Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Did I ever tell you that I got to meet with David Swindle last year? He’s an associate editor at PJ Media, which is kind enough periodically to publish my articles. I’ve been corresponding with David for several years, and was delighted to get the chance to meet him. He
Continue readingMy fellow Watcher’s Council member, Greg, who blogs at Rhymes with Right, has put together the ultimate smack-down for those (especially those journalists) who argue that the Second Amendment extends only to muskets and other weapons in use when Congress enacted the Bill of Rights: Carrying this irrefutable logic over
Continue readingMy daughter and I visited my mother today. While I helped my Mom with a few things, my daughter ferreted around in my Mom’s bookshelves, and discovered something I didn’t know existed — a book in which my grandmother’s friends at her finishing school in Lausanne, Switzerland, wrote her farewell
Continue readingI have a problem with that, especially having grown up with a workaholic father. The fact is, I am too exhausted to be constantly looking for a job or working more-than one job.” She let it be known that she really resented the implication that she should be expected to go out and work hard to earn her own financial support.
Continue readingI’ve been making the point in the last few posts that the issue we should be debating is violence limitation, not “gun control.” This video makes the point perfectly: Don’t let the 12 minute video run time deter you from watching this. And please . . . share it. And
Continue readingA deservedly popular White House petition is available for you to sign, one that reminds those who serve in government that they are our employees, rather than our “betters.” Here’s the text: We petition the Obama administration to: Eliminate armed guards for the President, Vice-President, and their families, and establish
Continue readingA friend pointed me in the direction of a New York Times article that argues that both Second Amendment supporters and Abortion supporters are too quick to panic whenever the topics come up for debate, thereby precluding all rational discussion. After describing the way VP Biden’s mention of Obama and
Continue readingThe Council has spoken and, as is always the case, I heartily concur: Council Winners *First place with 5 2/3 votes! Joshuapundit –The Hagel And Brennan Nominations And What They Tell Us about Obama Second place with 2 2/3 votes – Bookworm Room – Progressives truly don’t understand the difference
Continue readingOne of the best non-fiction books I’ve read in I don’t know how long is Ben Shapiro’s Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV. The book’s beauty rests on two solid pillars. The first is that Ben, who is so sweet-faced he looks
Continue readingIf you knew a young man who is fascinated by the military and by watches, what watch would you give him? I would like a watch that is favored by the guys on the front line, whether Marines, Navy, Air Force, Army, or Coast Guard. It can’t be too expensive,
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Continue readingWords matter, President Obama once said. He’s right. How we choose words gives a very good insight into our feelings upon the subject under discussion. In the current debate regarding the Second Amendment, conservatives have made the mistake of ceding oratorical control to the Left. How? By accepting the phrase
Continue readingThis song has been an ear worm buzzing in my head all day. Maybe I can shake it off by passing it on to you guys:
Continue readingIt’s hard to imagine a more politically incorrect belief system than Islam. The seriously Muslim world stands for women without legal rights or physical freedoms, wife beating, honor killings, child brides, capital punishment for female adultery, and capital punishment for homosexuality. President Barack Obama, however, feels that Turkey’s Erdogan, a
Continue readingCheck out this Mollie Hemingway post at Ricochet. I won’t give anything about it away. I’ll just say that it’s one of the funniest juxtapositions of satire and modern reality that I’ve seen in a very long time.
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