Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Yes, we won the war in Iraq and, as the inimitable Walter Russell Mead points out, we may have changed the course of history. Sure, it’s still early and there are many events that still have to play themselves out, but Iraq today is a country at relative peace surrounded
Continue readingBecause, we know, people in government really, really care about you, special you, and want to take care of you. Because, just like your cat, they truly, truly love you, no matter what Republicans say. That’s why it makes sense to have Father Government take care of us, so that
Continue readingHere is an intriguing article about a dilemma faced by the United Kingdom: its wind power farms are running out of wind. Climate change? The article offers plenty of ideas as to why this may be. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/8545306/Wind-farms-Britain-is-running-out-of-wind.html The U.K., along with a few other EUropean countries like Denmark and Spain,
Continue readingOne lesson of advertising is that, no matter whether true or false, to make a message stick, one must repeat, repeat, repeat. This is how false messages become enshrined into the ideological orthodoxy of the Left and ripple out to the collective consciousness of the masses. Now, there are many
Continue reading** Newsflash*** Heard on the popular “Don and Roma” show on WLS AM890 Radio during this morning’s Chicagoland commute: In his interview with the radio hosts, Illinois Senator and naval intelligence officer Mark Kirk explained that the U.S. policy toward Somali piracy is apparently to capture them and release them
Continue reading*** Newsflash*** Heard on the popular “Don and Roma” show on WLS AM890 Radio during this morning’s Chicagoland commute: In an interview with former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, John Bolton allowed that he was thinking very seriously about jumping in as a Presidential candidate. Now THAT would be interesting! My
Continue readingOnce again, the incomparable Richard Fernandez finds the right words to precisely define the problem, without which there can be no solution: “When historians look back on the first decades of the 21st century they may conclude that the political and economic crisis that swept over the world was the
Continue readingCheap fuel is an important key to peace, human welfare and prosperity. We have the key. The world can’t do without fuel and the scramble for world fuel resources lies at the root of most of our current geopolitical problems. The high price of fuel affects the environment (e.g., 3rd
Continue readingHere’s a good example of American imperialism, whereby rich and greedy American billionaires fund the sabotage of democratic institutions in foreign countries to further their own ideological and economic interests. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6UaftK_N-k&feature=player_embedded#at=365[/youtube] Via: smalldeadanimals.com.
Continue readingSocialism is the disease, “perpetual adolescence” is what NRO deputy-managing editor Kevin Williamson diagnoses as the infectious agent. Watch the whole thing as a perfect encapsulation of the debates that have raged at this blog.
Continue readingSadly, there are still many, too many of those naive enough to believe that ObamaCare really, really was about reforming the health care system. The news in the Daily Caller today that 20% of ObamaCare waivers went to Nancy Pelosi’s district lays out in stark detail the workings of the
Continue readingMany (most?) of us, like Bookworm, began our life journey somewhere on the left of the political spectrum and subsequently moved right(eously) toward conservatism and libertarianism. When others make the same journey, at whatever point in life, we revel in their stories, much like Christians witnessing the coming-to-faith of others.
Continue readingGiven this blog’s recent flogging of the China versus U.S. (“us”) question, here is a primary example of how China may surpass the U.S. by becoming more business friendly as it decentralizes while the U.S. risks having to learn the lessons of socialist history all over again as our over-regulated
Continue readingVery well done, very clever. Keynes you Z on the Left, Hayek in the Right. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Continue readingFrontpagemagazine.com offers two entertaining video interviews, posted by the always-interesting Jamie Glazov, that I highly recommend: In Part I, Evan Sayet, a rare Hollywood conservative, discusses Bill Maher and the fundamental unhappiness that wallows in the heart of the Left. Like Mark Steyn, Evan Sayet exudes a rare combination of
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