Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Today’s news stories help to clarify Obama’s and the Democrats’ priorities: Money for parties? Check. Assistance for politically friendly papers that the American public refuses to read? Check. Money for soldiers wounded in the service of their country? What! Are you kidding, dude? No way! The leader of the nation’s
Continue readingMore amazing than Vincent Fumo’s appalling abuse of office and general corruption is the fact that the AP article identifies his party affiliation the third paragraph! It’s not quite identifying it in the headline, but it’s still pretty darn good for an AP story.
Continue readingThis morning, Mr. Bookworm asked me “Who is Charles Freeman?” Because he reads only the Times, he’d never heard of him before today. I gave a brief summary of Freeman’s views re China, the Middle East and 9/11, as well as the fact that he lives in Saudi and Chinese
Continue readingI don’t know why I didn’t blog about the Charles Freeman story. Certainly it had all the perfect elements for yet another point of concern about the Obama administration: the Director of National Intelligence (!) selects Freeman, the Obama administration disclaims about knowledge of the selection, and Freeman turns out
Continue readingJames Taranto had a great deal of fun last year with Obama’s promise to do away with cynicism, even as he engaged in one of the most cynical campaigns ever. But he was right in one way. Cynicism is dead on the left, especially in the media. Herewith a couple
Continue readingHere’s a sickening AP story blaming Israel for the “trauma” inflicted on Gazan children. The story’s only acknowledgment that Hamas itself placed the children in the line of fire is the following paragraph, one that is carefully crafted to make it seem as if it was Israel’s fault that the
Continue readingPeters has said everything I’d like to say.
Continue readingI’m fairly disinterested in Prince Harry. He strikes me as an unexceptional young man who grew up in an unpleasantly rarefied atmosphere, but who is finally finding meaning and purpose in his life through military service. He keeps forcing attention on himself, though, by having foot (or costume) in mouth
Continue readingVacation is over and I’m back to my work schedule, which means no more morning blogging (not that I was very inspired in the morning during vacation). Still, I had to share this gem with you. I spoke with a liberal friend yesterday, who is lukewarm about Israel, and he
Continue readingYou know that NPR is hitting new lows when a liberal friend who reads only the MSM, who refers to anything that’s not MSM as “right wing rags,” and who prefaces his remark with “You know I don’t agree with everything Israel does,” then goes on to add that “NPRs
Continue readingCan anyone tell me when this stupid notion of a time table for war became de rigeur? Is it a product of the angry Left’s desperation to abandon Iraq or did it exist before? My questions are triggered by a headline from Reuters today that shows all the stupidity of
Continue readingThe Pulitzer Prize committee recently announced that it’s going to be very 21st Century and include on-line only publications for Prize consideration. I have a little rumination here regarding my suspicion that this is a superficial change that will not touch upon the fine investigative journalism emanating from the right
Continue readingI know I’ve posted before about a very common error on the Left: The belief that, if someone speak fluidly and articulately, his ideas must be as good as his presentation. The examples of famous evil demagogues, with the most famous being Hitler, fail to deter Progressives from this belief.
Continue readingI have to admit to screaming with laughter when I finally got around to Bill Ayers’ short-form autobiography for the New York Times, one that sees him classifying himself as just a joyous idealist, frolicking through the 1960s and 1970s — a Dennis the Menace for his times, all good
Continue readingThis is about the most depressing video I’ve seen in a long time: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8[/youtube] It’s obvious that the media effectively got its message across — and it’s impressive how unperturbed these voters are by their abysmal ignorance. The last woman, who is also the most charming, openly professes surprise at
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