Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Andrew Breitbart has written an upfront, in your face demand that Hollywood open the door to the last remaining closet in that company town: conservatism. In it, he points out that Hollywood finds everything forgiveable except for a failure to conform to the prevailing Progressive political orthodoxy: But in this
Continue readingIn the past two days, I’ve read two articles that examine the liberal approach to religion. The first is Hillel Halkin’s How Not to Repair the World (available to subscribers or for a $2.95 fee); the second is Mark Tooley’s Is God a Liberal Democrat? They were sort of a
Continue readingI know that you’ve already read about, and probably seen, the New Yorker’s latest cover, the “parody” of “right wing” views about Mr. and Mrs. Barack Obama. I think Charles Johnson has the best summation of the New Yorker‘s thinking (along with a reproduction of the cover): The cover is
Continue readingIt’s a bit slow, but it’s a very useful reminder of the fact that many of the energy sources about which reporters get excited (wind, solar, etc.), will not solve the oil crisis. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnTlb3SwN1o[/youtube] Hat tip: Dan Best
Continue readingDemocrats have one attitude towards taxes: raise ’em. The higher they are, they think, the more money that government will have to redistribute to those the Democrats deem worth. They never seem to grasp that low, stable taxes are infinitely more beneficial to the economy, in both boom times and
Continue readingWe all know the story: Adolf Hitler planned for the 1936 Olympics to showcase Aryan supremacy, only to have his little race-building effort destroyed by the great Jesse Owens. Iran, apparently, isn’t taking any chances. It’s decided that it simply cannot afford to risk having one of its athletes race
Continue readingEven though I wasn’t blogging, I continued to get great emails directing me to fascinating articles. (And, truth to tell, some of the emails have been lingering from times before my vacation.) Even though I’d love to do so, I don’t have time to comment at length about every wonderful
Continue readingThis is kind of cool — I’m on a list that Michelle Malkin heads! The young man who runs the Enkay Blog has assembled a list of the top 100 female bloggers and I’m currently in there at number 78. Of course, if this list gets more play (and he
Continue readingFirst, thanks to all of you who have posted such interesting, informative and intelligent comments the past two weeks. You always make my time here enjoyable and educational. Still, I’m glad Bookworm is back and ready to bring you her wide diversity of posts, and her thoughtfullness and intelligence that
Continue readingTomorrow (Sunday) was our official, intended return date. It was clear by noon today, though, that all of us were vacationed out. So, instead of a two day mozy down the coast, we engaged in a marathon day of driving and got home a couple of hours ago. We arrived
Continue readingMr. Bookworm has kept a death grip on the computer, and this is my first chance at it in a couple of days. I’ve had a few travel related thoughts percolating in that time, so I’ll jot them down here in quite random order. There is no doubt that Oregon
Continue readingTony Snow had it all: intelligence, wit, knowledge, values, charm, looks. You name it. Sadly, he also had a susceptibility to colon cancer, which is an exceptionally aggressive cancer in young people. And so he died today, at 53. R.I.P., Mr. Snow. You will be missed.
Continue readingBW will be back sometime this weekend, but let’s see if we can get in a few more good discussions before her return. The last few days I’ve been bothered by how gullible the American public is. Usually, when I think about gullibility I think of truthers, or Code Pink
Continue readingHere’s a thoughtful article at The Razor (Scott Kerwin) on, among many other things, personal responsibility. It’s one of the “Watcher of Weasels” nominees and illustrates the quality of that group.
Continue readingSome discussion in one of the comment threads prompts me to ask, do you really care whether your favorite politician is corrupt? Sure, we’d all like our favorites to be pure as driven snow. But, seriously, assume McCain is your man and you believed Obama would do serious damage to
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