Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’m up against a deadline and have no time to blog, but I thought you might find this interesting: Friday Mornings at the Pentagon By JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY, McClatchy Newspapers Over the last 12 months, 1,042 soldiers, Marines, sailors and Air Force personnel have given their lives in the
Continue readingIt is a cliche that conservatives believe in equality of opportunity and liberals believe in equality of results. But, what this really means is that conservatives work toward a society in which all who work hard, play by the rules, and contribute to society earn the benefit of their labor. Liberals reject hard
Continue readingI talked in an earlier post about the right to steal money earned by others to pay for ones own needs. Outside of the pure immorality of it, this concerns me most because it marks the death of capitalism, which cannot function without the profit motive as a carrot and
Continue readingI tried to post once from a Blackberry, and am not sure it went through. I’m trying again from a real computer, so we’ll see what happens this time. Sadly, it’s not my real computer. Mr. Bookworm brought his beloved tablet computer with us, only to suffer a double whammy:
Continue readingI’ve been watching the silliness that is Berkeley and heard one of the Code Pink gals talking about the “right” to housing, the “right” to health care, etc. I think her point was that we shouldn’t be spending money defending our country when we could be spending it providing services
Continue readingA quick note from a Blackberry with a few impressions: The Everglades are amazing. Today’s kids get jaded quickly. A couple of hundred gators and they’re bored! Navigators make travel in new places immeasurably easier. We’re eating in a clean, friendly place, with two tired kids thanks to Navi. —
Continue readingDQ here. While Bookworm is on a well-deserved vacation, let’s see if we can get some good discussion going and, maybe, learn a little from each other. Let’s start with a topic I doubt BW would ever blog on — Roger Clemens. Several commentators have pointed out that most (though
Continue readingYou may recall a few months ago my asking for info about Florida. With that info, and with what we found on the internet, we booked ourselves a Florida vacation and we’re off tomorrow, for a week. I’m planning on blogging, but expect it to be light, since we’ll be
Continue readingI found Berkeley a desperately unpleasant place when I attended University there in the late 70s/early 80s. It shocks me to realize that, unaware of it though I was, those were the good years. In a report filled with photos and text, Zombie walks us through the depths to which
Continue readingFrom statements I’ve periodically made, you may have gathered that this has been a rather challenging week. The almost frantic blogging I did was a respite from an overwhelming work load, made more difficult by having a sick child in the background. What I complete managed to miss in the
Continue readingAs I mentioned earlier, I’ve returned to martial arts after a ten year hiatus. I wasn’t good then, and I’m worse now (and definitely more rickety), but oh! how I love it. One of the things I’m learning at this dojo, which I didn’t learn in my last go round
Continue readingWould it surprise to you to hear that Richard Baehr has written a well-reasoned, fact-filled analysis about Obama versus Hillary and about some possible problems should voters nationwide succumb to Obama-mania? It certainly didn’t surprise me. Read it here.
Continue readingI was in the car this morning, listening to NPR (I do check in occasionally). Our local PBS affiliate, KQED, offered a little op-ed piece from a San Francisco woman, who was a polling place coordinator this year. Unfortunately, despite searching through KQED and NPR, I can’t find a link
Continue readingHave you noticed that, right above the upper left hand corner of the comment box there is a button with two little arrows? If you click on that, it will bring up shortcut buttons for html code for your comment. Just remember, if you leave more than two hyperlinks, the
Continue readingI’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for England. I adore British history, especially because I’ve always admired its trajectory towards true enlightenment. It had all the bad qualities of other European nations — serfs, Crusades, slavery, inhumane work conditions, etc. — but it always seemed to shake
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