Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
New Year’s Concern Trolling Kurt Schlichter, concerned for the future well being of our nation’s lefties, has published Some New Years Resolutions For Our Progressive Pals. Among his noteworthy suggestions: Leverage Hollywood Star Power: As you know, all normal Americans believe Hollywood stars are powerful role models who we should
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I am doing something I’ve never done before — flying business class. This opportunity came about because Mr. Bookworm is masterful at finding credit cards that give points. So it is that I’ll be in the lap of luxury for the next however many hours it takes for us to
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I don’t know how long the sale will last, but if you go to Amazon now, you can get Amity Shlaes’s Calvin Coolidge biography for only $1.99. Considering what a good writer and thinker Shlaes is, I immediately acted on that deal. I’m heading on a trip soon, so it
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(Please note the patriotic details in each. They seem appropriate as we welcome a new administration that really seems to love this country.)
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One of the cultural concerns that may have undone Hillary Clinton is the way in which America’s college campuses foster immaturity in the young adults consigned to their care. Parents used to send their children to college as a step on the road to responsible adulthood. Nowadays, thanks to safe
Continue readingWe’re a week out. Time to forget politics for a few moments and to enjoy a bit of Christmas / Hanukkah humor. My favorites: Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah Song Irish Comedian Frank Kelly’s 12 Days of Christmas Bob Rivers’ Iron Man Parody, I Am Santa Claus And for a fusion of
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I have a new battle cry: #BoycottTheBoycotters! Thanks to Breitbart, Trump voters are well aware that Kellogg, rather than marketing its product to all consumers, has declared that roughly half of America’s consumers are “deplorable” and has declared a boycott against them. I know that sounds rather strong, but that’s exactly
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Despite my snark here, at my blog, I am, face-to-face, a very nice person. I wasn’t always. I was brittle, socially insecure, and verbally adept, a combination that resulted in my being extremely gifted at insults, some of which sounded like jokes, but none of which were. For the past
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My apologies for my silence over the past 24 hours. The fact is that I find myself without much to say today. Perhaps contentment renders me mute. I’m still incredibly grateful that Hillary did not win the election and, with each of Trump’s appointments, I’m happier that he won. When
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I turned my computer off before I left for my trip and it refuses to turn it self back on. It’s very old and I believe it is struggling with all the system updates that occurred while I was away. I am going to make a shopping run to fill
Continue readingForget what happened last week. The most important vote in November has yet to happen. But soon, soon, my friends . . . people will be voting on Literary Review’s Bad Sex In Fiction Award. As their website explains: Each year since 1993, the Bad Sex in Fiction Award has
Continue readingMs. BWR was the key to convincing me to hold my nose and vote Trump on the sole ground of control of the Supreme Court, so I’ve got the bar set quite low for this administration. That said, I like their first few steps so far. Corruption Two of the
Continue readingDahlia Lithwick, Slate’s correspondent for the courts and law, is apoplectic that the right did not consider Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland (see Ms. BWR’s analysis here) for the Supreme Court, and now will never do so. She wrote about this recently in Republicans Stole the Supreme Court. Ms. Lithwick cites
Continue readingI am standing in once again for Ms. Bookwormroom who is currently aboard a luxury yacht sailing to parts unknown. She is, as we speak, likely rendering grief counselling to NeverTrumpers who are still pondering whether to open a vein. That said, let’s take a look at the news: ABC
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