Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Whew! My internet was down Saturday morning and I finally got it back late — very late — Sunday night. It turned out that there were a lot of problems. First, the modem that Spectrum gave me five weeks ago was defective. Second, and much more critically, it turned out
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Something is wrong with my internet connection, so blogging will not be happening this weekend. With luck, the internet will spontaneously repair itself very soon. I haven’t had luck so far when it comes to this failed connection, so all that I can do is wait for the Spectrum repair
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Two years ago, Mark Robinson gave a superb speech supporting the Second Amendment. Now he’s the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s lieutenant governor. Just shy of two years ago, Mark Robinson stood up in Greensboro, North Carolina, and gave one of the best defenses I’ve ever heard of the Second
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Having thought about Super Tuesday’s results, it seems to me those who say Biden is a shoo-in are mistaken. There’s still life in Bernie’s campaign. With Biden’s unexpectedly strong showing after Super Tuesday, establishment Democrats are congratulating themselves that they dodged a bullet. They believe that Bernie’s momentum is dead.
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Hauling mulch around a garden on a rainy day made me contemplative, so I contemplated Bryan Ferry’s surprisingly conservative “Let’s Stick Together.” I spent another day tackling the garden in my new house. Wednesday was mulching day, and a friend helped me shift 6 cubic yards of mulch from a
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For me, today is a wait-and-see day. Tomorrow, when the results are clear, is a day for commenting. But perhaps you have something to say? As I write this, Bernie is back in the game but the results are still out for Texas and, most importantly, California. Me? I’m hoping
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I regret that I cannot go back in time and boycott Rick Steves because, back in the day, I watched a lot of his travel videos and bought his products. As long-time readers of my blog know, I am a very well-traveled person. For a decade, every time we went
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Following on my earlier theme about Biblical plagues and Iran’s coronavirus problems, God does seem intent on smiting Iran. The other day, I noted that, in 701 B.C., God routed the Assyrian army as it laid siege to Jerusalem. Based upon comments by Herodotus some 150 years later, many believe
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Not only did Trump act swiftly and appropriately to address coronavirus, our culture of cleanliness and market-based medicine gives us a big edge over China. Let me preface what I’m about to write by saying that, when I grew up in San Francisco, it’s the absolute truth to say that
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A friend of mine routinely gives thanks for the fact that he became a VA patient during the Trump administration because it’s doing a very good job for him. A friend of mine, a veteran, had some health problems a long time ago and then, proving that denial ain’t just
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The fact that Iran is the new epicenter of coronavirus irresistibly reminds me of Sennacherib’s abortive attack on Jerusalem in 701 B.C. Iran has a problem and that problem is coronavirus. Several different outlets, ranging from FrontPage Magazine to The New Yorker, have articles about the fact that Iran is
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The Trump rally in Charleston, South Carolina, was a joyous celebration of American virtues and of the uniquely American leader we are blessed to have. I avoid crowds, especially during the flu season, but when I had the chance to attend Trump’s rally in Charleston, South Carolina, just a short
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The Ivy League and other institutions of higher ed propagate ideas as destructive to America as the pernicious ivy plant is to a garden or home. I spent several hours today rooting out ivy from the planting bed by my front door. I am exhausted because ivy is a very
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Part III in a series asking just what Bernie the Red means when he says he wants to bring “Democratic Socialism” to America? In this part, Bernie the Red tells us what he wants us in his own words. Part I: Denmark, Sweden & “Democratic Socialism Part II: Honeymoon With
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With coronavirus dominating the news, I’ve had time to come up with a few thoughts. The bottom line: Trump’s doing the right things and I’m not panicking. I’ve been quiet about coronavirus. It’s unnerving and I can’t do anything to stop its spread, so there really hasn’t been much for
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