Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Some months ago, the British papers were filled with the story of Shannon Matthews, a little girl who vanished from her home in West Yorkshire, sparking a huge manhunt. She was eventually found, 24 days later, at the home of her stepfather’s uncle. The big shocker, though, was the fact
Continue readingMy readership today is off by almost 70%. Have any of you had problems getting to this blog today?
Continue readingAndrew C. McCarthy, author of the newly published Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad, sat down for an interview at NRO, and voiced some unpleasant truths about our suicidal sensibilities: Lopez: What’s the most devastating lesson from 15 years ago we still haven’t learned? McCarthy: That the primary cause of
Continue readingIt turns out that Barack Obama might have been on to something with his bitterness speech. In case you’ve forgotten, he said: You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, a lot of them — like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been
Continue readingConservatives believe that it is dangerous to tumble into bed with someone instantly. They’re appalled by the raunchy hook-up culture amongst our young people, one that says it’s okay to have sex on the first date, as long as you try to line up reasonable precautions to limit some of
Continue readingI’m beginning to catch on to the rhythm of Obama’s speeches, which are truly Pat Paulson-esque in their ability to sound almost like real English, while actually saying nothing that isn’t either obvious or meaningless. Here’s the AP, which is fond of Obama, with the perfect headline: “Obama says voters
Continue readingOkay, you really can’t smell this one (see my prior post), but I can tell you that it stinks. It’s not that this man has no shame. It’s that he has absolutely no moral compass.
Continue readingI was thinking this morning about some of life’s nicer smells. I’ve got a few in the house today: Fresh strawberries Roses from a grateful client A clean, sleepy, sun-warmed dog A new car Chocolate Expensive shampoo Freesias Lilacs Plum blossoms Orange blossoms A bar of soap from a wonderful
Continue readingAndrew Cline has written an incredibly funny article detailing the ways in which Obama has sought solace following the furor about his bitterness speech. I was tempted to quote some for you, but then thought it would be better just to suggest (strongly) that you go and read the whole
Continue readingIn the old days — pre-internet — politicians were able to get away with a lot of lies. This wasn’t because they lied better than they do now. It was because it was more difficult to suss out the truth and, even if one was successful in doing so, it
Continue readingI’m sure it’s irritating for you to post a comment that is perfectly innocuous, only to have it held in the moderation queue. This apparently occurs because Askimet has a list of words it looks for that are commonly associated with spam. The problem is that Askimet doesn’t distinguish too
Continue readingThis is a very nice small town story: A mother and duckling were reunited Sunday after Corte Madera firefighters devised a handmade scoop and rescued the baby duck from a storm drain near the post office on Pixley Avenue.Corte Madera Fire Department battalion chief Pete Davis said the duckling rescue
Continue readingA friend of mine is doing a bathroom remodel and is contemplating something called a “steam shower.” He asked if I knew people who had one and, if I did, what they thought of it. I’ve actually never even heard of a steam shower, let alone met someone who has
Continue readingOne of the things about conspiracy theorists is that they live in a hazy world of innuendo and speculation. There’s never any hard evidence to support their theory, just a lot of disparate facts that can be spun together into a tangled and usually nonsensical tapestry. As often as not,
Continue readingHamas is an official terrorist organization. That minor detail, however, doesn’t seem to deter President Jimmy Carter, a man who has never met a sleazy Islamic or communist terrorist he doesn’t admire and trust: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said in remarks to air on Sunday that his upcoming visit
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