Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
In October 2004, the once respectable British medical journal, The Lancet, published an article in which it vastly overestimated Iraqi war deaths. Those who contended then that the article’s timing was purposeful, and was intended to affect the American elections, were pooh-poohed. I’ll concede, for the sake of argument, that
Continue readingConsidering it manna from Heaven, the Dems have been beating the values drum in the wake of the Foley kerfuffle. They, not the Republicans, are the party of values, they assure us, especially when it comes to protecting children. Brent Bozell argues otherwise, and compellingly too.
Continue readingMichael Medved writes about Paul Krugman’s gleeful belief that the Foley affair (or, poor Foley, non-affair), will cause the tenous relationship between economic Republicans and religious Republicans to implode. Not so fast, says Medved. Here’s just a little of his analysis and I, as a non-religious Republican, completely agree: For
Continue readingHere’s the start of an amazing story: The Justice Department has chosen this no-stoplight, courthouse town buried in the eastern Mississippi prairie for an unusual civil rights test: the first federal lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act accusing blacks of suppressing the rights of whites. The action represents a sharp
Continue readingOn its face, it looks like an article in the New York Times that points out something we have figured out already; namely, that the Europeans have been nursing a viper to their bosom: Europe appears to be crossing an invisible line regarding its Muslim minorities: more people in the
Continue readingThis is a copy of an important CAMERA press release about a brave Muslim man who is being persecuted to death for taking a stand against Jihad: Letters and calls do matter; they can save a life. Even if you rarely write letters due to a busy schedule, we urge
Continue readingI’ve got work to do, but I wanted to get a thought off my chest (or out of my head). Many in the anti-War movement try to cut debate off at the knees by claiming that their opponents are slandering them by calling them unpatriotic. The notion is that to
Continue readingMark Steyn has written an about-to-be-released book: American Alone : The End of the World as We Know It. NRO runs him through some questions about the book and about his world view. Since it’s Mark Steyn, even the interview is interesting. A lot of what he says is familiar
Continue readingMy American Thinker article today was all about the fact that the Democrats are wilfully ignoring the dangers we face — and we cannot let the Foley follies blind us to the fact. I used over a thousands words and about fifty links to make that point. In a minute
Continue readingI was in San Francisco today on business, and chanced to glance at a new local paper, “The San Francisco Daily” — or at least I think that’s what it is called. Sadly, I didn’t take a copy home with me, because it had a story I can find anywhere
Continue readingNo, I’m not calling you, my readers, stupid. I’m riffing off of James Carville’s message to Bill Clinton during the 1992 elections, in order to keep him on message. Everywhere Clinton looked were signs saying “It’s the economy, stupid!” I’ve just updated that thought, and I’ve updated it with a
Continue readingI’m not a big fan of Woody Allen. He was funny forty years ago, but I think he’s now simply embittered and self-centered — and that’s not even considering his Foley-esque prediliction for young bodies. However, I have concluded that he’s something of a visionary. After all, only someone with
Continue readingDo you remember the Kingston Trio’s song Merry Minuet? I always liked its mordant humor. I’m reprinting the song here, with a few out-and-out changes (highlighted and hyperlinked), as well as hyperlinks to original text that’s aged presciently. They’re rioting in Europe. They’re cowards in Spain. There’s hurricanes in Florida
Continue readingSince I’m in the midst of promising myself not to blog for at least three hours (those #%@*! work projects), I figure the least I can do is to direct you to stuff worth reading. Two of those things worth reading are at this morning’s American Thinker. The first is
Continue readingWith North Korea gone nuclear, today is definitely the day for some lighter fare. You won’t find it here and now, since I have a work project I absolutely need to get to this morning (famous last words), but I can assure you that you’ll get it at Guns ‘n’
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