Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
As long as our ideas live on, in some way so do we. Here’s is one of John F. Kennedy’s most famous statements: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Obama won the 2012 election by turning that idea upside
Continue readingIf you’re on the political Left, have we created a world without consequences? I first started thinking this when someone I know called Bristol Palin a slut because she had a baby. Not because she had premarital sex or got pregnant, but because she had a baby. Girls in Marin,
Continue readingIn the endless parade of images that my liberal friends feel compelled to put on Facebook, this was my favorite for the day: I honestly cannot understand a mindset that says the world popularity is the metric Americans should use for electing their president. Certainly a president who is conversant
Continue readingI’ve got a new post up at PJ Media: In the last few days before the election, many moderate Democrats are contemplating breaking up with Barack Obama. Parting with a political party or candidate can be every bit as wrenching as severing a personal relationship with a girlfriend or boyfriend.
Continue readingSometimes, timing is everything. Steven Pinker, who is a Harvard psychology professor just published a long opinion piece in the New York Times explaining why there is a Red State/Blue State divide. As a predicate to his discussion, he began by dividing the mindsets that characterize conservatives and their Progressive
Continue readingMatthew Continetti garnered some much deserved praise for his article about the way that sarcasm and insult took over the Democrat party, replacing anything of substance. It all started with the attacks against Bush: The criticism of Bush, of Bush Republicans, and of the war took on a specific character.
Continue readingI hadn’t yet posted about the Lena Dunham ad, which just seemed too stupid to acknowledge, which is why I’m not linking to it here. After all, I’d prefer not to sully my blog with videos that liken voting for Obama to losing ones virginity. Frankly, maybe because I’m a
Continue readingThe more I have a chance to digest today’s news stories, the more I am struck by how unbelievably tragic the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi seem today, even more so than they did on September 11. On that day, smart people suspected that al Qaeda had struck again.
Continue readingA picture is making the rounds amongst my liberal Facebook friends, complete with the caption that “This says it all to me.” I’m actually not sure what “all” the picture says. That Romney smiles at people performing a service for him while Obama gives them a fist bump? If the
Continue readingI know that, on the Left, the personal is political. I just didn’t know the political was practically orgasmic.
Continue readingQuite clearly, our own environmentally sensitive natives believed that all one needed to do was to build bricks, mortar and steel into modern-looking structures, pick an environmentally friendly “technology” with a cool sounding name and, voila! Magic benefits would come out of thin air – endless BTUs of cheap, pollution-free, guilt-free, Gaia-approved energy that defied the laws of physics, engineering and economics.
Continue readingGay Patriot has a post up about the nasty insults he receives as a gay man. These don’t come from right wing homophobes, though. They come from Leftists. Read his post and you’ll see. I’ll only add that, aside from being green with envy that he met Glenn Reynolds, I’m
Continue readingThe other day, Joe Biden used a figure of speech: Ryan has written a book called The Young Guns with two other fellows, members of the house . . . no, these are the Republican leaders in the house. You had . . . . You had . . .
Continue reading“Find a need and fill it.” That’s great advice in a capitalist society and it’s how many people have gotten rich while improving other’s lives. Al Gore has a different twist on that adage: Use false data to create an artificial need, and then fill that need using pork: The
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