Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The best WWII stories aren’t just about those who killed lots of Nazis. They’re about those who killed lots of Nazis and who managed to maintain their humanity despite the horrors around them, who went on to live successful lives, and who had children and grandchildren to offset the millions who
Continue readingI don’t have time to blog this morning, but did take a minute to check out today’s Drudge. Is it only Drudge, or is it the whole world that has elevated Imus’ big mouth to headline status, above just about everything else of actual importance? UPDATE: More time means more
Continue readingToday, the first day of Spring Break, has been a rather chaotic one for me, as I’ve had shifting plans regarding the children and, all the while, two legal deadlines to meet. As I always say, you know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up at
Continue readingWe’re halfway through Happy Feet. Up to the halfway mark, I wasn’t really liking it. It’s got a lot of wailing soul style music, and that’s not my kind of sound. And considering that it’s a kids’ movie, I found the song choices rather surprising, since a lot of them
Continue readingI think you, my readers, will enjoy this interview with geneticist Francis Collins. What a joyous soul. It doesn’t take me away from being an atheist — I seem stuck there — but he makes me envy him his faith, especially the way he harmonizes faith and science. Even if
Continue readingFrom Mark Steyn: Tony Blair was at pains to point out that the hostages were released ”without any deal, without any negotiation, without any side agreement of any nature.” But he’s missing (or artfully sidestepping) the point: Tehran didn’t want a deal. It wanted the humbling of the Great Satan’s
Continue readingIgnatius Insight Scoop explains why you don’t want to go to The New Yorker for a reasoned critique of the Pope. (Hat tip: Paragraph Farmer.) Then, just to round things out, CDR Salamander offers a video explaining what the Pope actually said last Fall that excited so much Muslim outrage,
Continue readingFor reasons entirely unclear to me, I haven’t been linking to the stuff at Flopping Aces lately. I say unclear because Curt and his co-bloggers have an extraordinary ability to ferret out political and military information and to present it vividly. I’m always fascinated by, and I usually learn something
Continue readingHere’s the Newspeak Orwell envisioned: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH For a primer on this language, check out this Wikipedia article. As you read it, pay particular attention to “Blackwhite.” Indeed, I’ll help you by quoting from Orwell right now: …this word has two mutually contradictory
Continue readingIt’s hard to believe it’s been 23 years since Ghostbusters came out. I’ve always liked that movie, particularly the seen where Bill Murray’s character is trying to convince New York’s mayor that he’s got a problem on his hands: Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical
Continue readingAs pressure goes, the Iranians did not lay it on very heavily: Lt. Felix Carman, safely home with his 14 colleagues, said the crew faced harsh interrogation by their Iranian captors and slept in stone cells on piles of blankets. Unable to see and kept isolated, they heard weapons cocking.
Continue readingDanny Lemieux sent me the link for the ultimate editorial nailing precisely how awful British conduct was vis a vis Iran from start to finish in the last two weeks: Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. Pathetic objects of international ridicule, perhaps, but
Continue readingApparently even San Francisco has its limits, and the Critical Mass debacle the other day seems to have pushed the limits button. How else to account for this fiery editorial at the notoriously liberal SF Chron, decrying the CM phenomenon: THE VOLATILE clash between the Critical Mass cyclists and a
Continue readingI don’t think I need to add any comments to this segment of a larger news report about John Kerry’s recent visit to San Francisco: Romney, during an Iowa campaign stop Wednesday, joined the White House in criticizing Pelosi’s diplomatic efforts. “I just don’t know what got into her head,
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