Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
A few Harry Truman quotations: “A President cannot always be popular.” “A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. ” “If you can’t stand the heat,
Continue readingI really have to do some paying work, so I’ll just take a minute here to urge you to read Jonah Goldberg’s sterling column about context, torture and moral relativism. FacebookTweet
Continue readingI’ve always been fascinated by history. It was only because Bezerkley Marxist teaching sucked the life out the subject that I didn’t get a Ph.D. in history. I’ve therefore had a well furnished mental backdrop about Islam’s continuous incursions against the West, including its final conquest of the Byzantine (Christian)
Continue readingI can’t remember where I read it, but a columnist I respect said that we can’t possibly go to war with Iran because Iran’s strategic location on the Persian Gulf means that it could choke off our oil supply. Ed Lasky, however, thinks that is a 1970s view of oil
Continue readingAs part of a much longer article about the Democrat’s foolish faith in the NIE leak, J. Peter Mulhern, writing at American Thinker, offers this nicely phrased analysis about the willing fighters and the potential victims in our society: When you go to war your enemy will enlist people to
Continue readingNow that the uproar over Chavez’s speech has ended, those who were at first a little embarrassed to see someone say at the UN what they’ve been saying everywhere else, have regrouped, and started agreeing with and echoing Chavez. The latest hit piece I read struck me as amusing, because,
Continue readingHere’s the incredible, thoughtful response from Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s President, to a loaded question from AP operative Jennifer Loven, who is married to a Democratic macher and who wouldn’t know an unbiased story if it bit her in the face: QUESTION: Thank you, sir. Even after hearing that one of
Continue readingMartin Luther King, 1963: And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of
Continue readingI get a weekly email that lists shows in the Bay Area. It’s not a comprehensive list. If I had to analogize, I’d say it’s akin to a list of off-Broadway productions in New York. I found amusing these two shows: World Premiere of The War at Home at NCTC
Continue readingIn yesterday’s Best of the Web, there is a photoshopped picture of Osama Bin Laden. It took me a minute to recognize that it was pasted over an August picture of Fidel Castro that the Cuban government released to prove that he’s still alive. Am I only the who finds
Continue readingYou have to read Dennis Prager’s whole article about the illogic driving the current round of Pope Benedict bashing. It’s wonderful. To whet your appetite, I’ll tease you with these two paragraphs: Another example is Karen Armstrong, the widely read ex-nun scholar of religion. She has written of Pius XII
Continue readingI admire restraint, up to a point. When you reach that point, though, if you continue with restraint, you begin to look weak, foolish and doubtful about your own position. I was therefore delighted to see that the Bush Administration, through Condi Rice, is taking on Clinton’s hysterical attack last
Continue readingDrudge this morning greeted me with the announcement that George Clooney has decided not to run. I think that’s a smart choice. I’ve amused myself in the past by running through a mental list of Hollywood types who have switched from movies to political office. Unless I’m missing something, it’s
Continue readingSometime last night, my Statcounter registered 200,000 hits. Thank you! FacebookTweet
Continue readingIf Bookworm were here (she’s on a much needed mini-vacation and will be back tomorrow) she would surely mention that oil prices have dipped below $60 a barrel and are at a 6-month low. Also, the fed declined to raise interest rates for a change. Assuming the good news continues
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