Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
During the fifth Republican candidates’ debate, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed repeatedly over national security issues, with each accusing the other of having been weak on national defense in the past and following the wrong path into the future. Because American voters identify national security as their primary concern
Continue readingUPDATE: I foolishly published this post during a very busy, chaotic day (including my old dog’s falling into the swimming pool and almost drowning). A friend called my attention to the fact that it contained too many typos, some confusing text, and omitted important information about the USA Freedom Act. Rather than
Continue readingIt’s not a very deep dive to plumb the depths of Leftist intellectual positions on most issues, but it’s still a worthwhile exercise to expose the fallacies that they use to try to dominate the debate on pressing issues — with the most pressing issue being whether to admit Syrian
Continue readingNo time for chit-chat. I’ve got stuff to share: America’s values have turned upside down It’s a time-honored custom for older people to look at changes in the world since their youth and to bemoan those changes. I’d like to think I’m neither that rigid nor that old. There are
Continue readingThe Council has spoken and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I am deeply flattered that I won this week’s edition. I was blown away by other people’s posts and didn’t suspect that I could even be in the running: The Council has spoken, the votes have been
Continue readingThis morning, I woke up so angry about the Iran agreement that Obama has been pushing and about the faked RFRA outrage that I couldn’t even write. Every time I sat down at the computer, I choked on my own bile and my brain froze. I felt like a computer suffering
Continue readingDayenu is a traditional Passover song that’s more than 1,000 years old. It’s one of those songs that, like The Old Lady Who Swallowed The Fly, keeps having longer and longer verses. In the case of Dayenu, the ever-lengthening verses add up God’s Passover miracles. After every verse comes the
Continue readingThe useful thing about the Left’s willingness to expose its ignorance is that analyzing its errors often leads one to greater truths. For me, the greater truth flowing from a poster highlighting Leftist stupidity is that Jesus almost certainly would have approved of Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, as well as similar
Continue readingI was inspired by Sadie’s clever comment: And before anyone gets too bent out of shape, although I consider Obama the worst president ever, think his policies towards Israel have crossed the boundary into evil, and look with despair upon the world he is creating inside and outside of American
Continue readingWord must have gotten out that I have a temporary hiatus in the endless mountain of legal work that’s overwhelmed me, because the phone hasn’t stopped ringing all morning. Every time my fingers get anywhere near my keyboard, the phone rings, I glance at the caller ID and, yes, it’s
Continue readingI haven’t yet seen the movie American Sniper, but I have read Chris Kyle’s autobiography, on which it is based. I therefore believe that I am qualified to write on the topic. Although, come to think of it, I’m not really going to write about American Sniper at all. Instead,
Continue readingI thought my day would be busier, but it’s settled into a relaxing mode that makes enticing just a wee bit of blogging. So that’s what I’m doing here — a wee bit of blogging. First on the agenda is a freaky “pigs flying” moment from MSNBC. NewsBusters caught a
Continue readingSince his first day in office, Obama has both passively and aggressively sought to undermine Israel. Unfortunately, he’s proven to be very good at that, which stands in stark contrast to his administrative ineptitude with Obamacare. Under Obama’s watch, Iran is getting near the nuclear bomb; the idea of a
Continue readingThere’s so much good stuff out there, I’m just going to spill it all here, a la Instapundit. Jonathan Tobin doubts that Obama’s upcoming three-week long “Sham-Wow” commercial for ObamaCare will miraculously turn around the public’s perception that the program is a failure and the president a liar. The success
Continue readingYesterday, I asked you what you thought of Bret Stephens’ belief that the risks of letting the Syrians fight it out amongst themselves are too great. Reading your responses, I have the sense that most of you feel, as I do, that containment, not intervention, is the way to go.
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