Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Before I get to my special and exciting announcement, here are the winning entries in the Watcher’s Council vote for this week. On the Council side, first place went to Soccer Dad for Hating israel more than loving palestinians. On the Non-Council side, first place was a two way tie
Continue readingIBD has another superb editorial, this one about Obama’s plan to force young people to work in the new age Greenie trenches of his socialist imagination: Obama says that as president he will “set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of service
Continue readingI’m an old-ish fogey, and modern music videos usually bore me or (think Ludacris) disgust me. This one, though, brought tears to my eyes. H/t to Lorie Byrd, who learned about it from Bob Hamer.
Continue readingI’ve never been a David Letterman fan — his humor and mine have few points of intersection. Nevertheless, I think he (and his writers) hit the nail on the head with the Top 10 list of signs Obama is becoming over-confident. As you watch this, don’t just listen to the
Continue readingI think most of us watched Randy Pausch’s last lecture, delivered when he was retiring due to terminal cancer. Although the cancer finally claimed Pausch, the messages about getting the most out of life, about living with joy and immediacy, linger on. Charles Lipson, himself a teacher, concludes that Pausch
Continue readingIf you’re old enough, you remember the famous cough syrup advertisement, in which a soap opera actor announced, “I’m not a doctor. I just play one on TV.” Miguel Guanipa explains how Obama, who came of age along with that TV commercial, has opted to use the same approach to
Continue readingForget Exxon’s “greedy” shareholders. The New Editor reminds us (which is something the MSM overlooked), that when Exxon does well, we all do well.
Continue readingIf you haven’t laughed yet today, this will change that sad situation.
Continue readingIBD does an enjoyably neat job of cutting Nancy Pelosi down to size: When challenged in an interview with Politico.com about her bullheaded refusal to let Republicans submit energy policies for approval, Pelosi resorted to risible hyperbole to justify her iron-fisted rule of the House parliamentary process. “I’m trying to
Continue readingBefore today, I hadn’t heard of Frank Turek. After today, I’m going to keep an eye out for his articles. He’s written a really splendid article explaining how deeply, terribly wrong Obama’s every position is regarding Iraq. Frankly, for those who are well-informed, there’s nothing in this article you haven’t
Continue readingI just received this press release: Alec Rawls and Tom Burnett Sr. (father of Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett Jr.) are traveling to Somerset PA to condemn the crescent/broken-circle memorial at the Memorial Project’s public meeting this Saturday, August 2nd. The meeting will run from 10-am to 1pm at the
Continue readingObama was caught during his speech to minority journalists making noises that sounded remarkably like reparations talk: “I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged,” the Democratic presidential hopeful said. “I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it’s Native
Continue readingAt long last, not a moment too soon, and probably way too late, horrible Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is stepping down: Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Wednesday he would step down in September after a party leadership vote, announcing the end of a premiership dogged by graft
Continue readingI’ve tried to be mellow about the Saudis. My all-American training in moral relativism has allowed me to find excuses for the misogyny that makes women 54th class citizens, and for the antisemitism that makes it illegal for Jews to travel to Saudi Arabia, and for the censorship that makes
Continue readingThis week, I have the great honor of hosting the Watcher’s Council vote — although I can hint at the fact that our gypsy status won’t last much longer. I know that you will find each of the submitted articles extremely interesting: Council: 1. The Razor: Here’s my response to
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