Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
As you may recall, I was both impressed and dismayed by the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics. I’ll quote the point I made that comes back again in this post: They were gorgeous. They also reminded me very strongly of the public spectacles that socialist countries have always loved:
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Continue readingFertility treatment is big money, so there are gazillions of treatment centers in most communities. One such center in San Diego County may well have been put out business, though, by a California Supreme Court ruling mandating that physicians have to provide treatment to lesbians and other unmarried women, even
Continue readingIt wasn’t one of my better weeks (as you all have probably noticed, too), but it was a great week’s worth of posts from the other Council members. I’m therefore very pleased to give you the results of last week’s Watcher’s vote: Votes Council posts 3 Wolf Howling “Obama, Criminalizing
Continue readingDone With Mirrors was one of the first blogs I started reading when I figured out the whole concept of a political blogosphere. I enjoyed how erudite, thoughtful and amusing Callimachus’s posts were, as well as his fairly uncommon objectivity. I’ve also enjoyed sharing space on the Watcher’s Council with
Continue readingMr. Bookworm cannot stand the fluff pieces that are an integral part of Olympic coverage. On Saturday night, therefore, when NBC switched from Michael Phelp’s history breaking gold medal to an interview with Kobe Bryant, Mr. Bookworm immediately switched off the television. I’m now quite sorry he did. Kobe may
Continue readingI’ve been traveling, so I missed the Saddleback conversation with the candidates. Nevertheless, through emails and Mike Devx’s comments, I’ve become aware of the question Rick Warren posed to the two candidates about evil. Here’s the transcript: REV. WARREN: Okay, we’ve got one last — I’ve got a bunch more,
Continue readingA group of Bay Area bloggers have joined together to create a blog advocating a John McCain presidency. I’m one of those bloggers. The new blog is called (appropriately enough) Bloggers for John McCain. i’ll have a regular Saturday gig there. My first post there today is called “The Tide
Continue readingIn 1980 (and again in 1984), Ronald Reagan won in significant part because traditionally Democratic voters abandoned their party to vote for him. Those same “Reagan Democrats” have shown up frequently in the news today. Indeed, McCain is specifically targeting those same people and demographics. US News & World Report
Continue readingMy Dad and I used to watch old slapstick together on Saturday and Sunday morning TV: Laurel & Hardy, Abbot & Costello, Charlie Chaplin, even the Three Stooges (whom I didn’t like). I’ve always had a fondness, therefore, for silly humor. When I finally saw Airplane, I thought it was
Continue readingIf we all ate like this, we’d be extraordinarily fat, not to mention, perhaps, dead. On him it works (and looks good too).
Continue readingThe AP does it again, serving as Obama’s water carrier. Here’s the set up: Jerome Corsi’s book, The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, instantly shot to number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Panic ensued. First, the New York Times attacked it, pointing to
Continue readingPamela Geller, who blogs at Atlas Shrugs, has spent countless hours following both McCain’s and Obama’s money. In a carefully detailed article at American Thinker, she explains that McCain’s donations are squeaky clean, while the donations coming into the Obama campaign are, to put it tactfully, questionable. For example, Obama’s
Continue readingJoe Lieberman has been persona non grata for pal-ing around with the Republicans, but the media was incredibly excited to discover that a few “leading” Republicans have moved over to the Obama side — as if nobody has ever heard of RINOs in the first place. Aside from the fact
Continue readingWhile I’m processing news, I just had to take a minute to discuss Michael Phelps — or, more accurately, Michael Phelps and how I’m watching the Olympics. I first tuned into the Olympics in 1972, when I was 11. In those days, and for many Olympics thereafter, the Olympics was
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