Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
On August 19, the New York Times ran an op-ed by seven military personnel, who were described as follows: Buddhika Jayamaha is an Army specialist. Wesley D. Smith is a sergeant. Jeremy Roebuck is a sergeant. Omar Mora is a sergeant. Edward Sandmeier is a sergeant. Yance T. Gray is
Continue readingThe FBI did something unusual: it was so concerned by two men who seemed to be casing the Seattle Ferry system that it asked for the public’s assistance. To that end, it asked the media to publish a picture taken, not by covert FBI surveillance, but by a ferry employee.
Continue readingIf you have ever wondered whether it is true that pot makes you stupid, check this out, at American Digest. On the other hand, I’m not being scientific at all. It could just be that these particularly stupid (or do I mean weird?) people use pot.
Continue readingDoesn’t Britain have that wonderful, wonderful, incredibly just too wonderful socialized medicine that Michael Moore wants American to adopt? If it does — and I think that, perhaps, it does — Moore might want to check out this story, which blames problems, in part, on those lovely, lovely, lovely waiting
Continue readingHistory has its tipping points. I wonder if Britain or, rather, the ordinary British, have met another tipping point. A while ago, I blogged about the fact that, as Melanie Phillips points out in Londonistan, the rule of judges has gone insanely against ordinary Brits, with judges relying on the
Continue readingFor a university to charge tuition isn’t unreasonable. However, I do have a problem with a university charging over $31,000 per year in tuition, per student (and that doesn’t include room and board), while at the same time boasting an endowment of $34.9 billion (not a typo). Seems a bit
Continue readingGentrification — there’s a loaded term. When I think of it, I think of the young lawyer and his wife I met in the late 1980s who had bought a gorgeous Victorian and fixed it up. Despite just being at the beginning of their careers, they were able to take
Continue readingMy, God! Do I love Mark Steyn’s writing. With elegant, rhythmic, witty prose, he goes right to the heart of an issue — in this case, world wide anti-Americanism: America is the most benign hegemon in history: it’s the world’s first non-imperial superpower and, at the dawn of the American
Continue readingPoor Hillary got caught with her ideological pants down. Yesterday, the AP reported that Hillary stated explicitly that: Clinton said new tactics have brought some success against insurgents, particularly in Iraq’s Anbar province. “It’s working. We’re just years too late in changing our tactics,” she said. “We can’t ever let
Continue readingWhy am I ashamed? I’m ashamed because I didn’t even know that there was a radio talk show network directed at women. How in the world could I have missed that! And yet today I suddenly discover that, while I was blithely listening to Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt and Michael
Continue readingI believe I mentioned already that one of Melanie Phillips’ big points in Londonistan is what happens when judges become highly activist, get invested in some EU/UNabstract notion of “human rights,” and steadily erode away the rights of their own citizens in the inanely confident belief that the only humans
Continue readingI am routinely thankful for my good blog friends, many of whom help me find interesting stuff in the blogosphere that I might otherwise miss. Since this was a busy, busy weekend, and since I have the kids for another few days before school starts, I can assure you that,
Continue readingTo mangle Jane Austen, when you think of me last night, “Imagine to yourself everything most profligate and shocking in the way of [conversation] and sitting down together.” Yes, I did something fun last night, attending a get together of local conservative bloggers and blog readers. Powered by a Coca
Continue readingI’ve asked it before, but I’ll ask it again: Why do so many on the Left think that the best protest is a naked one? As far as I’m concerned, it’s just a distraction from the main issue. Of course, maybe that’s the point. So often the main issues
Continue readingOne of my favorite of the many conservative slogans printed on products sold at Protest Warrior is the one that says “Except for Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism, War Has Never Solved Anything.” To me, it’s always been self-evident that there are good wars, just as there are bad
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