Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Once again, the Watcher’s Council has exercised its collective wisdom, and spoken about the batch of articles submitted during the past week to the Watcher of Weasels. I’ve come in from the cold this time, and garnered votes which, in a pathetic reflection on my ego, makes me very, very
Continue readingPublic schools think children are imbeciles with egos so fragile they cannot withstand any criticism. I know for a fact that this isn’t true, because my kids thrived for years in a school that treated them with respect, that assumed their native intelligence, and that demanded quality work from them.
Continue readingI blogged in the past couple of days about SF’s probable decision to “re-educate” its police as the preferred way of addressing the very real fact that, on a per capita basis, more blacks are committing crimes in San Francisco than they are in other California cities. I also
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Continue readingIf I remember correctly, this man beat Obama by about four years to the idea and reality of a successful internet campaign. While Obama may well win (I’m shuddering as I write this), internet fund raising is not necessarily the automatic route to victory.
Continue readingEvery time I see this picture of Nancy in Syria, my first impression is that she’s smoking a joint: I’m pretty sure it’s a cookie or fig in her hand, but the relationship between fingers and mouth is just so, well, like someone holding onto that very last little bit
Continue readingThe MSM loves human interest stories about profoundly damaged military personnel returning from Iraq; or stories about the families left behind when a member of the armed forces was killed in Iraq. (Today’s NY Times story is but one example of many.) I fully appreciate that pathos and bathos sell,
Continue readingI fulminated about that damned scarf Faye Turney was wearing during her time in Iran (although, interestingly, feminist groups such as NOW seemed unperturbed, just as they seem unperturbed by Pelosi’s Hermes shenanigans during her disgraceful trip to Syria). I could have, but didn’t, comment on the fact that all
Continue readingStarting in the early 1990s, on the last Friday of every month, bicyclists in San Francisco take to the road in the evening to flex their muscles — and to prove to cars that massed bicycles can create gridlock. (I always liken it to the fact that enough mosquitoes can
Continue readingHere’s the story: Neville Chamberlain, on a visit to German, said on Wednesday Adolph Hitler was ready to hold peace talks with the Jews. Okay, I lied. That’s not the story. This is the story, with the Jews instantly and credibly (given actual events, not propaganda) exposing the lying liars
Continue readingBack in December, the SF Chronicle revealed that San Francisco arrested blacks faster than did other major cities in California. I considered the ideas the police advanced and concluded, based on my own lifelong knowledge of the City, that the police were probably correct: San Francisco is a liberal white
Continue readingI like Jonah Goldberg’s take on ABC’s deafening silence in the face of Rosie’s rantings: Granted, The View isn’t 60 Minutes, so why should we care that much if the girl talk gets a little silly? After all, Walters has spent much of her career muddying the distinction between entertainment
Continue readingMy bikini days are long gone (two children took care of that), but if I were still to wear bikinis, this would be the year. Obscene is out, retro flirty is in, at least according to the fashion news from London. This shows there is a happy medium. I don’t
Continue readingTell me I’m beautiful, and I’ll guffaw (although I’ll concede “nice looking”). Tell me I’m a good writer and thinker, and I’m putty in your hands. Steve, at Out of the Binjo Ditch did me just that honor when he tagged me as one of the five bloggers who make
Continue readingDennis Prager today took on the ugly liberal habit of “outing” gay conservatives to punish them for their so-called hypocrisy. It’s an unusually long article (for Dennis Prager), but I was particular taken by the section focusing on the ugliness and mindlessness of identity politics, something I have long decried,
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