Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’ve never believed in global warming or anthropogenic climate change. As would any sane, knowledgeable person, I believe in climate change, but that’s because I know that the complex interaction of earth and sun has meant that our climate has changed since the day the earth came into being. But
Continue readingI blogged at Mr. Conservative about hypocritical gun-grabbing politicians. There, I noted that one of the mayors excited about the program is a former police officer who believes in concealed carry — for himself. What others have noticed is that a lot of the mayors, and other Progressive government types,
Continue readingIn 1928, at the Olympics, the Dutch women’s gymnastic team was unbeatable. Nazis, unfortunately, have long memories and, when they invaded Holland, they hadn’t forgotten that Jews — whom they considered an inferior species — had prevailed at gymnastics, which they considered a peculiar Aryan skill set. So, they rounded
Continue readingMy son begged for mice and then, when he got them, discovered that he didn’t really like them. I’ve always had a fondness for pet rodents (having gone the mouse, hamster, and guinea pig root when I was a child) so, rather than giving them away, I moved them into
Continue readingI hate autoplay videos as much as I do — but some of the videos I posted seem to have had autoplay code in them. I’ve deleted the videos that I thought were the problem. Please let me know if the problem persists — and, most especially, which posts have
Continue readingIt’s spring and the Watcher’s Council is blooming with more fascinating, thoughtful posts than ever. Here are last week’s winners (and don’t forget to check out the forum). As always, I whole-heartedly agree with the voting results. Council Winners *First place with 3 1/3 votes! Gay Patriot –Random Thoughts on
Continue reading(This is another Mr. Conservative post that perfectly reflects my views on the subject. If you’d like to join the Special Operations Speaks’ petition, you can find it here.) For the past several months, the administration has worked hard to keep the public focused on gun control and gay marriage,
Continue reading(I wrote this for Mr. Conservative, but it’s pure Bookworm in word and thought, so I’m republishing it here. Frankly, I’m spitting mad, because regular readers know exactly how much I love Fleet Week.) Sequester or not, there always seems to be money for the Obamas to live the lush
Continue readingToday is Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day that was once a memorial day, a day of looking back, but is now a chilling tocsin of what the future might hold. Everywhere in the world, antisemitism is on the rise. Nor is this the cold, clinical antisemitism that once characterized England
Continue readingA high school classmate of mine who is a staunch conservative finds the best posters, which he then shares on Facebook. How’s this for a good one (assuming its facts are accurate):
Continue readingI was living in England in 1981 and 1982, so I was there for the coal miner riots and the Falkland War. Since I was at a Northern University, the official posture of every student there was that Maggie Thatcher was evil. I kind of admired her then, and I
Continue reading(First published at Mr. Conservative, but I wrote it, and it’s vintage Bookworm Room) Maria Saucedo, who was only 31, died the other day in Arizona when Jose Zarate shot her in the chest with a rifle after she refused to let him date her daughter. This sounds like a
Continue readingMuch has been made of Obama’s statement that the gun rights crowd should stop worrying, because Obama contends that he is “constrained” by the system the Founders put in place. If you don’t read his actual words with great care, it sounds as if he’s saying he’s contractually constrained —
Continue readingI’ve written before about one of my favorite writers, Paul Fussell. He wrote a wonderful essay entitled Thank God for the Atom Bomb, about the righteousness of dropping the atom bomb. He was in the Army when Truman dropped the bomb, so Fussell wholeheartedly approved — and had the data
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