Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I assume you recognize the post title as one of the lyrics from the old Davy Crockett song. It turns out that at least one of Davy Crockett’s descendants is living up to that legacy: While most kindergartners are thrilled by an action-packed afternoon of finger-painting and clay sculpture, an
Continue readingThe wonderful Ethel Waters, accompanied by Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, singing one of my favorite songs, “Taking a Chance on Love,” in 1943’s Cabin in the Sky: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=SyH4r-t5r8I]
Continue readingI think it’s time for me to republish my blog comment policy: I’ve been fairly tolerant of comments at my blog, drawing the line only at obscene comments, threatening comments, or comments that are overtly racist or antisemitic, using insulting language, threats or death wishes. However, I’ve had multiple complaints
Continue readingThe Wall Street Journal ran a short Brendan Minter article showing that, while Hollywood may deny the need for heroic war films, many in the public want them — and the vacuum is being filled on YouTube, of all places: But Americans haven’t lost their taste for war footage. They’ve
Continue readingI’m feeling sad today, not for myself, but for a friend who suffered a serious hit professionally, in a costly and humiliating way. My friend is a very good person and very smart person, but he ended up going down the wrong path because he fell in love with a
Continue readingI found this lovely picture of an 18th Century Hanukkah celebration (or, at least, that’s what I’ve been led to believe the picture shows). Just as that family looks delighted with this remembrance of a fight for religious freedom and a miracle, I hope that all you also enjoy a
Continue readingI am so impressed by the quality and quantity of book recommendations that you all keep leaving here. Indeed, in terms of quantity, there have been so many, I thought it might be useful to people trying to scan the list if I inserted in the comments some genre help.
Continue readingDo you enjoy reading material that is crude, witless, obscene, ill-educated, pointless and mean-spirited? Then have I got something for you. Showing a degree of fortitude remarkable in anyone, John Hawkins plowed through posts that the Daily Kos writers (as opposed to mere commenters) published at that site, and came
Continue readingSorry for the blogging silence, but I have spent the day on the move without actually going anywhere. This morning, I didn’t work because I had to bring my son to the orthodontist, which is one town away from me. Then, I brought him to school, which is a different
Continue readingOkay, I admit it. I’ve for years thought of Fabio as a joke. The bulging muscles, the overly squared jaw, the flowing locks — to me he looked like a caricature of a man, rather than a man. I’m now doing mea culpas for having been guilty of that kind
Continue readingI just wanted to remind those of you who haven’t visited it lately that marvelous suggestions for reading are still coming in at the “Books!” page I set up at this blog. If you’re looking for something to read, it might be a very good place to start.
Continue readingI really try not to be neurotic about germs. I understand that, especially with kids, a few bacteria here and there are good for their immune systems. Indeed, when my kids were little, I read somewhere that kids who grow up in houses where Mom is too aggressive with the
Continue readingI’ve often pointed out that the Nazis were not of the Right, but of the Left. (The giveaway, of course, being the word “Socialism” in their full name.) I’ve been challenged on the view by people on the Left who simply won’t accept that the Nazis were a variation of
Continue readingI’m off to help DQ deal with mountains of horrible deadlines. While I’m gone, I leave you this to chew over: What in the world would Freud make of the recurring dream I had last night, a dream that repeated itself four or five times, each time with different details,
Continue readingTomorrow will be a day of family and food, so I don’t anticipate blogging. This, therefore, is my Thanksgiving post, which will be a very simple one indeed: I’m thankful for my family, my friends, my (and their) health, my home, my physical community, my virtual blog community, my country,
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