Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
If it comes around again on Turner Classic Movies (and you know it will), you must watch The Scarlet Pimpernel. Not only is it a delightful action romance, it is truly a tour de force for Leslie Howard. He plays the lead character, Sir Percy Blakeney, whose appearance as the
Continue readingThis day is shaping up to be a packed one, so it’ll be a few hours before I get substantive here. I’m therefore making this an open thread. As for new readers unfamiliar with my blog, I can assure you that those who regularly comment here are about as well-informed
Continue readingThis is another ad that I hope gets wide, wide circulation. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ARQi59v51c[/youtube]
Continue readingA thought occurred to my apropos my post about conversations with liberals. As you recall, those conversations reveal (a) that they live in something of a factual vacuum and (b) that fact that’s not in the pages of the New York Times doesn’t exist, while any “fact” that is in
Continue readingAs long as the LA Times refuses to release the videotape of Obama at the Rashid Khalidi banquet, I’m going to accept the following from Doug Ross as absolutely true — and I urge all of you to do so too until that videotape is released. We’re all certain, aren’t
Continue readingDQ immediately spotted what was wrong with this advertisement: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhV4R67l-s[/youtube] Ask yourself this: If it’s true that Proposition 8 will have no impact on the classroom, why do California Teachers have a position on it?
Continue readingI got this in an email: ‘Twas the night before elections And all through the town Tempers were flaring Emotions all up and down! I, in my bathrobe With a cat in my lap Had cut off the TV Tired of political crap. When all of a sudden There arose
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Continue readingA couple of weeks ago, I predicted how the last Presidential debate would turn out. I’m now predicting the alternative election surprises we can expect on November 4: McCain will win, and it will be another “Dewey beats Truman” moment. In the privacy of the voting booth, away from the
Continue readingDoctors don’t make decisions. The government does. (And yes, I acknowledge that this could have happened here with an HMO, but this story represents what’s in store if the whole country becomes one giant HMO.)
Continue readingIowahawk explains it all (as Mike Devx already pointed out in a comment). Read his post, and you will get a formula for statistical probability and you’ll get a little primer on why statistical probability, which is a static count, doesn’t work well in a dynamic field — especially one
Continue readingTraditionally, when a totalitarian government takes over, the first thing it does is go after the press, and make the press a branch of the government. The bizarre thing in America is that the press is making itself a branch of one party and actively seeking a government that, inevitably,
Continue readingIf a send my readers over to LGF, I bet Charles Johnson’s hit tally goes up by about 300 or so. Maybe 500 on a good day (a good day for me, that is). I have more daily readers than that, but I doubt that everyone hustles over to whatever
Continue readingOnly 41, Dean Barnett, a writer and radio commentator died today. All of you who are familiar with his work and voice realize what a loss that is. He was wise, witty, informed and fair-minded. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Continue readingTo bed now, then to work tomorrow a.m. Blogging will resume Monday afternoon. Consider this an open thread.
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