Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Daniel Pipes suggests a completely different approach in Iraq, which would remove American troops from immediate harm in urban areas (there’s you’re withdrawal bit), while enabling them to continue to perform tasks vitally necessary to the delicate new Iraqi nation: “Stay the course – but change the course.” I suggest
Continue readingDavid Zucker, a Hollywood neocon, has produced another video, this time about the Dems’ promise to increase taxes. You can see it here, at Flopping Aces. It’s quite funny, although I’d prefer something showing that, while Dems and Republicans are equally profligate with our money (although for entirely different agendas),
Continue readingThe New York Times runs a funny, but somewhat disturbing story about a Yale student’s video application to a securities firm, which someone at the firm leaked, and which is now a YouTube staple: With his name and image appearing on the “Today” show, in The New York Post and
Continue readingOne of the reasons I left private school for public school is that, as the kids got older, they had more and more after school activities. This prevented me from putting them in an after school care program and, instead, saw me driving all of the place to drop one
Continue readingApparently San Franciscans have turned on a politician who is too liberal, even for them: A couple of new polls are giving Camp Newsom new hope of unseating archrival San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly from his power perch in the South of Market District 6. The numbers show a big
Continue readingDespite the fact that more than 60 years have past since the end of the Nazi’s deranged regime, stories about survival and decency still crop up. Here’s one that came through my email: Here is an unknown story that I believe will be of interest and that you might like
Continue readingI’m sure you’ve heard about the 9/11 memorial in Arizona, which manages to intermix with the names of dead repeated insults to America and her culture, all of which imply that the dead deserved their collective fate. If you live in Arizona, and would like to voice your dismay about
Continue readingI like movies about characters who grow and reform. That’s why one would have thought it a no-brainer that I would like 2004’s Maria Full of Grace, which we finally got the other day, via Netflix. After all, the critics raved about its main character achieving the “grace” of the
Continue readingThe usual family intense weekend, so blogging won’t resume until tonight. However, if you want to read something really, really good, check out Dr. Sanity’s post riffing off the revelation that Teddy Kennedy offered to work with the Soviets to advance their interests at America’s expense. (Will the subpoena against
Continue readingYesterday was the preliminary hearing for Omeed Aziz Popal, but there won’t be any answers soon. The court suspended the case indefinitely pending psychiatric review to determine if he’s competent to stand trial: San Francisco Superior Court Judge Donna Alyson Little heard Feinland’s motion and ordered that Popal, 29, return
Continue readingJonah Goldberg expresses my sentiments exactly when it comes to today’s situation in Iraq. (And read the whole thing, not just the first two paragraphs.)
Continue readingA liberal friend of mine who is genuinely fond of me is quite concerned that I’ve gone around the bend. Because I think the Republicans are now the better choice than the Democrats, he’s worried that I’ve become a groupie. When I press him, though, for ways in which the
Continue readingAs you know, there is a big debate going on in England right now about the veil. Those who support the veil are framing this support in terms of religious freedom. However, veils are not an integral part of the Muslim religion. Instead, they are a product of Arab culture.
Continue readingI was with my kids at our crowded local post office today. As you know, they always have displays of the speciality stamps one can buy. In her carrying voice, my oldest announced, “If I had the money, I’d buy the one to help prevent family violence.” “Hmm,” I thought,
Continue readingThere is, apparently, nothing as divisive as asking people to join up with you. Or at least that’s the Reuters take on the very important squabble in England right now about veils. I leave you to interpret the story yourself but, as you read about Blair’s call for Muslims to
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