Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
We spent all day today in San Francisco enjoying the Fleet Week celebrations. I hustled my family out of the house good and early, which was a fair amount of work, but worth the effort. As we were leaving, it occurred to Mr. Bookworm that it was probably worthwhile checking
Continue readingA bomb went off in Tel Afar yesterday, but that’s not the news. From the SF Chronicle, which is reprinting a short article from the Washington Post, the lede and the first paragraph make sure we understand the real story: 2nd bombing in city Bush had touted as safe A
Continue readingHere is the ultimate summation of why the Foley folly is irrelevant, except insofar as it highlights how stupid Congress is on both sides of the aisle: This was a honey trap (as they used to say in the Cold War) designed to leverage one peripheral figure’s squalid fantasies into
Continue readingSorry for the unusual blog silence. Yesterday fell apart when I got called to my daughter’s school for an emergency that was a false alarm. I got back in time to head off to a business/social meeting with a delightful colleague. Traffic caught me on the way home, so I
Continue readingA little mini scandal brewing in Tennessee is that Harold Ford Jr., a Democrat who hopes to become a U.S. Senator, called himself a lawyer even though he didn’t pass the bar. Folks — he went to law school and graduated. He is a lawyer. He’s simple not a licensed
Continue readingJonah Goldberg writes compellingly about why this whole Foley thing may one day backfire on the Dems. I particularly appreciated this bit: What liberals don’t understand is that social conservatives actually believe their moral rhetoric, even when it’s politically inconvenient. That’s why GOP Rep. Bob Livingston of Louisiana had to
Continue readingThis story surprised me completely. I never would have suspected that a Marin school would have formed a close, supportive relationship with someone serving on active duty in Marin. Hurrah for all of them: As gray rain clouds swirled above, 101st Airborne Lt. Ronan Kennedy stood tall in a courtyard
Continue readingI’ve mentioned before the silly stuff that passes for art and entertainment amongst the anti-Bush, anti-War people. Sometimes, their passions go so far that even those who believe in them can’t follow: There was a “What is this?” expression on the faces of many in the packed house at San
Continue readingWhen I was growing up and a young adult (1960s through 1980s), stores such as Macy’s and Nordstrom, which catered to the carriage crowd, had the more restrained stuff. If you wanted sleazy-wear, you went where the “poor” people shopped: Sears, Mervyns, Penny’s, and Target. We were poor, but my
Continue readingFrom Drudge: CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY **World Exclusive** **Must Credit the DRUDGE REPORT** According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL Instant Message exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an
Continue readingWordPress doesn’t comfortably host polls, but I’m still very interested in your opinion about whether Hastert should resign. Had I done a poll, it would have looked like this: Should Dennis Hastert resign? Yes, because he is actually culpable for not doing anything when he learned about the emails. Yes,
Continue readingBush has shown remarkable courage in sticking to his guns in the war. However, his actions are not matched by his words. He’s too polite, too worried, to well-counseled, too restrained for whatever reason to call things as they are. John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister, is not so constrained, as
Continue readingAnn Coulter nails the real game playing and hypocrisy behind the Foley scandal, and it goes far beyond one warped man’s abuse of his own power. I’ll say again: I’m not excusing Foley. I’m just saying that this scandal is about politics and not about his conduct. And to the
Continue readingI think it’s time for me to explain why, after a life as a Democrat, I’ve turned my back so vehemently on my former party, and why I reject the word “liberal,” even though I once embraced it, and still hold to the classic ideas for which is stands. However,
Continue readingThe phrase “habeas corpus” is being thrown around with abandon, both in the press and on my blog. It’s useful to understand what it means, and how the Courts and Congress have treated the doctrine over the past 225 years, especially with regard to enemy detainees. That’s why you should
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