Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Being a domestic goddess is exhausting. After a day spent shopping, cleaning, driving, folding, and cooking, I sat down to watch the surprisingly delightful On Approval. It’s a short movie (only 90 minutes), so I thought that, after it was done, I’d fold some laundry and write some blog posts.
Continue readingI’ve been a domestic goddess today, driving kids to sports activities, doing laundry, cleaning the house, washing the dog, etc. I’m pleased with my accomplishments, but I have to admit that I would rather have blogged. Blogging, however, will have to wait until this afternoon, when the soccer game is
Continue readingLet the information download begin: Alleged New York Times Baghdad Bureau Chief lambastes Obama administration If a Reddit user really is Tim Arango, Baghdad Bureau Chief for The New York Times, it’s very impressive to read his scathing indictment of the administration’s Iraq policy and conduct: it’s not my job to
Continue readingI started a long post a few days ago, because I thought I saw a common thread linking Ray Rice, women in combat, the Rotherham sex scandal, etc., but I just couldn’t control all that material. The short version of my theory is that women in the West have never
Continue readingMy calendar for Tuesday looks empty. I know that this is a snare and a delusion. I’ll get 8 million phone calls and as many demands on my time by 10 a.m. I thought, therefore, that I’d start the day with something simple: lots and lots of totally awesome political
Continue readingThis week, when it comes to the top stories, all is not as it seems. What struck me as I read through report after report, and opinion piece after opinion piece, is that we’re surrounded by a swirl of optics that belie the truth. Evidence to support this statement follows:
Continue readingMy sister called me yesterday, very excited about a purchase she and her husband made: a pheromone diffuser. The theory behind these things is that mother dogs emit calming pheromones. If a dog is stressed, you can help relax it by purchasing a device that emits the same chemical. My sister
Continue readingAs I noted in the preceding post, I’ll be offline for a while as my go-to guy for my computer tries to figure out why it’s not working right. In the meantime, I’ve got wonderful pictures and an excellent video. Please check in soon, because I am lining up more
Continue readingI haven’t managed to write anything substantive today. That’s because my entire day has been spent doing other things and then being interrupted when I was doing those other things. I’ll give you a little sample of “a day in the life of,” followed by some awesome political cartoons. Incidentally,
Continue readingI’ve got about 30 tabs open. They’re memory hogs, so I want to share their contents with you as quickly as possible so that I can shut them down and look for more stuff. Hold onto your hats, ’cause this is going to be quick: Voices inside administration challenge Obama’s
Continue readingYesterday was Labor Day . . . and boy did I labor. I took my Mom and my son to the Labor Day sales, for which I deserve a medal. I also took care of mountains of domestic duties, including digging my son out from a pile of clean clothes
Continue readingI had every intention of blogging today — lots of articles and lots of ideas — but haven’t been able to spend a single minute at the computer. We’ve had a big family project going on that required my full attention. I’ll try to blog this evening but, if not,
Continue readingDespite my rather chronic worries about the state of our nation and the state of our world, I seldom have nightmares. Last night, though, I had a doozy. It was short, vivid, and had me waking dripping with sweat. I dreamed that my son and I got off a bus
Continue readingYears ago, during the Bush administration, James Taranto read a despairing AP article in which the Progressive author opined that “everything is seemingly spinning out of control.” Taranto loved that phrase and used it to preface any link to crazy things, or things that made Progressive’s crazy. That phrase keeps wandering
Continue readingI honestly have no idea how Caped Crusader does this. Every day, he showers me with incredible images that I then get to pass on to you. Woot!! This first one is my absolute favorite for the day, and maybe even for the week. I’ve been saying since the 1990s,
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