Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
As I’ve noted before, feminism keeps reinventing religion in a feminized version. The latest example, courtesy of NPR, is the feminist rediscovery of the mikvah — the ritual bath Orthodox Jewish women take every month after their period before resuming sexual relations with their husbands. Here’s the feminist take on
Continue readingI was on the freeway this morning and ended up behind a motorcycle with a side car. In the side car was a woman with luxurious red hair. On the back of the side car was the ubiquitous “Dog is my co-pilot” bumpersticker. I’ve never really gotten this slogan. It’s
Continue readingWith Israel making incursions into Palestine, we’re already getting the obligatory stories about the Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire: With mourners chanting calls for vengeance, the funeral procession wound its way through dusty streets on Sunday, bearing the shrouded bodies of a Palestinian mother and her two children. Civilians
Continue readingGovernments don’t make money; they just print money. It’s people who make money. In other words, if government will stop being so greedy and let people keep their money, people will, in turn, make more money resulting in, yes, I’m gonna say it — more tax revenue. This is so
Continue readingI am indebted to Laer, at one of my faves, Cheat Seeking Missiles, for leading me to a Gates of Vienna post about the attraction jihadist Islam holds for all the world’s nihilists. To fully appreciate the post, you have to pay close attention to the blog’s masthead, which is
Continue readingThose of us who believe in Israel’s right to exist are tired of the old trope that the new anti-Zionists are not also the old anti-Semites. It’s easy enough to point out that these are not people who are simply criticizing a State’s — any state’s — policies vis a
Continue readingI’m pretty careful with my Hitler analogies. I tend to reserve them for people who, through their acts, have proven that they are willing to do precisely what he did (Pol Pot, for example), or for people who, through their rhetoric, indicate a willingness to act precisely as he did
Continue readingWhatever the word is, it’s nice to see the Japanese showing some in the current North Korean crisis: Over Chinese and Russian objections, Japan introduced a draft Security Council resolution Friday that would impose sanctions on North Korea for its series of rocket test-launches and also order a halt to
Continue readingMy theory about wars is that one fights them to win. The EU’s theory, apparently, is that they should be fought for Israel to lose. How otherwise to explain its most recent criticism: The European Union accused Israel on Friday of a disproportionate use of force against Palestinians in Gaza
Continue readingI don’t like marijuana. I think it smells bad and that it’s bad for people. I’ve tried it once (yes, I was curious and I did inhale) and hated, just hated, how it made me feel. I had no inclination to revisit it. Of course, I don’t like alcohol either.
Continue readingThe title of this post is part of the title of an article Rick Perlstein wrote for The New Republic: “What is Conservative Culture? Mass Martyr” is the full title (and you can read it if you register). Although I no longer agree with its politics, TNR is, I think,
Continue readingI’m a carnivore, but a guilty one. That is, I appreciate that, in order for me to enjoy my sauted chicken breast or grilled burger, some animal had to die. Long ago, as a result of an article I read (New Yorker? New Republic?), I decided to aim for meat
Continue readingThe latest news from the South on gay marriage: The state Supreme Court reinstated Georgia’s constitutional ban on gay marriage Thursday, just hours after New York’s highest court upheld that state’s gay-marriage ban. The Georgia Supreme Court, reversing a lower court judge’s ruling, decided unanimously that the ban did not
Continue readingEliza Doolittle, in My Fair Lady, sang the words of my title. I thought of this when I listened to Jeff Nunnberg, NPR’s resident linguist, tout his book opining that the Right uses language better and that’s why conservatives are defeating liberals in the marketplace of ideas. It doesn’t seem
Continue readingThis is the latest “wisdom” coming out of the UN, which can rightly be characterized as an organization devoted to the destruction of Israel and the United States: The UN Human Rights Council has passed a resolution demanding a halt to Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. [UN Human Rights
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