Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I know I mangled the Latin saying “Media vita in morte sumus” (in the midst of life we are in death), but this story is a wonderful reminder that, in the midst of death, there is life — and very, very long life: Guinness World Records can today confirm that
Continue readingSome years ago, my friend Wolf Howling took the time to look into the true festivals celebrated on each of the 12 days of Christmas — that holiday celebrated during medieval times on the longest, darkest, coldest days of a year that, in so many homes, got light and warmth
Continue readingI believe strongly that we have an affirmative obligation to be as happy as we possibly can under ordinary circumstances. That last clause, of course, means that ISIS-held Yazidi sex slaves don’t have to be happy — their circumstances are hardly ordinary. However, ordinary, average middle class women and college
Continue readingThe revolution will be televised — thoughts on the shooting in Virginia Back in 1969 or 1970, during the height of the 1960s era upheavals, Gil Scott-Heron wrote a poem/song claiming “the revolution will not be televised.” The lyrics implied that the media would be so anodyne that, while revolution
Continue readingNot a bad day, but a busy one. Legal work in the morning, followed immediately by taking my mother to an appointment, followed immediately by a lunch that I’ll tell you about, followed immediately by taking my son to the barber, which activity will be followed immediately by joining some
Continue readingLong day, low energy, but the siren song of blogging is calling out to me and I respond to that call: American campuses are becoming increasingly antisemitic Jonathan Marks writes about the way that pricey little Bowdoin College, tucked up in a corner of Maine, is “debating” a complete boycott of
Continue readingIt is, of course, only my opinion that these two things are deserving of your attention but, since it’s my blog, I guess I get to have the final say on that point. The first thing is an article I wrote of American Thinker: Obama, Jon Stewart and Progressivism’s Bodyguard
Continue readingHere’s a little news story that should warm the cockles of the coldest, most jaded heart. Incidentally, I was not surprised to learn that the young man who did this comes from a religious background:
Continue readingObama’s adversarial relationship with Christianity What did we expect already from yesterday’s Prayer Breakfast? Obama long ago put the world on notice that he’s going full Bulworth (i.e., after six years in office, he intends, finally, to stop lying and speak the truth). While before Obama just let out peevish little
Continue readingI wrote the other day at some length about the incredible link between dogs and humans. There are two things I want to say. The first is to publish in the body of my blog a comment from Lee, about dogs’ contribution to civilization: I read somewhere that the domestication
Continue readingI just love this song, especially as Josh Groban sings it, and once a year I get to share that love with you:
Continue readingI’m still working my way through my email backlog, but it’s worth the effort, because I’m finally wonderful things buried in there. Take this video, for example: Every life has value . . . if we know where to look, and if the person hasn’t taken affirmative steps to erase
Continue readingOne of the good things about having a deeply unhappy mother is that it made me think about the things she does that lead to that chronic unhappiness. Objectively, her life is very, very bad (old, widowed, heart problems, chronic pain, limited mobility) and her life is very, very good (she’s
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