Category: Bits and Pieces

Dave Barry wrote something very profound and I, although a bit younger than he is, still remember those times: You know what I miss? I miss 1960. Not the part about my face turning overnight into the world’s most productive zit farm. What I miss is the way the grown-ups

Now that the shock is over, I’m focus on being relentlessly cheerful and forward looking.  I’ve noticed today, though, that my stiff upper lip is heavily coated in chocolate.  Apparently I needed a little external help to keep the internal fires stoked!

In 2000 and 2004, the prevailing attitude amongst the side that lost (that would be the Democrats) was “You’re evil.  How can we destroy you?” What I’m seeing in 2008 in the blogosphere on the losing side (that would be conservatives) is “Where did we go wrong?  How can we

Andrew Sullivan caught one of the ironies of the Big Tent:  All the black who converged on polling places to elect Obama were also the same voters who helped defeat gay marriage.

First, with this “news” article. Then with this video: Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Have you ever noticed that the liberals (or collectivists) are most likely to be willing to hand their lives and fortunes over to chosen individuals, such as demagogic politicians or activists judges, while the conservatives (or individualists) are the ones most suspicious of vesting too much power in any one

Russia didn’t wait very long.  It just announced that it’s setting up missiles on Poland’s border.  I assume Obama will get the leaders of the two nations (plus NATO leaders) together for a nice little coffee klatch.

The bloggers at Commentary Magazine’s blog, Contentions, have distinguished themselves with a series of short, gracious posts about both winners and losers.  I borrow them wholesale here: A Cause Greater than Himself Linda Chavez – 11.04.2008 – 11:36 PM To the end, John McCain was the patriot. I have never

Am I the only one who finds it disturbing when candidates concede before all the votes are counted? A large part of Obama’s victory this year must be attributable to the fact that McCain was so concerned with being nice that he didn’t fight.  He gave up states, he gave

I love my dog ridiculously much, but you have to read this to believe it.

Isn’t Columbia Barack Obama’s alma mater?  And isn’t it the most violently antisemitic university in America?  And didn’t it host Ahmadinejad’s visit to America?  Maybe this isn’t a joke, then.

To voters living west of the Mississippi (or, as Mark Steyn says, west of Florida): Please, please, please remember that the media will try to depress voting west of the Mississippi by announcing at about mid-day that Obama is leading overwhelmingly — with the implication that people in the later