Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Life imprisonment for a crime you didn’t commit is a bad thing, but it’s a lesser evil than execution for that same uncommitted crime. The nurses and doctor in Libya, originally sentenced to death for allegedly transmitting HIV to children, have had their sentence commuted to life in prison: Death
Continue readingThis post doesn’t actually have anything to do with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but it falls in the genre of people elevating animals over humans — hence the post title. If you’re at all familiar with San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, you know that it is an
Continue readingThe definition for “goon,” from Dictionary.com: American Heritage Dictionary – Cite This Source goon (gōōn) Pronunciation Key n. Slang A thug hired to intimidate or harm opponents. A stupid or oafish person. [Probably ultimately short for gooney, simpleton.] ********************* That pretty much sums up the 9/11 Truthers behind this dreadful
Continue readingCan anyone explain to me why Britain is taking such a hard line with regard to Russia right now, while it’s taking the weakest approach possible in the face of rising and real Islamist violence? FacebookTweet
Continue readingI’ve had a few thoughts swarming my brain, so I thought I’d jot them down. Have you ever watched a conversation between one of those people who talks without pause (indeed, without even breathing), and a person who interrupts compulsively? It’s part painful, part humorous. Incidentally, the hands-down winner in
Continue readingYou all remember Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, don’t you? It is a book so good that even high school and college English classes can’t spoil the pleasure of reading it. If you haven’t read it, or no longer remember it despite having read it, let me refresh
Continue readingThe press is full of stories today about Olmert’s deal with Fatah to free hundreds of Palestinians currently in Israeli prisons. During all these maneuverings, no mention is made of the three Israelis held prisoner for over a year — Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. The UN is
Continue readingI don’t need to tell you how about Islamism (that is, extreme Islam aimed at reinstating Sharia law worldwide), nor how dreadful I think it is. I also don’t need to tell you how I admire Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Nor do I need to tell you that many in the
Continue readingI was wandering around my local Wal-Mart today thinking about how wonderful it is to have a place where people of limited means can buy high quality products (food, clothing, medicine, and just about anyting else you can think of) at very low prices. So, why do so
Continue readingBookworm is taking the weekend off, so I’m hoping in with one of my questions. I’ve been thinking a lot about hate speech and hate crimes since the Imus nonsense and the whole idea puzzles me. Is hate a crime? Senators Kennedy and Smith are introducing a new
Continue readingI have too much on my plate today and too little time, but I just had to take a few minutes to follow-up on a theme that started with the British Marines and ended, so sadly, at VTech: passivity. Two of the best writers out there have written about the
Continue readingLast week, when I paid my taxes, I had three thoughts jostling for primacy in my brain: 1. I hate funding pork. 2. I’m glad I live in a well-functioning country and my tax dollars help. 3. Even though I’m scrupulous in obeying the law, I hope the IRS doesn’t
Continue readingOne of my clients made a very foolish mistake. I was somewhat upset, although philosophical, because the consequences weren’t as bad as they could have been. I learned yesterday that the opposing party made an even bigger mistake that completed negated what my client had done. In twenty years, it
Continue readingOne doesn’t even have to read the Supreme Court’s partial birth abortion decision to know that it is entirely consistent with the Left’s beloved Roe v. Wade. Contrary to most people’s assumptions about Roe v. Wade, that case does not create an unfettered right to abortion. Instead, it does a
Continue readingJust a quick reminder that today marks the 101st anniversary of the great San Francisco earthquake. Growing up in San Francisco, it infiltrated itself into my consciousness to become a date I never forget. FacebookTweet
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