Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
It appears that Barack Obama and his cronies may be set to put reparations for slavery back on the national agenda. I don’t have anything to say on the subject, but that’s not because I don’t have strong opinions. It just that, a few years ago, in a post as
Continue readingAfter a polite traffic stop, a young black man was moved to comment that people are people, regardless of color, and that civil behavior goes a long way to smooth out differences:
Continue readingI’m sure someone’s said it before, but Obama is remarkably consistent in his approach to everything. For example, he believes that people who have been subject to systemic disrespect become violent or criminal. If you show them the respect they need, they will stop behaving in that way. He therefore believes that
Continue readingAnd no, Klavan isn’t being racist when he says that not all black lives matter. He’s making a point, which is that the slogan “Black Lives Matter” is a purely political statement that has absolutely nothing to do with actual black lives mattering:
Continue readingI didn’t watch the SOTU. Aside from finding Obama a boring, inelegant speaker, I was helping a client with trial prep. Today, the trial got continued for a few months so, before settling in for a nice 12 hour sleep (I wish!), I can blog — and share with you,
Continue readingUnlike most of my Bookworm Beats, in which I try to share with you as many articles and ideas as possible, this one’s going to be short. I have only three points I want to discuss, but I think all of them have so much merit, I don’t want them
Continue readingThis gal identifies herself as “Honestly Speaking” and, boy, does she speak honestly. She tells “her people” that she’s not a “race traitor” for demanding that black people listen to their best angels, rather than their worst demons. She also explains, with great detail, why she’s a Republican. I wish
Continue readingThe last question is a good one: Why do black people gravitate to demagogues?
Continue readingPolitical correctness demands that I agree with Lena Dunham that she was raped and that I agree with blacks, race hustlers, college students, and communists that the race problem in America is a white problem, not a black one. To hell with political correctness. I hereby pronounce myself unfettered, and am
Continue readingNo time for an intro. I’ll just head straight for snark and links:
Continue readingThe current crop of Michael Brown and Eric Garner themed protests apparently have as one of their goals educating white Americans about the horrors of racism in America. (I say as one of their goals, since their primary goals seem to be twofold: the rapture of riot and the opportunity for looting.) I strongly believe
Continue readingA cold has been making the rounds in my neighborhood and it finally caught up with me. I don’t feel particularly ill, but I feel congested and quite desperately sleepy. I had a great deal to do today, and mostly managed to re-read Agatha Christie’s Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, which wasn’t
Continue readingThe longer I’ve lived as a conservative — which still doesn’t equal the number of years I spent as a younger person on the Left — the more I’ve come to realize that one of the gaping chasms between conservatives and the Left is truth or the absence of truth.
Continue readingI’ve got some errands to run, but I wanted to comment on two Washington Post articles before I go, and to reiterate a point I made in the comments to my earlier “Ferguson Open Thread.” 1. The Washington Post article about the Ferguson rioting contains this interesting passive voice statement:
Continue readingI went to the doctor yesterday for an ear infection and discovered that I have high blood pressure. The doctor’s not treating the problem yet, in case my blood pressure was spiked from my ear pain. I certainly hope that’s transitory pain is the reason. In two months, we’ll check again and see
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