping, to the point where it almost looks like free fall. Not only have people stopped watching and reading the news, reporters have dropped
Continue readingCoincidentally, a day after An Inconvenient Truth won its Oscar, Netflix delivered the same film to us. We watched it last night. Or rather, I should say, I attempted to watch it. After ten minutes of listening to Al Bore’s disconcertingly slow and rhythmic voice (disconcerting, because the speed and
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