Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
There are a lot of University of California campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Francisco (medical school only), UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, etc. Oh, about those last two: UC Irvine and UC Riverside have become the hotbeds of pro-Palestinian, anti-Jewish activism. The
Continue readingI didn’t know it, but there’s an official name for the organization that goes to the airport in Bangor, Maine to say goodbye to the troops as they head out from American soil: the Freeport Flag Ladies. They’re now trying to raise money for a special 9/11 commemoration. If you
Continue readingI’m not actually sure what to make of this. Is it a smart way to prevent life-changing impulse surgeries or is it another socialist medicine throwaway for the cause of the day? Hat tip: Sadie
Continue readingWe just had the pre-Passover edition of the Watcher’s Council, and it was good. These were all wise sons: Council Winners First place with 2 1/3 votes! The Noisy Room – Rumors of Beck’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Joshuapundit – Cringing Into
Continue readingMy husband and I recently watched two movies about the military. Or rather, I should say, he watched one and I watched the other. The movies’ tones were instructive, especially because I later got corroboration for my sense that Hollywood’s post-Vietnam hostility to the military has real world consequences (that
Continue readingUnlike our esteemed Commander in Chief, Iowahawk is actually intelligent: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpeIV9X-smg&feature=player_embedded#at=47[/youtube]
Continue readingBritain, apparently, has solved the puzzle of criminal recidivism (H/T Melanie Phillips of the Spectator). I know that this story provides us with a most important clue as to the greater disease that afflicts Western Civilization. I really just don’t know what to do with this story, so I am
Continue readingMy computer is in the shop for the final phase of its recovery from the virus attack last week. I should have it back around mid-day. Until then, have fun with an open thread.
Continue readingIf you’ve ever been to Disney, you know what comes next in that song: “Let’s all sing like the birdies sing . . . TWEET, TWEET, TWEET, TWEET, TWEET.” Over at the Watcher’s website, the Watcher himself has been urging council members to tweet the posts there. We’ve been good
Continue readingNot one of Klavan’s best, but still good enough to share: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOmTH1fIhBE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Continue readingSan Francisco is definitely up in the top five when it comes to “most Progressively governed cities in America.” No surprise, then, that the city’s finances are in a shambles. What is a surprise is the fact that, faced with a looming budget collapse, the City has suddenly discovered capitalist
Continue readingThe big “conservatives are evil” exhibit of the moment is conservative protests over at Fox about a J. Crew advertisement in which a mom happily paints her five year old son’s toenails pink. I think it’s worth adding here that the boy clearly hasn’t had a haircut in a while.
Continue readingI know I’ve mentioned here before that I have lousy vision. Really lousy. I started wearing contacts when I was 12, and they served me well for decades. Then, I had babies and my eyes rebelled against the contact lenses available 14 or so years ago. Still, I don’t give
Continue readingI have been reading and enjoying Leslie Carroll’s Royal Pains: A Rogues’ Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds. Focusing on Eastern and Western Europe from the 12th century onwards, it’s a brisk walk through royal excesses. Having read about half the book now, I think that “bad seeds” is
Continue readingAfter neatly exposing Obama’s deeply flawed thinking when getting the US into Libya, VDH dissects the differences between Iraq and Libya. Whether one supported the Iraq War or not, it’s obvious that Bush at least had a rationale that conceivably benefited American interests; Obama does not.
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