Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Can I say that an entire political ideology is narcissistic? Because I’d really like to say that about Leftism, a political movement that sometimes seems like the textbook definition of narcissism. Although the DSM is a highly political book, it’s still the starting point for any diagnosis of narcissism: The
Continue readingJim Lacey explains clearly the problem with global warming science: it’s so hopelessly corrupt that it’s no longer possible to tell what the truth is any more. Incidentally, this corruption is not a new problem. In 1934, the now-forgotten author C.P. Snow, was a trained physicist, examined scientific dishonesty in
Continue readingAce has an excellent post up today about the way in which the media invariably frames Democratic and Republican victories: when Democrats win, Americans are intelligently embracing the Democrat agenda; when Republicans win, Americans are acting irrationally, operating from fear, or failing to understand the virtues of the Democrat agenda.
Continue readingHere I am, sneaking in one last post before I head off. (I’ve also set the blog up for some random Open Threads.) Over at Salon, an unabashedly liberal webzine, an article examines the dreaded possibility that Obama might be a one-term president. I found the article a little bit
Continue readingObama’s disastrous administration gives film makers a lot of useful material, but it still takes talent to pull together an indictment as stunning as this one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQD9IaGoLWk[/youtube] Hat tip: Lulu
Continue readingI’m a somewhat contrary person. (Right now, those who know me well are probably off laughing hysterically somewhere at my understatement.) Because the environmentalists are pushing so hard, from Al Gore on down, my instinct is to push right back. Pushing back makes me sound as if I don’t care
Continue readingFrom October 2010, this Andrew Klavan video nicely sums up the weirdness of unpatriotic “patriots” that I touched upon in an earlier post: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx_I1lzJ94w[/youtube]
Continue readingAs I do every year, I went with my family to our town’s Fourth of July Parade. It’s a great parade, with all sorts of community groups participating, including the various chambers of commerce; Little League baseball teams; bagpipers (Marin is home to a thriving bagpipe community); an impressive selection
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Continue readingFourth of July, the national celebration of combustion, presents an opportunity for atonement. Are you thinking? Have you figured it out yet? Do you know why you should atone on America’s Independence Day? You may have a hard time believing this one, from the NYT: FOOD is responsible for 10
Continue readingAmazing video. The narrative is clear, and the images are brilliant: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvObfrs3qoE[/youtube]
Continue readingA Harvard study has said that Republicans own July 4th: The political right has been more successful in appropriating American patriotism and its symbols during the 20th century. (Emphasis mine.) That makes it sound as if Republicans engaged in some nefarious propaganda scheme to steal away American iconography. Perhaps Republicans
Continue readingI had heard about a two-part article Mead wrote examining why Gore is a poor leader for the environmental movement, but I only now read it. It is well worth your time. Part I Part II My favorite quotation from Part I, which goes a long way to explaining the
Continue readingWe have an odd family friend. Fundamentally, she is a nice person and sports a very unconventional view of the world that occasionally emotes great insights into the human condition. She has a major flaw, however, one that she admits as a character flaw: she is an unabashed hater. Despite
Continue readingMuch has been written about playwright David Mamet’s coming-out as a conservative and his reasons for so doing, but there is still much gold to be mined from Mamet’s mind. Today’s National Review Online revisits Mamet in this stellar piece by Matthew Shaffer that contains this one gem that
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