Category: Bits and Pieces

The election is over, the passion is spent, and life resumes its normal course.  I don’t foresee an imminent financial apocalypse, although I do see hard times ahead.  We won’t be Greece.  We’ll be England in those drab years between WWII and Margaret Thatcher.  The real question is whether Americans

MikeD makes the perfectly legitimate point that there is a difference between party and philosophy.  However, one party, the Democrat party, is dominated by people who do not share our conservative philosophy, so is not a viable home for that philosophy.  That leaves us with a choice of working through the

CM and Cheesestick challenged me to come up with some answers as to how to make our message more appealing to women and minorities.  If I knew the complete answer to that question I’d be President myself.  I don’t.  But I’ll be happy to throw out some ideas. First, we

1.  When I predicted Obama would win by 5% I said the one possible game-changer was the debates.  Romney’s striking victory in the first debate did change the game, but not enough, probably because he did not follow it up with dynamic performances in the next two debates. 2.  The

Well, the final polls (at least the ones I watch) are in. Rasmussen has Romney with a one point lead. Gallup also has Romney with a one point lead. Be interesting to see how they do.

Today did not turn out as I expected.  I had planned to do this and that, but ended up doing other stuff, and then dealing with a lengthy power outage.  I discovered that age has not dimmed my mother’s delight in clothes shopping.  After two hours, she was fresh as

A few years ago the Democrats launched an effort to pass laws in various states under which, regardless of how their state voted, their electoral college votes must be cast for the winner of the popular vote in the nationwide general election.  While I didn’t follow these efforts closely, I

I’m not sure I buy the “Mitt was sent by God” part, but otherwise I think this letter, forwarded to me by my Dad, is worth sharing:   This article is for those who are just simply not enthused about voting for Mitt Romney. You may not be thrilled with

The inimitable Michael Ledeen notes that Obama’s coarsening language bespeaks a character crack-up as his narcissist ego is forced to confront the possibility that, not only may he not prevail, but he faces sound rejection. http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2012/10/28/why-is-obama-so-nasty-and-vulgar/ Well, high fives all around: we Bookworm aficionados predicted these eruptions months ago. However,

1.  Dennis Prager on Joe Biden’s true religion. 2.  William McGurn on the incalculable damage Obama did to himself during the first debate.  As you read it, just remember “Pride goeth before a fall.” 3.  Thomas Sowell being . . . Thomas Sowell.