Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’ve spent the morning putting out fires. They are all extinguished now, so I can get down to the fun stuff. I read a ton of articles I think you might find interesting. In no particular order: The Washington Post looks at myths regarding the current flu season. There were
Continue readingThe kids are almost back at school. It’s been a delightful winter break — sleeping-in in the morning, playing old-fashioned board games in the evening — but I am exhausted and my house is looking frayed around the edges. I crave normalcy. Normalcy also needs my attention. I finally dealt
Continue readingI started off the holiday week with a small email backlog. I ended up with a huge email backlog. Non-stop family time wiped out my cyberlife. Yesterday, I never even turned my computer on. I’m now going through the 500+ email backlog and finding some wonderful gems. I’ll put them
Continue readingIt’s winter break, and I’m coming to terms with the fact that, for the time being, my life is not my own. It belongs to husband, children, mother, children’s friends, neighbors, etc. I never even looked at the news yesterday, which left me feeling both bereft and relieved. Bereft because
Continue readingI wasn’t kidding when I said family is keeping me on the guy — family and work on a new project that has the potential to be at least somewhat remunerative. The new project requires that I master PowerPoint, a program with which I have only the most glancing acquaintance.
Continue readingAs I’m sure has been the case for you, my life over the last few days has been all family, all of the time. This is the way it should be over the holidays. Indeed, when I do glance at the headlines, I’m almost glad that this is the way
Continue readingThis is an Open Thread. I’ve been on the go since yesterday morning, and things won’t slow down for another couple of hours. Then, I blog! Until then, please feel free to let us know what you’re thinking.
Continue readingFamily life has been busy of late. That means when I wasn’t roused to blogging about the Second Amendment, I didn’t blog much at all these past few days. My lapses, though, haven’t stopped interesting things from appearing, some to do with Newtown, and some involving other stuff altogether. In
Continue readingI’ve spent today being very productive in a non-blogging way, but there are still a few things I’d like to share with you. If you’re feeling in a giving mood, the National Review needs help in its fight against the lawsuit Michael Mann (yes, climate change Michael Mann) filed against
Continue readingI don’t have the time (or, frankly, the inclination) to do full posts on each of these links, but they are all worthy contenders for your attention: John Steele Gordon compares Obama’s contempt for Congress with LBJ’s respect for that institution and willingness to collaborate with it to achieve his
Continue readingI went out to run one errand and came back to discover that Egyptian President Morsi had fled his palace after protesters breached police barricades. I have no idea whether this means Morsi’s brief sharia reign is over, or whether he’ll be be, redoubling the oppression. What do you think?
Continue readingThis is my mind right now: Yeah, that’s right. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I’m getting vertigo looking into the blank, black hole of my own thoughts.
Continue readingNothing in this morning’s news, or in my own life for that matter, is moving me sufficiently to justify a full post on a single subject or idea. I did find some interesting things online, though, that I’d like to share with you. Also, I always appreciate it when you
Continue readingProgressives and narcissists share an unpleasant trait: If you make a mistake, it proves that you and your ideas are inferior; if they make a mistake, it’s just a mistake. Your mistake is irremediable, because it’s intrinsic to who you are; their mistake is just one of those things, and
Continue readingThere’s nothing I enjoy more than seeing someone slice and dice Paul Krugman’s latest idiocies. Randall Hoven does a magnificent job. The only sad thing about it is that he’s preaching to the choir. The ones who really should read his article — namely, the ones who think Krugman is
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