Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Ann Coulter reminds me of that old doggerel: There was a little girl, who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead, and when she was good, she was very, very good, and when she was bad she was horrid. When she gets too crude or abusive,
Continue readingHere's the story, brought to you of jurors who still don't get it: A federal jury rejected the death penalty for al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui on Wednesday and decided he must spend life in prison for his role in the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history. After seven days of
Continue readingNOW, the National Organization for Women, is once again so busy attacking the Bush administration over abortion rights for pampered and protected American women that it simply has no time to deal with or acknowledge real acts of inhumanity committed against women. My reading today began by touching upon the
Continue readingFrederica Mathewes-Green writes a screamingly, hair-pullingly funny article about her failed effort to book a flight for herself and her family. We've all been there: the extremely nice Indian phone operator who never quite understands your American English; the fact that, when dealing with a big company, every employee has
Continue readingMy daughter started orthodontia yesterday and has sore teeth today. To make eating easier for her, I've spent the morning assembling the ingredients for a chicken soup, which is now simmering on the stove (hence my delayed journey to my morning blogging). I'm not a very inspired cook but, if
Continue readingOne of the great things about the NY Times' new policy of "Times Select" — which charges people to view online such popular columnists as Paul Krugman, Bob Herbert, Frank Rich, and whats-her-name — is that I no longer feel a masochistic obligation to read their rantings so as to
Continue readingI'm spending my morning on the run, so won't blog 'til later today. I will quickly tell you about a great book I'm reading: John McWhorter's Winning the Race : Beyond the Crisis in Black America. In it, McWhorter asks why African Americans create a culture of failure at precisely
Continue readingI've made no secret of my support for legal immigration and my profound distaste for illegal immigration. This whole "immigration day," which is really a euphemism for law breaking behavior, really has me grinding my teeth. First, here's Carol Platt Liebau: In endorsing the proposed May Day strike by all
Continue readingI've heard that there have been some problems leaving comments at my blog. I contacted WordPress and got this response: "It's Internet Explorer – and the form is there but right at the bottom of the page." Does that help?
Continue readingI don't like Andy Garcia as an actor, but I sure do admire him as a human being. He's the moving force behind and star of The Lost City, a movie that highlights to the destruction the revolution brought to Cuba and, more disturbingly for the complacent Left, that points
Continue readingI don't have any conclusions to draw, or insights to offer. I'll just offer, in no particular order, a short laundry list of some of the horrors visited upon so much of the African Continent. The Ethiopian famines The slaughters in Sudan Idi Amin Robert Mugabe The Civil War in
Continue readingLawrence O'Donnell is a "political analyst" for MSNBC (although his analysis often as not appears to be unrelated to any known reality, except rudeness). He also produces and writes The West Wing. Last night's episode was one of the last in the final season of the fantasy Democratic rule in
Continue readingI'm one of those people who can quickly see if a room is ugly. I am, however, constitutionally incapable of figuring out how to make it beautiful. I'm simply lacking in those visual and spatial abilities. I'm constantly reminded of my own weakness vis a vis decorating — the almost
Continue readingHere's Debra Saunders on tomorrow's threatened illegal immigrant boycott: I am one American who will be moved in the direction not intended by sponsors of the May 1 National Day Without Immigrants Great American Boycott demonstrations. When supporters of illegal immigration threaten to boycott all stores, it makes me feel
Continue readingThe big focus in American education from the 1960s through the present was why children can't read (something I attribute to the new educational approach that abandoned the wonderful logic of phonics). Now, though, for parents hewing to traditional morals who have kids trapped in public schools, the question becomes,
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