Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
After reading my post about Huckabee, my friend the Soccer Dad directed me to an Israel Matzav post about Huckabee’s visits to Israel and to Yad Vashem. Reading that post, I can only conclude that (a) Huckabee recognizes Israel as a nation amongst nations and (b) that Huckabee has correctly
Continue readingI canceled my American Bar Association long before I realized I was a conservative. It had gone so overboard in wacko policies that I simply couldn’t stomach sending it my money. This year, the organization gave Justice Kennedy its highest award, presumably so that he could give a speech —
Continue readingIn Scotland, people are now being barred from eating in public for fear of offending Muslim colleagues who have voluntarily chosen to fast during the day at Ramadan: HOSPITAL staff in the Lothians have been told not to eat at their desks to avoid offending Muslim colleagues during Ramadan. NHS
Continue readingYes, it’s true. I am planning on fisking a Prager column, but only because I think he’s being naive, not because I think he’s wrong. This is Prager’s premise: One of the two major political parties of the United States has linked all its electoral hopes on domestic pathologies, economic
Continue readingThe astute and prescient Richard Baehr is taking a look down the road at the shape of the 2008 election — an election he sees between Clinton and Giuliani: The 2008 Presidential contest is shaping up to be similar to the 2000 and 2004 races. Those two races had very
Continue reading(The picture above is a print from 1790 showing the mutiny on the Bounty.) Fairy tales are enjoyable on one level and, on another level, they’re quite useful to pass on cultural messages. Little Red Riding Hood is a great story with its exciting (for kids) repetition of the “But
Continue readingI’m quite heterosexual, but I’ve dreamed for years of having a wife. Turns out I’m not the only one: Now that women have solidly earned their place in the work force, many find themselves still yearning for something men often have: wives. “The thing I most want in life is
Continue readingWith respect to the candy, I’m not sure, actually, whether the following is good news or bad from a dietary standpoint: First it was tortillas in Mexico, then it was Frosted Flakes in America and recently German beer (more…). Now the latest food to become the victim of prices pushed
Continue readingOne of the enjoyable things we did on our recent vacation was to visit the San Diego Zoo, which is really a most impressive place that I can recommend to all those who find themselves in that neck of the woods. The Zoo covers 100 acres and has thousands of
Continue readingSoccer, at a deeper level: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrShK-NVMIU] Hat tip: Richard Baehr And for those who like their soccer beef cake style — he may be a little sleazy (or maybe a lot sleazy), but he sure looks pretty.
Continue readingApologies for not doing justice to the last round of Weasel results, but I just looked at my watch and realized that I’m on carpool duty — again. So briefly and with congratulations to the very deserving winners: Council posts: 2 2/3 My Excellent Adventure At Yearlykos Right Wing Nut
Continue readingI guiltily admit that I haven’t paid too much attention to Mike Huckabee, not because I disagree with his politics, but because I’ve been focusing on the Republican front runners. With a lot of front runners, even if one falls, there are so many more to take his place, it
Continue readingI’ve blogged before about San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly’s prior attacks on the Blue Angels. He tried in the spring and, when bloggers focused the spotlight on his attempt to ground them, he backed off. He’s trying again now. Tonight’s vote will decide whether the matter passes out of committee
Continue readingFrom Earl, I got some insight into the machinery that’s used to track the climate change that’s in the headlines all of the time. This is information clearly a matched set with the information that a Y2K bug may well be the culprit behind the sudden sky rocketing in US
Continue readingLaer has a very interesting question. At his blog, he relates the tragic story of two immigrants who were murdered by a man who then turned the gun on himself, killing himself before he could be arrested. Laer asks if justice can ever be served when the perpetrator avoids the
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