Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
9th Day of Christmas; Feast of Sts. Basil & Gregory, the Reconquista of Christian Lands, 2nd Battle of Trenton, Big Bottom Indian Massacre, Barbarian Migration into Rome, Luna I Spacecraft, the Yorkshire Ripper, and more. Holidays and Observances on January 2 Today is the 9th Day of Christmas Feasts of
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This is a good, long post. Mix a martini or make yourself some hot chocolate, find a quiet place, settle back, and read away! Trump woos conservatives. The big news today is Donald Trump’s list of proposed Supreme Court nominees, all of whom of are, in John Yoo’s words “outstanding
Continue readingHaving thought about it a lot, I’m about to commit what many will believe is heresy: I believe conservatives should suck it up and vote for Trump so as to avoid a hard Left presidency. Trying to save the Republican party at this juncture is an intellectual and practical dead-end,
Continue readingThis video doesn’t resonate with me too much. It’s a little too conclusory in each of its assertions for my tastes, although I agree with the overall premise. I think I also disagree with his use of “liberal” to describe the Left, which is startlingly illiberal. What do you think?
Continue readingIt has everything: the response to Leftists’ adoration for affirmative action, the insidious control pop culture has on us, and the way to challenge pop culture.
Continue readingI spend ridiculous amounts of my time trying to convince my children that, while “Give me that!” and “May I have that, please”, mean the same thing, their chances of success are much greater with the second phrase. I repeat ad nauseum that it’s not what you say, it’s how
Continue readingI’ve been having a very interesting email exchange with FP, a friend who sent me the Peter Schiff video that’s now making the rounds: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y28yFxLydzU[/youtube] As you can see, Schiff makes logical points grounded in reality, and the protesters come back with mere protest tactics, rather than making any attempt
Continue readingAs is appropriate after a disastrous election, there is a lot of soul searching going on on the conservative side, trying to figure out what went wrong so that we can do it right the next time. I see this in phone calls from relatives, lunches with friends, gatherings with
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