Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
In yet another reminder that it’s all about the bureaucracy and not about the child, it turns out that California joins the lists of states lying and cheating to get federal funds (and what a good lesson that is to teach our children): California and some other states have inflated
Continue readingDon’t you hate people who say “I told you so”? I do, unless I’m the one saying it. This time, I’m saying it regarding the Israeli troops massed on the Gaza border. But let me back up a bit…. Last night, Mr. Bookworm, who reads only the NY Times, asked
Continue readingI know that many of you are like me in that you’re disgusted with the Republican’s profligacy, as well as with other careless, pandering form’s of government in which Republicans engage. Be assured, though, that “punishing” them at election time, both in 2006 and 2008, will be worse. Why? Because
Continue readingI spend a lot of time talking to people whose children attend public schools in my fairly affluent area. What always surprises me is the disconnect between the facts they recite and their ultimate conclusion about our school district. Their ultimate conclusion is that the school district is just wonderful.
Continue readingSorry for the silence today. I was on the road all day long, and never came near a computer. I’ll be back tonight or tomorrow morning, especially since I’ve had ideas brewing all day long. FacebookTweet
Continue readingOkay, this is the kind of story that puts me in a panic: Senior moments, such as forgetting a recent conversation, may be a sign of the process that can lead to Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests. US scientists examined the brains of 134 older people who had appeared mentally sharp,
Continue readingYou all recall the almighty hooha when Stanley “Tookie” Williams, an Original Gang member for the Cribs, and a convicted killer of four, was put to death last year. You’d have thought the State of California was executing Mother Theresa. Today, with almost no fanfare, the State of Texas put
Continue readingI found something that amused me at the Arab News, which calls itself “The Middle East’s Leading English Language Daily.” It was a religious advice column, with someone writing in with this question: Nowadays Islam is under so much assault with some non-Muslim saying that it is not a peaceful
Continue readingI periodically check out Yahoo’s Most popular news stories site, which only seems to carry articles from the Left side (and Ann Coulter, although I never know how she creeps in there). When I checked just now, the most emailed story was an AP story entitled “Scientists okay Gore’s movie
Continue readingIf we were to repeat the past, I bet you’d find this story in the New York Times, circa July 1944 A secret code breaking group that both Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt authorized has broken a German code and has been using that information to gather intelligence about
Continue readingI don’t like the ACLU. I think it’s an agenda drive organization, in thrall to Bush Derangement Syndrome. This means it takes its theoretical focus — the preservation of individual rights against the state — and simply attempts, time and time again, to subvert that goal to striking out at
Continue readingBetter thinkers and writers than I have tackled Bill Keller’s letter to the public justifying his blithe release of security secrets. One thing he wrote, though, stuck in my mind, and I haven’t read anyone yet who has commented on this point: It’s not our job to pass judgment on
Continue readingI think Heather MacDonald has an excellent summary of the fundamental errors lying behind the NY Times’ hubristic thinking that it is the appropriate gatekeeper of this nation’s security secrets: The bottom line is this: No classified secret necessary to fight terrorism is safe once the Times hears of it,
Continue readingNPR loves to interview RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) or CHRINOs (Christians in Name Only) to make the point that the currently self-identified Republicans or Christians are imposters who have wandered into the wilderness, abandoning true Republicanism or true Christianity. These interviewees may, of course, be correct, and those who
Continue readingMy father, who knew what he was talking about, always said, "You fight a war to win." I don't remember him having a pro or con view regarding Vietnam. I do remember that he was disgusted by the fact that the biggest military superpower in the world couldn't just go
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