Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I have a mailbox full of emails pointing out interesting articles. Because weekends are heavy-duty family time, making blogging difficult, I don’t have the time to give each of these articles its due. However, I did want to make sure to pass on to you a few wonderful finds. These
Continue readingLet’s see if I’ve got my chronology right here: On January 29, Hamas and Fatah announced a ceasefire prompted, I think by a reminder from their compatriots that their real job is to kill Jews. On February 1, Hamas gunman ambushed Fatah trucks, killing 6 people, injuring 70, and kidnapping
Continue readingI wasn’t quite sure what to make of a story out of England, which documents how a hospice patient in a Nun-run hospice got help from the hospice to obtain a prostitute so he wouldn’t die a virgin: A young disabled man who receives care for his life-limiting illness at
Continue readingThe San Francisco Chronicle is busy hyperventilating about Gavin Newsom’s tacky pecadillos and forlorn apology. Frankly, I think the doom and gloom prognostications about the political fall-out from Newsom’s behavior are over-the-top. The Chronicle goes on and on about the fact that Newsom has destroyed his political future and will
Continue readingOh, you silly, naive Christians who actually think Jesus is the Messiah and you unenlightened Jews who are still waiting for the Messiah. You’re wrong, all wrong! How do I know this? Because I’m about to join the Church of Tom Cruise: TOM Cruise is the new
Continue readingRuth Wisse puts her fingers on Israel’s problem with the “paper of record”: The New York Times took notice yesterday of a pamphlet-sized essay posted on the website of the American Jewish Committee. Written by Alvin Rosenfeld of Indiana University and titled
Continue reading[I revamped this post entirely from my “first thing this morning effort” so it now makes more sense.] The Watcher’s Council has cast its votes.
Continue readingI spoke with someone from Bookboy’s school yesterday and learned that things are not as grim as they first appeared. Indeed, the person who got me all a’flutter in the first place may have been exaggerating somewhat. Nevertheless, I view the whole thing as a wake-up call. Bookboy has gotten
Continue readingAren’t the Palestinians supposed to be having a ceasefire? Apparently word didn’t reach the valiant troops on the ground, who are still busy wiping out their political opposition: Palestinian Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamist group said was a convoy carrying weapons to Mahmoud Abbas’ presidential guard unit in the
Continue readingI wonder where she’ll go from here? It’s a tough (impossible?) act to follow. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the last of seven installments of the boy wizard’s adventures, will be published July 21, authorJ.K. Rowling said Thursday. Rowling announced the publication date on her Web site.
Continue readingI’m bummed today, because I just learned that Bookboy is behaving badly at school.
Continue readingIn San Francisco circles, there were long-time rumors that SF Mayor Gavin Newsom is gay. Even when he married the pretty Kimberly Guilfoyle, there was always the suspicion she was more beard than wife. I think we can put all those rumors to rest now: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s
Continue readingI thought Molly Ivins was a great writer — when she wrote about Texas.
Continue readingThanks to Danny Lemieux, I got to read a beautifully written, funny, absolutely on-point article from a Brit analyzing Hillary’s candidacy: Only a few days have passed since Hillary Clinton announced she is running for president, but already it is clear that much forbearance will be required from us all
Continue readingThere is something you can do to stop Ahmadinejad.
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