Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
My daughter came home today with two forms that I “must sign, because they’re urgent.” One is a form that both the student and the parent have to sign. It states that we’ve read the school handbook and its code of conduct, and that I promise to support the principles
Continue readingI loathe the UN, and I have my doubts about the efficacy of internet petitions. Nevertheless, for what it’s worth, this is the web site for a petition to the UN urging that dissolute, ineffective body to act against Iran’s nuclear ambitions. (And how’s that for a sales pitch for
Continue readingI’ve never liked Kevin Costner the actor, but today I respect Kevin Costner the man: KEVIN COSTNER has waded into the debate about controversial new movie DEATH OF A PRESIDENT, insisting British director GABRIEL RANGE failed to consider how GEORGE W BUSH’s family would react to scenes of the US
Continue readingWhatever else one thinks about Anna Nicole Smith — and I generally try to think about her as little as possible — this story is a mother’s nightmare: The 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith died while visiting his mother in the hospital where the reality TV star and former
Continue readingMy post title isn’t from my brain, it’s from a fiery Ralph Peters column I heard about today on the Michael Medved show. Peters explains why, although we haven’t defeated Jihadist evil, we’re currently winning, not losing. I especially enjoyed the bit about Iraq being, not our Vietnam, but Al
Continue readingMichelle Malkin has the President’s entire 9/11 speech on her blog. I thought the whole speech was excellent, but was especially impressed with the beginning, which I’m republishing here: “Good evening. Five years ago, this date – September the 11th – was seared into America’s memory. Nineteen men attacked us
Continue readingAt Montessori, a teacher gives a lesson, and then, when the children comprehend the lesson, she has them practice it immediately so that they principles they’ve just learned “set.” Public school, so far, has been different. Now that they’re in public school, the children bring me homework, complaining that they
Continue readingI’ll be keeping my 9/11 posts at the top today. Please scroll down for new posts on other topics.
Continue readingThe gal who signed up to memoralize Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas somehow missed her deadline. I knew Lauren, and want to make sure that this delightful woman doesn’t get forgotten today. I don’t have the time to do Lauren justice, but I’ll at least be able to say a bit about
Continue readingMy son, who is seven, is obsessed with superheroes. His current favorite is Superman. After all, when you’re a little boy, battling your way through the world, what could be more exciting than the possibility of being “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap
Continue readingI’d like to say something profound about 9/11, but find I have nothing profound to say. Instead, I carry around a mental patchwork of images from that day, along with a lot of strong feelings that I voice regularly in this blog. I’m incapable of weaving any of these threads
Continue readingPeople’s thoughts, especially their irrational thoughts, are affected by their era. In pre-modern times, schizophrenics were all talking to the Devil; in the middle of the 20th Century, their messages came from Mars; and nowadays it’s all about government conspiracies. Schizophrenics, of course, are at the extreme margin of thought,
Continue readingSome of us are observing 9/11 with tributes to those who died, some with a focus on the war yet to be won, and some — on the taxpayer’s dime — by taking swipes at the United States. A friend of mine is attending the 2006 Annual Meeting for the
Continue readingI got the following email today: Let’s say I break into your house (aka immigration reform) Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders,
Continue readingMy 7 year old had an existential crisis last night, based on the fact that TiVo had captured the classic 1960s cartoon “The dot and the line.” It’s a brilliant cartoon, based on Norton Juster’s book of the same name, in which a boring line is madly in love with
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