Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Anchoress examines Obama’s peculiar devotion to abortion, one that sees him put it ahead of all other policy considerations and that allows him to violate freely the consciences of others. As I’ve said here repeatedly, while I have not yet made the journey to being whole-heartedly pro-Life, after a
Continue readingSequestered here on the Left Coast I hadn’t paid any attention to the Trayvon Martin murder. Today, though, it forced itself into the forefront of my brain. As the media spins the story, it’s a horrific case of a very wholesome, very young black man cruelly executed in a “safe,”
Continue readingKeith Koffler has assembled some of Obama’s finest “passing the buck” moments. Put another way, Obama has freely admitted that he lacks leadership skills, since he is utterly incapable of dealing with the ordinary cycle of domestic and foreign politics that are part-and-parcel of being the chief executive of what
Continue readingThese aren’t new points, but I like the way Krauthammer expressed them, as part of a longer article about the problems with ObamaCare and the fact that those problems, after going underground for a year, have burst into the light again: Serendipitously, the recently issued regulation on contraceptivecoverage has allowed
Continue readingPerhaps I’m misunderstanding things here, but as I read this article, five British police officers got badly mauled by a single dog because none had a gun. It wasn’t until a SWAT team arrived that the attack ended. In America, the police are minutes away when seconds count. In England,
Continue readingThere are two wonderful things at the Watcher’s Council today. The first is the usual post listing all the fine stuff that makes up the weekly vote. The second is an interview with the original Watcher, under whose aegis I joined the Watcher’s Council. He’s now blogging at the delightfully
Continue readingI don’t usually associate the Danes with political humor, especially political humor focused on the American political scene, but I may have to change my assumptions in this area. One Danish TV show caught Obama being his usual clumsy, boring, inarticulate self, and made hay: Hat tip: Sadie
Continue readingWhen we think of tyranny, we tend to think of it in sharp, dramatic, bloody terms. Tyranny is the stark economic divide between a corrupt leader and his starving people, or it’s the day to fear of citizens in a police state. Few of us recognize, or are willing to
Continue readingI’d never heard of Roshon Fegan before last night, when I finally caught up with this season’s premier of Dancing With The Stars. Now, I’m unlikely to forget him. The guy can move: Incidentally, for those who’ve heard that this season’s opener was the best ever, that’s no hype. With
Continue readingPerhaps this isn’t true for every community in America, but the trend in the San Francisco Bay Area when it comes to maternity clothes is for the expectant mother to wear clothes that fit her like a second skin. With some women, you can practically see the stretch marks: This
Continue readingThis was the week that was, and it was a wonderful week. As always, the Watcher’s hit the intellectual ball out of the park, spreading smartness wherever they go: Council Winners *First place with 2 2/3 votes! The Mellow Jihadi – Me and a Pakistani Captain Chat Second place with
Continue readingPaul Harvey recorded this in 1965: Here’s the transcript (which I haven’t personally vetted): If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its
Continue readingSadie sent me a link to a calculator that shows precisely how Obama’s energy policies are hitting you every time you pump gas. And those are just the costs you see. These increased fuel prices affect every aspect of American life, because oil truly is the liquid that powers the
Continue readingIn 1990, the movie Pretty Woman took the country by storm and turned Julia Roberts into a major star. It was a “new age” Cinderella story, one that saw a prostitute, through her soulful innocence, redeem a corporate raider. I was not charmed. To me, corporate raiders are useful people,
Continue readingWatch and learn. But be warned: it’s not pretty (and I’m not talking about the fighting part).
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