Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Back in the 1980s and early, early 1990s, when I was young and frivolous, I used to enjoy Vanity Fair, a magazine that allowed you to sneer at and envy the rich and famous, and that had eyeball popping ads. I thought Tina Brown was a good editor for Vanity
Continue readingKudos to the AP for revealing that Democratic Leader Harry Reid was involved in an unethical financial deal that netted him money most of us can only dream of. Here’s the beginning of the AP’s report: Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas
Continue readingOn its face, it looks like an article in the New York Times that points out something we have figured out already; namely, that the Europeans have been nursing a viper to their bosom: Europe appears to be crossing an invisible line regarding its Muslim minorities: more people in the
Continue readingWith North Korea gone nuclear, today is definitely the day for some lighter fare. You won’t find it here and now, since I have a work project I absolutely need to get to this morning (famous last words), but I can assure you that you’ll get it at Guns ‘n’
Continue readingA bomb went off in Tel Afar yesterday, but that’s not the news. From the SF Chronicle, which is reprinting a short article from the Washington Post, the lede and the first paragraph make sure we understand the real story: 2nd bombing in city Bush had touted as safe A
Continue readingDid you ever think that, if we mandated a five mile per hour speed limit, there probably would no longer be fatal car accidents? I think that would be true, but the American economy would collapse along the way? And I bet that, if we required people to eat only
Continue readingAs more facts and counterfacts dribble out regarding Mark Foley, I’m slowly getting a handle on a bigger picture. Here’s what I see: Foley was, until recently, a closeted gay. As of about a year ago, the Republican leadership knew that Foley had sent emails to pages. The emails were
Continue readingMr. Bookworm still finds troubling my political transformation, which is actually something I understand. After all, when we stood under the chuppah so many years ago, he knew what he was getting — a stalwart Democratic life partner. It was bad enough when his siblings, after 9/11, betrayed him by
Continue readingJennifer Loven is a lady with a reputation — one that the Power Line team has carefully documented. I’m sure she comes by her biases honestly– her husband, after all, worked for Bill Clinton and advised John Kerry during his run for office. Coming by your biases honestly, though, is
Continue readingIsrael, which is that oddity, a free society in the Middle East, is finally figuring out that a free press is one thing, a corrupt, dishonest press another: The Government Press Office held a meeting with heads of foreign news agencies earlier this month to protest the doctoring of photographs
Continue readingThe media’s focus consistently has been on the number of American casualties. Since we’re Americans, and every American death is a tragedy, this is relevant and important information. However, since we’re in a war, it’s useful to know what hits the enemy has been taking. Here, the media has been
Continue readingHere’s the incredible, thoughtful response from Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s President, to a loaded question from AP operative Jennifer Loven, who is married to a Democratic macher and who wouldn’t know an unbiased story if it bit her in the face: QUESTION: Thank you, sir. Even after hearing that one of
Continue readingIf you were living under a rock, you might not have heard that, the other day on The View, Rosie O’Donnell raised the specter of hoards of violent, extremist Christians who are a threat to every American. Even if you haven’t heard this latest bit of hysterical, relativistic claptrap, you
Continue readingThe NY Times headline is in huge, bolded text: “Israeli Attack on Militants Kills 4 Civilians.” The story, however, doesn’t quite jive with the accusation that Israel, a la Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Hamas, whatever, targeted civilians: The Israeli military killed five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today in operations directed
Continue readingThe media buzz tonight is about Aaron Sorkin’s new show, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” What’s been a bit interesting to me is how the show lends itself to different interpretations from different sides of the political spectrum. The first thing I read about the show was Brent Bozell’s
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