Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
James Q. Wilson carefully explains that the MSM is no longer reporting the news, but is actively attempting to shape events — in this case, it is working assiduously to ensure that the US backs out of this war, precisely the same way it backed out of Vietnam. His article
Continue readingKerry’s gaffe (whether he spoke intentionally or not) highlighted the “intellectual” class’s disdain for the military. I use the word “intellectual” carefully here, so as to distinguish it both from actual intelligence and from education. The intellectual class is a self-selected group whose members may not have done very well
Continue readingIt’s Mark Steyn, so it’s really incumbent on you to read the whole thing, but I particularly enjoyed these gem-like paragraphs: In fairness to Kerry, he didn’t invent the Democrats’ tortured relationship with the military. But ever since Eugene McCarthy ran against Lyndon Johnson and destroyed the most powerful Democrat
Continue readingThe internet is an amazing thing. Within one day, that hilarious National Guard photo rebuking Kerry was everywhere. It deservedly got all that attention, but how about a little attention for some other things too? American Thinker points to a story from Investor’s Business Daily explaining that Nancy Pelosi, who
Continue readingJohn Kerry has finally apologized (after first declaring that he’d never apologize). Despite the fact that his explanations and apologies ought to clarify things, I remain confused. It apparently takes a more sophisticated mind than mine to figure out John Kerry’s wiggly progress towards truth and reconciliation. Fortunately, many are
Continue readingToday is turning into a ridiculously busy day, which precludes any deeply thoughtful blogging. (And anyone who is thinking snarkily that this fact makes today like any other day at my blog can just keep that thought to him- or herself.) I do want to take a minute to add
Continue readingI was also thinking of titling this post “when you’re in a hole, stop digging.” Either expression would apply to Kerry’s recent press conference. Given the chance to explain his musings about education and the military, he stated that he was, in fact, attacking Bush. Considering that Bush graduated from
Continue readingBrad Pitt, who hangs with the usual Hollywood crowd, and shares his life with anti-War expert Jolie, expressed surprise at the fruits of his peers’ efforts: BRAD PITT discovered how unpopular America is across the globe when a group of drunk Dutchmen threatened to kill him because of his nationality.
Continue readingBarack Obama, bright though he may be, strikes me as nothing more than a media creation. Patrick thinks so too.
Continue readingMark Steyn pithily reminds us why the anyone-but-Bush and the anyone-but-the-Republicans and the I-want-to-punish-the-Republicans crowds are all wrong: But if it really is, as Democrats say, ”all about the future of our children,” then our children will want to know why our generation saw what was happening and didn’t do
Continue readingIf you have time, read Michael Fumento’s entire article about Iraq War correspondents who opine about events all over Iraq, but seldom leave the comfort of their Baghdad hotel rooms. If you don’t have time, you’ll still get the point from this single paragraph: Vietnam was the first war to
Continue readingIf you’re one of the disgruntled Republicans thinking of boycotting the polls, don’t. Today, Michael Medved offers eight reasons why you should support your local Republican candidates. Reason number one, standing alone, is good enough for me: 1. Judges. On April 20th of next year, Justice John Paul Stevens (arguably
Continue readingI’m one of those people who can walk into a room and instantly recognize what’s wrong with it design-wise. Thus, I can tell when the colors are off, the furniture is too this or too that, the floor plan is awkward, etc. This would be a very useful skill, and
Continue readingOne of the reasons I left private school for public school is that, as the kids got older, they had more and more after school activities. This prevented me from putting them in an after school care program and, instead, saw me driving all of the place to drop one
Continue readingThe usual family intense weekend, so blogging won’t resume until tonight. However, if you want to read something really, really good, check out Dr. Sanity’s post riffing off the revelation that Teddy Kennedy offered to work with the Soviets to advance their interests at America’s expense. (Will the subpoena against
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