Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I do not watch the Grammys, so I was unaware that the Grammy powers that be had edited the speech by Lorde, the teenage sensation from New Zealand who sang what I thought was a boring chant about the misery of life without bling. Having read what they edited, you
Continue readingI have less pain in my knee than I’ve had in months — and no wonder. It turned out I was just walking on bone, without benefit of cartilage. I’m always glad when I learn I wasn’t being a hypochondriac. My brain is pretty clear — nothing but Motrin for
Continue readingMy knee needs a little tidying up, so I’m under the knife right about now for some outpatient slice and dice. I doubt I’ll be blogging any more today, so please enjoy this Open Thread.
Continue readingPower corrupts; and when the IRS has absolute power, it’s corrupted absolutely. *** Three headlines at The Weekly Standard: (1) CBO Director: Obamacare ‘Creates a Disincentive for People to Work’; (2) AOL CEO: ‘Obamacare Is an Additional $7.1 Million Expense For Us’; (3) WSJ: ‘Limited Choices of Doctors and Hospitals’
Continue readingThis is what community organizers do: they go into a struggling community that anxiously awaits a high-quality, low-priced store that community members believe will help lift up their neighborhood and, shouting racial epithets, they shut the initiative down. *** Democracy? Who needs democracy, even a watered-down representative democracy? Rep. Sheila
Continue readingOh, my gosh! There is an embarrassment of riches out there this morning when it comes to thought-provoking, interesting, informative, or funny articles and videos. Here are my favorites, in no particular order: I pointed out here that terribly flawed, infantile, dangerous, and very non-scientific reasoning supported a study purporting
Continue readingIt rained here yesterday, an event that was much more exciting even than the Super Bowl. We probably got just a quarter inch of rain, but for a drought-stricken region, even that is thrilling. There are storms lined up along the California coast . . . but that damned high
Continue readingThis weekend has been non-stop family stuff. I find it almost impossible to blog under those circumstances. And of course, in a few hours, the Super Bowl begins. I’m not rooting for either team, which makes watching the game a very pleasant experience for me. I always get ridiculously stressed
Continue readingI have not spent my time wisely today, but there are some things that crossed my radar that I think you’d like: It’s not just because Mike McDaniel was kind enough to link to me that I bring to your attention his long, thoughtful article about gun ownership. I’m suggesting
Continue readingI didn’t watch Obama’s SOTU. Between cooking and carpooling, I had neither the time nor the inclination. I’ve never been impressed by “Obama the Orator,” and his speech’s details had already been leaked, so the whole thing fell into the “Why Bother?” category. I did hear one interesting thing about
Continue readingDennis Prager asks a very important question: What do you learn when you compare what Leftists and what conservatives view as the greatest evils in the world today. Using this analysis reveals just how bereft the Left is of any moral compass. Or rather, it has a moral compass, only
Continue readingLots of laundry to fold, but that doesn’t mean I can’t highlight a few things that caught my eye. *** Until our relatives moved away from Los Angeles, twice a year we used to make the trek from the Bay Area to Los Angeles and then back up again. In
Continue readingI have lots of intelligent thoughts swirling in my head. The problem is that they haven’t settled down and become coherent. Mostly, I’m focused on an upcoming outing with my mother. My mother is an inveterate shopper. At almost 91, shopping isn’t just the main pleasure in her life, it’s
Continue readingThere’s a definite connection between sleep and productivity. For the past few nights, I’ve had a resurgence of my insomnia issue. Every night, I’m tired, but I don’t sleep, which means that, every day, I’m tired and I can’t write. I’m going to take the dogs for a walk and
Continue readingWhen I lived in England, though I neither smoked nor drank, I enjoyed hanging out in pubs. They were congenial places where one could get a good game of darts (good for me, especially, because of that not-drinking bit). Apparently pubs aren’t that much fun anymore, and the Brits can
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