Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
During the campaign, when I pointed out to liberals some of Obama’s more egregious Leftist statements, they pooh-poohed me: “Don’t you know that all politicians campaign to the base, but govern from the center?” I wonder what they think of the fact that Obama, having campaigned to the base, with
Continue readingIn the old days, when someone was a substance abuser, the entire onus for the abuse lay with that person. At a certain point, however, someone figured out that, in many relationships, the abuser’s partner was part of the dance of drug or alcohol dependency. A new term entered the
Continue readingI’m ambivalent about abortion. I grew up pro-choice, and have always accepted that, in certain situations, pregnancy is simply too burdensome. When I was young, I set a very low standard for what constituted “burdensome.” As I’ve grown older and had children of my own, that standard has become very
Continue readingI was speaking with one of the parents at martial arts today, a Frenchman who now lives with his family here in the United States. I don’t recall how it happened, but the conversation got around to a coded talk about the Islamisization of Europe. His opinion, surprisingly, was that
Continue readingLinda Chavez is a writer I often read but seldom (if ever) quote. Today, though, I thought the opening paragraph in an article she wrote perfectly summarized everything one needs to know (and fear) about Obama: Hubris is the word that comes to mind as I listen to President Obama
Continue readingAs is appropriate after a disastrous election, there is a lot of soul searching going on on the conservative side, trying to figure out what went wrong so that we can do it right the next time. I see this in phone calls from relatives, lunches with friends, gatherings with
Continue readingI was in a deep funk today because I thought I’d lost the yellow pad on which I kept the running tally of all of my hours for February. As it turned out, rather like Poe’s purloined letter, it was in front of me all the time — it simply
Continue readingThis is it, the most recent Watcher’s reading stack. My submission is weak, no doubt about it, a combination of post-vacation writing and the fact that I’m not good at describing train wrecks. Before an election, I can make arguments, trying to urge a position. Now, with Obama holding an
Continue readingFull employment does not equal wealth. In a totalitarian society, such as the former Soviet Union, one often finds 100% employment, but no wealth. What matters isn’t the quantity of jobs, it’s the quality. Government prints money. It does not create wealth. People create wealth. Zimbabwe is a very frightening
Continue readingYesterday I had the pleasure of being in the company of some interesting, well-informed conservatives (and are there any other kind?). We’d gathered ostensibly as a book club to talk about Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (a book I found informative, but that
Continue readingOur own Deanna is planning on going to the Chicago Tea Party and is looking for clever slogans for the sign she’s going to carry. We’ve discussed before at this blog the fact that honest conservative thoughts don’t easily yield to bumper sticker sized sentences. The bottom line question is:
Continue readingI’m so irritated about all the chimp apologies, despite the fact that its clear that cartoons had nothing to do with race, but instead involved riffs off of other news of the day, that I just feel like putting up some chimp pictures here. Let me assure you that, while
Continue readingI see this as a running series, as more and more evidence crops proving to the 78% of American Jews who voted for Obama that he will, as conservatives warned, oversee Israel’s destruction. Pre-election, I was assured by so many Jews that the Dems and Obama are friends of Israel,
Continue readingI’ve been thinking a lot about the challenge for government in a world with higher expectations. Cast your mind back to the years when the Founders signed off on the Declaration of Independence and created the Bill of Rights. It was a very different world, with very different needs and
Continue readingWho cares about the content? You’ve got to love this CNN headline: Obama to lay out sober assessment, hopeful future The story’s content, as you’ve probably guessed, is that Obama has figured out that people elected Mr. Hopenchange, not Mr. Doom-and-Gloom. So, he’s got to say that everything is awful,
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