Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Let’s get rid of carpool lanes. As far as I can tell, they are completely counterproductive. Carpool lanes were created to give people an incentive to band together so that there wouldn’t be so many lone cars on the freeways guzzling fossil fuel. The theory was that people stuck in
Continue readingThe well-disciplined Islamists are making headway in Somalia: Heavily armed militia loyal to Somalia’s Islamic courts have arrived in Burhakaba, a town 60km from the base of the interim government in Baidoa. Somalia’s interim prime minister says it is clear the Islamists, who control the capital, plan to advance on
Continue readingI don’t know if this was just an isolated sortie, or if the ground war has finally begun: Two Israeli soldiers and a Hezbollah militant have been killed in fierce fighting in southern Lebanon. Clashes erupted after Israeli tanks and infantry crossed the border in search of Hezbollah weapons and
Continue readingSometimes, a picture is worth way more than a thousand words. Michael Ramirez gets it. This goes to the point I’ve been trying to make, which is that the anti-American/anti-Israel groups are willing to countenance a war only if they can assure that there is no possibility that the USA
Continue readingMy policy, when my children were little enough to have temper tantrums was, as I always said, “to walk over the body.” I simply won’t deal with someone behaving that way. One of my all time favorite videos shows beautifully how even children are wise enough to use temper tantrums
Continue readingNext time you read that your fellow citizens have, by signing petitions, put something totally ludicrous on the ballot (such as Arizona’s initiative to use lotteries to bribe people into the voting booth), think of this video:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uPcthZL2RE] Hat tip: PalmTree Pundit
Continue readingOne of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces is being turned over to the Iraqi government: MOSUL, Iraq – Task Force Band of Brothers will turn over control of the former Saddam Hussein presidential compound here to Iraqi government officials in a ceremony in Mosul July 20. The Mosul VIP Residence site,
Continue readingI’ve decided to place this post at the top periodically as a good way to publish links that I find interesting in analyzing the situation in the Middle East. Scroll down for any new posts I may have put up. Here are two good places to go for information about
Continue readingMickey Spillane, who created Mike Hammer, died the other day. NPR has a nice obituary. The late Mr. Spillane comes across as a great American eccentric.
Continue readingHere’s a fascinating NPR radio story about relationships between African-American men and women: A clip from the upcoming film Diary of a Tired Black Man is generating a great deal of buzz in the African-American community. The scene features a man arriving at the house of his former spouse with
Continue readingJust to let you know that Bardseyeview, which looks at current events through a Shakespearean lens, is up and running again after a hiatus. This site is always interesting and a reminder, if one is needed that there is nothing new under the sun.
Continue readingIf you want to see incredibly beauty in the midst of Nature’s chaos, you must visit this link for photographs taken in some of the Western wildfires. They’re just breathtaking.
Continue readingI took a test to determine whether I’m a control freak and it said — surprise! — that I’m not. Take the test and see what you think. I think it asked the wrong questions, confusing control freaks with cranky and arrogant people. Basically, I’m a control freak because, in
Continue readingI’ve never liked beaches. I don’t like the way sand infiltrates everything and I hate the sticky, burning feeling of salt water on my skin. The fact that, as a child, the beaches we went to often included a windy road that triggered my carsickness only increased my hostility to
Continue readingI sit home most of the day at my computer staring at tremendously boring legal documents. To while away my time, I listen to talk radio (through KRLA). Occasionally, I get exercised enough by what I hear to call in. Last week, a call to Dennis Prager had him suggesting
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