Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Few people have given more thought to evil than theologians. Melissa Clouthier and Andrew Malcolm have posted an interview with Eugene Kennedy, former Catholic priest and current professor emeritus at Loyola University. It’s well worth your time. (Broken link fixed.)
Continue readingAccording to the much sneered at, and much feared, Mayan Apocalypse, tomorrow marks the end of the world. I’m inclined to believe this is true. I don’t, however, expect the earth to explode into a giant ball of cosmic dust or some plague rivaling the Black Death. What I do
Continue readingIn America today, especially in America’s media, the worst thing you can call someone is “racist.” In our Obama-era people who oppose Obama are racist; people who support the Constitution are racist; people who use the word “Chicago” are racist; people who comment about the president’s lean physique (unless they’re
Continue reading(I made the following comments in this morning’s newsletter, and a friend suggested that they’re good enough to be in a stand-alone post. Incidentally, if you’re interested in getting the reasonably daily Bookworm Room newsletter, you can sign up here.) I’ve been working with some students helping them to review
Continue readingSome days, I feel older than I do other days. It’s not the mirror that makes me feel this way, since I mostly avoid mirrors. Instead, it’s the signals my body is sending me. A combination of genetics, childbearing, and martial arts has left me with aches and pains all
Continue reading[My friend, and too infrequent guest-blogger, Lulu puts our economic problems in terms the women who voted for Obama might be able to understand.] Recently I was talking to some bright, educated women about how they wanted to help their children learn the value of money and appreciate receiving things,
Continue readingFamily life has been busy of late. That means when I wasn’t roused to blogging about the Second Amendment, I didn’t blog much at all these past few days. My lapses, though, haven’t stopped interesting things from appearing, some to do with Newtown, and some involving other stuff altogether. In
Continue readingA liberal accused me of being un-empathetic — indeed, utterly heartless — because I continue to support the Second Amendment as written and because I think it’s a dreadful idea to ban all guns but for revolvers. (Incidentally, did you know that the Dunblane shooter got around the problem of
Continue readingWhen conservative writers and thinkers come to San Francisco, it’s a good bet that they’re doing so under the aegis of Sally Pipes’ Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a conservative think tank rather surprisingly located in San Francisco. Sally’s specialty is free-market medical care, but PRI is concerned generally with free
Continue readingThe worse things are in the world, the more on their mettle the Watchers are, and the better the posts they submit. It was another challenging week when it came to separating wheat from wheat (there was no chaff), but the council did speak, and here are the results: Council
Continue readingHere’s a question for you and one as to which I’m too ignorant to have an answer. In response to my last newsletter regarding fallacies driving the gun control crowd (and you can sign up for newsletters here), I got the following email: The average citizen only carries a handgun.
Continue readingI recognize that my mind makes strange, often counter-intuitive connections, but as I hear Progressives rail against guns, I can’t help but think of slut walks. What?! You don’t know what slut walks are? Slut walks are the latest manifestation of the feminist/Progressive rule holding that a women has no
Continue readingWe won’t change what appears to be happening with increasing frequency to our society until we decide that we will stand up and dare to speak out against the increased depravity of our culture. Definitely “uncool”, but we must do it…for all families, for the kids and for our future. Otherwise, it can only continue to get much, much worse. It is the age of the wolf.
Continue readingI thought it would be useful to assemble in one place factual data refuting the Left’s instinctive demand for gun control in response to the Newtown tragedy. In no particular order, I’m setting out their arguments and the factual counter arguments: 1. America’s out-of-control guns make it the most violent
Continue readingI’ve followed Ricochet since it’s debut. From the beginning, it’s been an interesting site with great content. It’s also got a beautiful layout, which counts for a lot when you do what I do, which is spend way too much time reading blog posts. Ricochet’s business model is an interesting
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