RIP Ron Silver
Checking in with Twitter, I just learned that actor, Neocon and journalist Ron Silver is dead. That’s a great loss. My deepest sympathy to his family and friends.
Continue readingMonth: March 2009
Comparing the One to the pantheon of greatness
Thanks to Mike Devx, who found it at Right Wing Video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVw-H9KDBLs[/youtube]
Continue readingIf you can’t say anything good, don’t say anything at all
Sorry I didn’t blog today, but I had absolutely nothing to say. Part of it is that I have a cold (my first this winter, so I’m not complaining), which means that my brains have temporarily been transformed into cotton wool. And I think part of it is, as you
Continue readingRichard Baehr decimates Obama
Richard Baehr is one of the most astute political commentators around. So when he turns his gimlet eye on Obama’s performance, every word he writes is worth reading.
Continue readingHiding in plain sight
One of my ongoing themes here is the fact that I keep my conservatism very, very low key. Most situations in my life don’t involve politics, but when politics come up, I’m quite careful. I have no wish to be savaged. Jim Miller, who lives in and writes about an
Continue readingA Darwin award candidate — and life imitates the Simpsons
An Israeli man just didn’t get lucky. First, he lost his foot when he stepped on a land mine. Then, when he was within feet of being hauled into the rescue helicopter, he fell to the ground, and subsequently died. I have to admit to being a little less sorry
Continue readingMore proof of Obama’s narcissim — as if we need it *UPDATED*
I find it interesting that Obama is using his daughters’ spring break as an excuse to avoid the annual Gridiron Club dinner, making him the first President since Cleveland to miss the affair. The break really is a weak excuse to avoid attendance. After all, according to the same article,
Continue readingThe New York Times takes off the mask
This morning, Mr. Bookworm asked me “Who is Charles Freeman?” Because he reads only the Times, he’d never heard of him before today. I gave a brief summary of Freeman’s views re China, the Middle East and 9/11, as well as the fact that he lives in Saudi and Chinese
Continue readingThis is one type of institution the recession should harm
I would love to see the recession cut America’s top universities, which have become intellectually polluted institutions that have nothing to do with education. Heather MacDonald — in a larger article about how Yale, even as it tightens its belt panders more deeply to the LGBT community — sums up
Continue readingObama administration exploits fear
We all know that the Obama administration, through statements by Rahm, Hillary and the Obamunist, views America’s economic woes as an opportunity to advance its agenda. Never waste a good crisis, they say, and what better thing to do than to create the crisis that they then intended not to
Continue readingLiberals seeing and hearing no evil about Obama’s missteps *UPDATED*
I don’t know why I didn’t blog about the Charles Freeman story. Certainly it had all the perfect elements for yet another point of concern about the Obama administration: the Director of National Intelligence (!) selects Freeman, the Obama administration disclaims about knowledge of the selection, and Freeman turns out
Continue readingAnother for the “there won’t always be an England file”
It’s not just that a furious Muslim mob jeered at British soldiers returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan, although that’s bad enough. What really got me about this story is the picture, about a third of the way down, of the Muslim women who joined in the protest. Again, remember,
Continue readingWatcher’s results — better late than never
It took me long enough, didn’t it? But you don’t need to wait any more. I’ve finally got the results for last week’s vote at the Watcher’s Council. As always, I had a hard time voting, since everything impressed me. Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 points! – The
Continue readingWelcome to the elephant house!
Sean Hannity was righteously hammering away at the fact that the Dems’ (and Obama’s) tax plan, by dramatically raising taxes on society’s producers, de-incentivizes work. Democratic callers professed themselves bewildered: “The people who work will still have more money after taxes than if they hadn’t worked.” Hannity agreed, but couldn’t
Continue readingTuesday open
Work — it’s a good thing (even if it keeps me from blogging). This is your open thread until I can get my hands back on my blog.
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