Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I was aboard ship (more on that later) and then on the phone boasting about having been aboard ship, so I missed the debate. I’m sure I’ll watch bits and pieces of it on the internet at some later date but, frankly, why bother? The broad consensus is that Romney
Continue readingI spent a very family-centric weekend, which inhibited both weekend blogging and weekend information gathering. So today, I’m playing catch-up. Nevertheless, I do have a few interesting things to highlight. Dennis Prager is one of my favorite political commentators. His approach to morality and politics can be summed up in
Continue readingSorry that my blogging has been slow today. I’ve got a cold and while I’m not very sick (and I’m very grateful for that fact), I don’t feel very well either. Someone also seems to have stuffed my head with cotton wool, so my brains are slightly suffocated. I’m optimistic
Continue readingI’ve been busy today hunting down paying work, which accounts for my low blog production today. Here are a few things for you, though. On the subject of the oxymoronic “liberal tolerance,” I’ve got a three-fer for you: The Anchoress talks about Democrats’ fear that innocuous gifts might contaminate them.
Continue readingNational Review Online had three articles this morning that I thought worth passing on. The first two form a matched set, although I suspect it was inadvertent that NRO published them on the same day. We begin with Noemie Emery’s article explaining why Franklin Roosevelt was a singular phenomenon: Put
Continue readingLegal Insurrection argues compellingly that, even though Journolist was exposed and, presumably, disbanded, the MSM is stilling using the same playbook. Well, maybe not quite. Very peculiarly (and practically minutes before the DNC in political time), the New York Times is running an article about Valerie Jarrett, identifying her as
Continue readingI’ve been moping around this morning, but I cheered up a lot when I saw this one. I’m going off to exercise now, which should elevate my mood, but it precludes blogging. Consider this a Monday Morning Open Thread.
Continue readingI’m heading out for a while, but I do have some articles lined up that I think you might enjoy: The Todd Akin news is a total downer, since he refused to withdraw when it was easy to do so. Keep in mind that this is not about pro-Choice or
Continue readingI must be very wicked, because it hasn’t been a peaceful few days, nor has this morning been peaceful. Sitting down, reading, thinking, and writing haven’t been a part of my agenda. (I’m being a little dishonest there, for literary purposes, of course, because I actually had some pleasant moments
Continue readingI took a road trip yesterday, so I missed the “moment” of the Sandusky verdict. Based on the testimony, it seemed like the jury nailed it. Someone emailed me an interesting question: Why did Sandusky’s attorney sound so darn happy after his client was found guilty on almost all counts?
Continue readingI assume that you all know by know that President Obama has issued an executive order granting amnesty to young illegal immigrants. It’s a clever move. Marco Rubio had already proposed something similar, so Obama can say that at least some smart Republicans are already on board with the idea.
Continue readingApologies for not writing more today, but I’m just a little tired. I seem to have used up my energy on running the household, and don’t seem to have anything left for blogging. I see no reason, though, why I won’t regroup tomorrow. I am assuming now that I’ll be
Continue readingAs is usually the case for me after a long weekend, my brain is a gray mush, and my paper inbox is piled high. Between the one and the other, it takes me a little bit to regroup for blogging. Until then — It’s Open Thread Time! Yay!
Continue readingMy Saturday was busy. My Sunday will be even busier. I can’t wait until Monday. Tuesday — and I’m boasting here — I meet MacG for lunch. I was talking to my kids about market forces and came up with this one: “The market is busy grappling with today’s problems,
Continue readingIt’s been another all family, all the time day. Here are three interesting links, and then it’s Open Thread time: What’s going on with the GSA and the Secret Service reflects a failure of leadership. Are people buying guns because they’re afraid? And Pelosi says we don’t need no stinking
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