Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This is not meant to be a whiny post (except when it comes to the bag bans, which still make me see red every time I go shopping). It’s just meant to be an observation about declines in life quality over the course of my middle-aged life. When I grew
Continue readingIn one generation, we went from this: To this: But my experience at Harvard over the past couple of years tells me that the environment for teaching rape law and other subjects involving gender and violence is changing. Students seem more anxious about classroom discussion, and about approaching the law
Continue readingThis gal identifies herself as “Honestly Speaking” and, boy, does she speak honestly. She tells “her people” that she’s not a “race traitor” for demanding that black people listen to their best angels, rather than their worst demons. She also explains, with great detail, why she’s a Republican. I wish
Continue readingNo time for an intro. I’ll just head straight for snark and links:
Continue readingThe longer I’ve lived as a conservative — which still doesn’t equal the number of years I spent as a younger person on the Left — the more I’ve come to realize that one of the gaping chasms between conservatives and the Left is truth or the absence of truth.
Continue readingI’ve got some errands to run, but I wanted to comment on two Washington Post articles before I go, and to reiterate a point I made in the comments to my earlier “Ferguson Open Thread.” 1. The Washington Post article about the Ferguson rioting contains this interesting passive voice statement:
Continue readingDerryck Green, of Project 21, makes a point that all of us here already know, which is that conservatives treat members of other races like human beings, while Leftists (no matter whether they call themselves liberals or Democrats or Progressives) treat them like slightly stupid children who can be bribed
Continue readingKenneth Meshoe, a member of the South African parliament, and someone who spent a large part of his life under true apartheid, understands that this lie not only slanders Israel, but wrongly diminishes the terrible suffering of South African blacks who experienced true apartheid:
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 readingMy Dad tried and failed to make a living as an insurance salesman back in the early and mid-1960s. When he left the business, he took with him a bad taste in his mouth and dozens of “Portfolios for an up-to-date Twentieth Century Security Program.” These were rather clever little
Continue readingI know what she means. Even when I was at my nerdy, sarcastic least popular in school, I remained convinced that, if people got to know the real me, they’d like me.
Continue readingThe more we get contextual information about Cliven Bundy’s comments, the more it’s clear that he was making a valid argument, although doing so in the most painful, inarticulate way, and the way most likely to come back and bite his supporters in the butt. As best as I can
Continue readingYesterday, Sonia Sotomayor announced that she is absolutely horrified that the 14th Amendment can be used to prevent state government from engaging in race-based discrimination. Some may be a little confused by her argument, given that the 14th Amendment explicitly states that ” No State shall make or enforce any
Continue readingThe Taliban has hit Marin County (indirectly). Marin County is headquarters for Roots of Peace, an admirable charity that seeks to advance agricultural development in poverty-stricken areas. It has an outpost in Afghanistan, where it seeks to enable the Afghani people to feed themselves. The Taliban can’t have that kind
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