Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
You’ll notice that the title of this post — Life in Trump’s America — echoes previous round-ups I did called Life in Obama’s America. Those old posts were dystopian; in this, the new Age of Trump, things are a lot more cheerful when viewed through the prism of patriotism, rationality,
Continue readingUnlike Rand Paul, who is standing for a filibuster against the Patriot Act, my “standing” has to do with the fact that, after a long afternoon of shopping and doctors with my mother, I am still upright and reasonably coherent. His feat is the more admirable one or possibly the
Continue readingAs in past years, people who were older than about ten on September 11, 2001, have honored its anniversary. These social media acknowledgements of that fateful day tend to take two forms: (1) the “where were you then” form, as exemplified by George Takei, or as I think of it
Continue readingAs I noted in the preceding post, I’ll be offline for a while as my go-to guy for my computer tries to figure out why it’s not working right. In the meantime, I’ve got wonderful pictures and an excellent video. Please check in soon, because I am lining up more
Continue readingCPAC brought to the front the ideological war Ted Cruz, a committed Tea Party conservative, and Rand Paul, a libertarian conservative, are waging against each other. I think both have many virtues and serve the constitution very well in Congress. Indeed, I thought Ted Cruz did a good thing when
Continue readingThe other day, I wasn’t able to get to my desktop computer, which is where I write with ease and fluidity. I was also was quite depressed that day. Thinking about it, I told my sister that I wasn’t depressed because life is temporarily inconvenient. I was depressed, instead, because
Continue readingIt turns out that, when Dr. Ben Carson gently chided President Obama’s policies during the National Prayer Breakfast, he was holding back. When he gave a speech CPAC, where he could freely speak his mind, Dr. Carson was more direct: If a hypothetical “somebody” in the White House “wanted to
Continue readingCould there be a better “compare and contrast”? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-lDL9_qDDs&sns=em[/youtube]
Continue readingThe most recent ad from the Romney campaign reminds us that, during the primary, Romney was willing to fight. This is a fighting ad: I have no idea whether this ad gets viewed only by those of us who have already made up our minds in Romney’s favor, or if
Continue readingMost politicians would have pandered in response to the question a CAIR person posed in the video below. Not Allen West. As he said, near the end of his own answer to the question, “I’ve been on the battlefield….” Maybe we ought to make battlefield experience a prerequisite for honest
Continue readingI’ve been corresponding with a group of conservatives who are very strongly divided between Romney and Gingrich. I’m pleased to say that, while the debate is substantively heated, it also never veers away from common decency and civility. My latest contribution to the email string, right after mention of a
Continue reading[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG0stsk3Ljs[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqalyX38zYU[/youtube]
Continue readingThere is a quality to real leaders called a “command presence”. You know the type: they walk into a room and by their force of presence, command of the facts, unshaken confidence and leadership qualities, they capture the narrative and control the agenda. That command presence is a necessary mark
Continue readingI believe I’ve mentioned on several occasions here that the more I hear from Allen West, the more I like him. Is he ready to be President? Is there time for him to step into the fray? Allen West (Photo by Gage Skidmore) I don’t know the answer to those
Continue readingWhat’s really funny is that the hecklers even thought that they could intimidate this seasoned combat veteran: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9h1XHlEPjo[/youtube]
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