Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Sometimes the matched sets just write themselves. Both of the articles I’m quoting here are from England. The first in our set is an article saying that town councils across England are being told that they need to reinstate actual playgrounds. The current versions, which are the kid equivalent of
Continue readingLast night was back-to-school night at my daughter’s new high school. I was deeply impressed. The facility is beautiful; the classrooms are clean, bright and well-maintained; the teachers are engaging; the test scores are over-the-top; and the expensive extras (fancy computers, lab equipment, etc.) are all in place. My daughter
Continue readingMy child participates in a youth swim league. In a couple of weeks, all the regional swim teams are gathering together for the big meet of the season. Each swim team has to pay a fee to participate. Because I’m on the planning committee this year, I learned something interesting:
Continue readingDo you ever listen to Frank Caliendo? He’s a talented impressionist who spends much of his time ragging on John Madden. One of the things Caliendo claims that Madden does is restate his premise as if it’s a different conclusion, i.e., “Here’s a guy with mud on his jersey. When
Continue readingThere are few issues that have been obfuscated as diligently by the media organs of the MSM Left as has been the housing crisis that led to our current economic depression. Why, of course they would do that: the Democrats are guilty as sin! We’ve observed on the pages of
Continue readingI like to consider myself a true and patriotic American, but I have a confession to make: I hate baseball. Yes, I know it’s the quintessential American sport, right up there in Americana with Mom and apple pie. But I still hate it. I find it boring and surprisingly non-athletic.
Continue readingA charming and pointed reminder about Obama’s game-playing with our money: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pejs0hp8DnU[/youtube] Hat tip: Long-time blog friend judyrose.
Continue readingThis post tells the story of a case on which I worked. It’s a true story. Picture this: It’s 2001. You live in California and you own a small business that consists of you and maybe three to five at-will employees. Your profits are decent. One morning, Jane, one of
Continue readingIs our democracy germinating the seeds of its own destruction? Alexis de Toqueville warned, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” That day has come. It is not yet gone. Democracy in ancient Athens lasted about 250
Continue readingThere’s a fiery debate over whether Republicans won or lost the budget round over discretionary spending. Good examples of the pros and cons on that debate are Peter Wehner (Boehner did great) and Dick Morris (Boehner was a spaghetti-spined disaster). What do you think?
Continue readingDQ here. My wife works for the government. She received an e-mail today from the Dan Tangherlini, Assistant Secretary for Management, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Performance Officer, U.S. Department of the Treasury. The message related to the possible shut down of the government and it began with the following paragraph:
Continue readingI am cheap. Very cheap. That means that I’m a bargain hunter. I like used books and cheap clothes. I prefer to buy American but, if my pocketbook tells me that America isn’t a good deal, I’ll usually follow my pocketbook. Usually, but not always. If buying something from another
Continue readingI find Ron Paul abhorrent, and I worry about Rand Paul, who seems like a slightly more polished version of Daddy. Nevertheless, even creepy people can be right, as Rand Paul is about government spending. His point, basically, is that Republicans and Democrats are battling over bandage quality, rather than
Continue readingI was reading Rick Steves’ Italy 2011 (the 2010) version, when I was surprised to learn this little fact on page 21: Because Europeans are generally careful with energy use, you’ll find government-enforced limits on air-conditioning and heating. There’s a one-month period each spring and fall when neither is allowed.
Continue readingIt’s not often I get the pleasure of laughing out loud when I read a “serious” political piece, especially one from an Obama acolyte, but I have to admit that this one completely lifted my mood. The author, David Kendall, at heart, seems to be an honest soul because he
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