Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
First there was syphillis, then AIDS and now there’s . . . phthalates. It turns out that even assisted autoeroticism is becoming a dangerous activity: Environmental group Greenpeace called on the European Union to ban the use of chemical plastic softeners in sex toys because they contained dangerous substances known
Continue readingWhen Dianne Feinstein starts wading in the partisan political waters, she as icky as the next politician. When she puts her head down and does her job, I often like her: Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California proposed legislation Friday to crack down on animal rights activists who make threats or
Continue readingIt’s fall, and my life is once again bounded by soccer. Four times a week, I’m dragging at least one of my children, and at least one of the neighbor children, up and down my community to various soccer practices and games. Today is one of those days where both
Continue readingWhen my children were at a Montessori school and I attended back to school nights, I wished that I could go back to school too. Now that my children attend a public school (and a really excellent public school at that) and I attend a back to school night, I’m
Continue readingTrish, who often comments here, sent me an interesting list: The Jewish/Islamic Score Card The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000, or 20% of the world population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes: Literature: 1988 – Najib Mahfooz Peace: 1978 – Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat 1994 – Yaser Arafat: 1990
Continue readingAfter a long morning away from my computer, I’ve got a couple of minutes just to say “hi,” and then I’m back to being away. I’ll be back tonight, though, and should have some good, pent-up blogging energy! In the meantime, if you’re looking for something interesting to read and
Continue readingSo far, Europe has had three major phases of anti-Semitism: The first was the long-standing anti-Jewish sentiment that characterized the early Christian church. The second was socialist-based anti-Semitism. This reach its ugly apogee in Germany, when it got blended with ideas about racial purity that led to the gas chambers.
Continue readingThe ambulance story matters because it’s the perfect example both of the dishonesty that permeated the Israeli/Hezbollah war reporting and, as Zombie demonstrates in her update to her original post, because the press assiduously keeps trying to spin the story rather than doing the decent thing and conceding that it
Continue readingI haven’t forgotten the Popal rampage, and thought I’d update you on a couple of stories that are still filtering through. First, the tragedy: Popal’s rampage left a 43 year old woman a quadriplegic: It was Susan Rajic’s birthday Friday. The 43-year-old massage therapist was supposed to go out to
Continue readingI got the following email from a friend. Can you help with suggestions? My daughter started school today as a high school senior. Over the summer, for her first class in Politics and Government in the U.S. and the World, she had to read What’s the Matter with Kansas. My
Continue readingOne of the most popular posts at WordPress today is musically entitled “America — F*** YOU.” It’s an interesting post in that it’s a microcosom of everything that’s ugly about today’s Left. This strain has always lived in the fringe Left, but it’s worth noting now, as these views move
Continue readingWhat’s wrong with this sentence? (Beware. This is a trick question.) Your child should wear a good pair of sneakers so that they may participate in PE. Okay, here’s the answer: Aside from the blatant grammatical error, what’s really wrong with this sentence is that a teacher wrote it. How
Continue readingKevin directed me to the best, the absolute best, coverage of the “America, convert or die” invitation that Al Qaeda issued. First, view this. At the bottom, when you see the hyperlinked phrase “the invitation,” click on it. You’ll be glad you did. FacebookTweet
Continue readingThe award for best opening sentence definitely goes to Myles Kantor, writing about Günther Grass (novelist and Nazi), who opens his article with this: The line between moralist and schmuck is very thin. I didn’t find the rest of the article quite as good, but it’s interesting, and worth reading
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