Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
John Kerry has finally apologized (after first declaring that he’d never apologize). Despite the fact that his explanations and apologies ought to clarify things, I remain confused. It apparently takes a more sophisticated mind than mine to figure out John Kerry’s wiggly progress towards truth and reconciliation. Fortunately, many are
Continue readingI had a rare Marin Marine sighting today in Target. Indeed, we got two, in dress uniform, who happily spent a few minutes talking to the kids and me, explaining their ribbons and talking about the many places they’ve been. One of them said that his only regret is that
Continue readingToday is turning into a ridiculously busy day, which precludes any deeply thoughtful blogging. (And anyone who is thinking snarkily that this fact makes today like any other day at my blog can just keep that thought to him- or herself.) I do want to take a minute to add
Continue readingThe Captain accurately assesses the whole problem with Kerry’s “misspeak”: I’m still pretty torn on this controversy. Had Kerry simply come out yesterday and said, Whoops, my bad — I left out a couple of key words from the punchline and left the wrong impression — my apologies!, I think
Continue readingLast year, when I wrote about my decision to keep my newfound conservatism under wraps in my bluest of blue communities, I got three types of responses. The first came from people who could completely relate to my concern about verbal attacks and social isolation. The second came from people,
Continue readingI was also thinking of titling this post “when you’re in a hole, stop digging.” Either expression would apply to Kerry’s recent press conference. Given the chance to explain his musings about education and the military, he stated that he was, in fact, attacking Bush. Considering that Bush graduated from
Continue readingI think traditional marriage, which often includes children, is the glue that holds a stable society together. Married couples, especially those with or planning to have children, have an enormous incentive to hold jobs, save money, create safe communities, look to the future politically, and to crave non-revolutionary continuity when
Continue readingRead this story about child abuse only if you have a very, very strong tolerance for the worst kind of sadism visited on the most innocent of victims. I point it out only because the child’s abuser (his mother) was in her mid teens when she had him, has another
Continue readingIf you’re planning on sitting this one out, please read Selwyn Duke’s article before you do: So many wrong things feel so right. “You know, I really told my brother-in-law off the other day and, boy, did it feel good.” Of course, what has changed? Your brother-in-law is still the
Continue readingMaybe there’s a reason our troops voted overwhelmingly for Bush. Could it be because they knew that Kerry thinks of them as stupid, uneducated yokels? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuMWiQ6r2o] In any event, this is just more proof of my theory about the hierarchical morality that colors the Democratic/Leftist view of the conflict right
Continue readingThere’s nothing wrong with a newspaper being partisan. There is something wrong, though, with a partisan newspaper pretending that it has no ideological bias. Now that the New York Times has refused to endorse any Republicans in the upcoming election — a first in more than 30 years — do
Continue readingBy the way, if you doubt my hierarchical morality thesis, just read what Seymour Hersh has to say. I am not imagining things. To the hardcore Leftist, with a trickle down effect to the soft Leftists, victory belongs, not to those who are just and right, but to those who
Continue readingAs part of my random, brief blogging for the evening, let me commend to your attention VictorDavis Hanson’s article reminding us (a) that Extremist Islam is making modern the worst barbarisms of the past and (b) that the Enlightenment is a fragile concept that can easily be overwhelmed through apathy
Continue readingFortunately for those who don’t subscribe to Commentary Magazine, you can still read Amir Taheri’s article urging regime change in Iran. Taheri exposes decades of failed policies vis a vis Iran — not just American, UN and European policies, but also Russian and Turkish policies — and suggests that regime
Continue readingI know I shouldn’t be this angry, but I am. My little dog last week developed a very nasty habit: if we leave the kitchen for a minute, she jumps on the table to get the food. I discovered today that a ten year old neighbor taught her to do
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