Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
When I hear of a long-term relationship, I think in terms of decades — multiples of them. So when I read the headline that “Uma Thurman and long-time beau split up,” I assumed that we were talking about one of those bizarre Hollywood relationships whose years can actually be counted
Continue readingIn my post about the field of front-running Republican candidates, I got a comment from someone who said that s/he could not possibly vote for Giuliani, because Giuliani is personally pro-choice. Further, the comment writer said (or implied) that this would hold true even if it boiled down to a
Continue readingYa say you want a Revolution, We-ll-ll, you know . . . Apparently you’ll have to wait a while. According to Michael Fumento, who was there, what happened at the much heralded (from the anti-War movement) March on the Capitol was plenty of nothing. The photos he took give you
Continue readingIt’s a sad fact that anarchists have no friends. Everything vanishes into the maw of their violence and nihilism. Now the UN is learning that truism for itself, since Palestinians attempted to kidnap a UN official who was in Gaza: Three masked Palestinian gunmen opened fire Friday on a vehicle
Continue readingHere’s the lady’s bio, which reads like a nightmare or a free spirit’s life, depending on your world view: Left to her own devices by parents she thought were preoccupied with their careers, Rebecca Walker experimented with drugs, had sexual encounters with men and women, and had an abortion at
Continue readingHappy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you. And, if you haven’t already, be sure to read Thomas Cahill’s How the Irish Saved Civilization . FacebookTweet
Continue readingEvery week, like clockwork, the Watchers of Weasels vote and make sure you get the chance to read the best articles written by members of the Watcher’s council, and by others out in the blogosphere. This week, the two most highly rated articles written by council members are Eternity Road’s
Continue readingTo my shame, I only sort of paid attention to the story of Irena Sendlerowa, the Polish Catholic nurse who saved 2,500 Jewish children, was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo, and escaped death by minutes through a well-placed bribe. Fortunately, the Webloggin editor was on the case, and he’s
Continue readingWhen I was a law student at a fairly prestigious school, I interviewed with a fairly prestigious law firm. One of the interviewers, when he heard I was from the Bay Area (although that’s not where I went to law school), told me that his firm almost never hired people
Continue readingI’ve heard that the Dems are excited because they believe that the fractious Republicans are falling apart at the seams as they fight over the different candidates heading to the primaries. Funnily enough, I don’t see what’s happening as a self-destructive battle to the death. Rather, I think the Republicans
Continue readingThe American public, rightly, is refusing to get excited about the eight US attorneys that got fired. It’s apparent that Bush simply passed on complaints without making any recommendations or demands, and equally apparent that Gonzales did not go overboard in firing people (unlike the Clintons’ housecleaning in 1993). I
Continue readingI volunteer with a youth choral group. In music theory today, one of the boys, who is learning sight singing, laboriously sounded out several tunes, and was then asked to name each of them. He was able to name Frere Jacques, Happy Birthday to You, and even My Bonny Lies
Continue readingDoes anyone pay attention any more when one of the fluffy dames in network television has a cozy, non-confrontational fireside chat with a megalomaniac? FacebookTweet
Continue readingEveryone one in my liberal, environmentally conscious community wants a Prius. The only reason Mr. Bookworm didn’t buy one when his last car gave up the ghost was because it was too small for him to sit comfortably. The first of our neighbors to get the Prius was congratulated by
Continue readingYou’ve probably heard that the Flying Imams are going after US Airways for refusing to let them fly after they made a loud, scary spectacle of themselves, that seemed intentionally to mimic the behavior in which the 9/11 murders engaged. (Bravo, US Air!). What you didn’t know is that the
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