Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Back in December, I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (“LACMA”) to see an exhibit entitled “Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915.” Historic European and American fashion has always been something of a hobby of mine, so I was excited when I first heard about the
Continue readingI was thinking of the Victorian illustrator Kate Greenaway today, and it seemed appropriate to post one of her charming illustrations:
Continue reading“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for
Continue readingI’m with Sadie, that there’s something deeply off-putting about Obama casually applying the ancient Passover story to the uprisings in the Middle East: Passover recalls the bondage and suffering of Jews in Egypt and the miracle of the Exodus, but U.S. President Barack Obama says its message is reflected in
Continue readingSan Francisco has the geographic virtue of being a small city. Zombie was therefore able to zip around and photograph Sally Zelikovsky’s true grass roots protest (complete with attendees bringing imaginative, home-made signs), and then to contrast it with a carefully astroturfed pro-big government protest. The contrasts are striking. I
Continue readingI read someone today who said that Jesus must have been a socialist, because he didn’t seek profit, which is the hallmark of capitalism. Instead, gave away his time, energy and skills to those who could not pay. Since he didn’t have a profit motive, he must have been a
Continue readingTonight marks the first night of Passover, the ancient Jewish holiday celebrating the Jews’ release from bondage and, I think, their reaffirmed commitment to God. I wrote the following post last year for Passover, and republished it once more a few months ago. It focuses on Iran, but I think
Continue readingVia Frontpagemagazine.com comes an optimistic post about European organizations springing up to defend Israel, starting with a British group called “Muslims for Israel”. Like fireflies twinkling in the gathering dusk, this is a cheerful sight. May their light guide us through the night and into the bright dawn of a
Continue readingA little less than a year ago, after the French enacted the burqa ban that just recently went into effect, I published a post entitled When is a burqa, not a burqa? When it’s a weapon, in which I wrote the following: Because Islamic religious trappings are not about man’s
Continue readingIs our democracy germinating the seeds of its own destruction? Alexis de Toqueville warned, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” That day has come. It is not yet gone. Democracy in ancient Athens lasted about 250
Continue readingMr. Bookworm, after watching a pro-gun control documentary yesterday, told me that the Tea Party’s entire secret subtext is racism and fascism. I sent him this video. I don’t know if he’ll watch it, but I did read this article about Flint, Michigan, which he claims shows how the 2nd
Continue readingI made my first Power Point presentation today. It’s not for a speech, though. I hate that. People type everything up on Power Point, and then they just stand in front of the room and read it right back at the audience. I’m always thinking “I can do my own
Continue readingWatch the EPA guy wiggle and squirm as he tries to avoid acknowledging that the EPA, in promulgating its regulations (without any oversight from The People), the EPA couldn’t care less about the effect its regulations have on jobs: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlWdZgJcRY&feature=player_embedded#at=174[/youtube] Hat tip: Earl The Bookworm Turns : A Secret Conservative
Continue readingWhen it comes to jiu-jitsu, my dojo is a pure Brazilian jiu-jitsu school. I’ve even attended a seminar given by one of the Gracies. Brazilian jiujitsu is a thing of beauty, since it’s all about the physics of movement. The people who run my dojo — and truly, you could
Continue readingI really did mean to post more today, but after a double workout at the dojo this morning (I was having too much fun to stop), followed by housekeeping, shopping, chauffeuring the kids, and cooking dinner, I just ran out of steam. Right now, I’m not Superwoman, I’m “hanging on
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