Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Mark Steyn turns his gimlet eye and rich prose on the climate change furor. After noting that the Left's fear of nuclear annihilation vanished about the time Reagan left the White House and North Korea got the bomb, he discusses the rich nuances of the current climate change debate on
Continue readingBaseball, baseball and more baseball today. My son has just started coach pitch, and we seemed to have spent hours watching darling little boys repeatedly missing balls, hitting fouls, wiggling their loose teeth, staring into space, watching in surprise as balls rolled between their feet, getting into tussles with members
Continue readingThis is one of a series of breathtaking rainbow pictures taken in McFall, Missouri this February. You should definitely see the rest, which are here: Hat tip: Crossing the Rubicon.
Continue readingYesterday, I blogged about a bill in the California Legislature aimed, essentially, at creating a Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender History month, akin to Black History Month and Women's day, and whatever other day or month identity politics has co-opted. I've been thinking a lot about that since yesterday, and wondering why it bothers
Continue readingI still haven't been able to get the wonderful Day By Day cartoon to appear as a regular feature on my blog, but today's was so funny, I'll post it special:
Continue readingJust a quick observation. After 9/11, when Bush showed such strong resolve regarding Afghanistan, and his critics began to amp up the rhetoric about his religious beliefs, I used to joke that these insults might have an unexpected side effect vis a vis those hostile to America. While you and
Continue readingI'm a little behind the curve on this one — I only heard it through one of Jay Leno's endless gay jokes — but now, having heard it, I'm still gasping for air. Here's the language the California Senate is considering enacting as new law in California (Senate Bill 1437;
Continue readingThe Danube is a very angry river — it's flooding all over the Balkans: Thousands of people have fled their homes or were facing evacuation in Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania as emergency workers struggled to hold back record floodwaters along the Danube river. With melting snow and heavy spring rain
Continue readingAt least one person in Washington, D.C., isn't afraid to be a straight talker in Rumsfeld's defense. George Bush is always at his best when he doesn't hide the ball and play political talking games. Thus, when asked about Rumsfeld, Bush had this to say: BUSH: [O]n Friday, I stood
Continue readingJust when you're prepared to castigate the whole American MSM as a monolithic Left wing cadre, one of them breaks step and comes out with something totally intelligent. Today's breakaway sign of intelligence can be found at the LA Times, which has the courage to recognize the evil that is
Continue readingOhio State University has grandiose plans: " The Ohio State University aspires to become one of the world's great public research and teaching universities." As part of this vision, it advances core values it believes are inextricably intertwined with academic greatness: Pursue knowledge for its own sake. Ignite in our
Continue readingNorway's government earned an ugly name for itself during WWII because of the conduct of one Vidkun Quisling. He was the leader of Norway's Nazi party and, after the Germans invaded Norway, he was the Government's first leader. For the remainder of the War, Norway had a collaborationist government. Unlike
Continue readingMy history classes always taught me that the Roman empire didn't fall to any one enemy attack. Instead, it was destroyed from the inside due to an influx of Germanic ("barbarian") invaders from the North — many of whom simply oozed into the Empire and stayed. Eventually, of course,
Continue readingI had a shocking experience today. I was at a mall around lunch time when it filled up with high school students. Suddenly, I was surrounded by maybe 30 adolescent males. What practically threw me off my feet was that they were, without exception, clean cut, neatly dressed (no gang
Continue readingThose suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome like to claim that the increase in Muslim vs. everyone attacks are all George Bush's fault, because he had the temerity to strike back. Certainly, we're more aware of Muslim vs. the world attacks, because 9/11 got our antennae up. It's useful, though, to
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