Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote! And in case I forgot to mention it, vote! I’ll remind you of something Thomas Lifson pointed out months ago, and that I reiterated here: The silly season is over and people have suddenly stopped happily telling pollsters things that make Democrats happy. It’s
Continue readingIn the past couple of weeks, I’ve received phone calls from Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton, among others. Very rudely, I’ve hung up the moment they identified themselves. After all, with a call beginning “Hi, this is Bill Clinton…” I must have been hanging up on
Continue readingJames Q. Wilson carefully explains that the MSM is no longer reporting the news, but is actively attempting to shape events — in this case, it is working assiduously to ensure that the US backs out of this war, precisely the same way it backed out of Vietnam. His article
Continue readingHalloween in a quiet Marin community got interrupted by a one man crime spree: The Marin incident began about 6 p.m. Tuesday, when a suspect was driving a white Honda Civic behind Corte Madera resident Mary Wall as she headed toward her home in Madrone Canyon. A young man sprang
Continue readingKerry’s gaffe (whether he spoke intentionally or not) highlighted the “intellectual” class’s disdain for the military. I use the word “intellectual” carefully here, so as to distinguish it both from actual intelligence and from education. The intellectual class is a self-selected group whose members may not have done very well
Continue readingIt’s Mark Steyn, so it’s really incumbent on you to read the whole thing, but I particularly enjoyed these gem-like paragraphs: In fairness to Kerry, he didn’t invent the Democrats’ tortured relationship with the military. But ever since Eugene McCarthy ran against Lyndon Johnson and destroyed the most powerful Democrat
Continue readingSorry for the silence, but it’s been soccer all day long. This is the last gasp weekend of the season, and the kids seem to have been playing non-stop today. I’m kind of done. I love the kids’ soccer, but the carpools and scheduling difficulties have worn me out. It
Continue readingI’ve got a couple of deadlines today, plus a meeting, plus it’s my usual 3/4 work day before I get the kids. I therefore won’t be blogging. Feel free to use this comment section for any topical discussions you might want to have, provided that you follow my blog rules:
Continue readingLaer brings news of a conflict in Southern California. The Orthodox Jewish community would like to run a string along certain boundaries to expand the area within which they can legitimately travel during the Sabbath. (The string is called a eruv.) Thus, according to the LA Times: The Pacific Jewish
Continue readingThis time, only the political parties may have changed.
Continue readingKerry’s allegedly botched joke made me think of an old joke: A visibly upset woman ran into a friend. He asked her what was wrong. “Oh, my God! I was having lunch with my mother,” she said, “and I made the worst Freudian slip. I meant to say ‘Please pass
Continue readingThe internet is an amazing thing. Within one day, that hilarious National Guard photo rebuking Kerry was everywhere. It deservedly got all that attention, but how about a little attention for some other things too? American Thinker points to a story from Investor’s Business Daily explaining that Nancy Pelosi, who
Continue readingJohn Kerry has finally apologized (after first declaring that he’d never apologize). Despite the fact that his explanations and apologies ought to clarify things, I remain confused. It apparently takes a more sophisticated mind than mine to figure out John Kerry’s wiggly progress towards truth and reconciliation. Fortunately, many are
Continue readingI had a rare Marin Marine sighting today in Target. Indeed, we got two, in dress uniform, who happily spent a few minutes talking to the kids and me, explaining their ribbons and talking about the many places they’ve been. One of them said that his only regret is that
Continue readingToday is turning into a ridiculously busy day, which precludes any deeply thoughtful blogging. (And anyone who is thinking snarkily that this fact makes today like any other day at my blog can just keep that thought to him- or herself.) I do want to take a minute to add
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