Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
All the talk lately is about talking. Tune in to any conservative outlet, and you’ll see that the politicians and thinkers are scratching their heads, trying to figure out how to get voters to support conservative values. Conservatives are talking about their lack of a clear narrative. Conservatives have an
Continue readingAfter a lovely long weekend with family, we’re getting in the car today and heading home. If things go well, the drive should take about seven hours. If we get stuck in holiday traffic (as happened when we drove down), we’re looking at nine hours on the road. I might
Continue readingPaul Scott challenged us to look at what Eric Garland, a Progressive blogger, has to say and to take it seriously as a way to win the White House. Paul is right — we cannot make a convincing argument unless we know what our opponent in the argument believes. Insulting
Continue readingMy Facebook friends are besides themselves with delight about Obama’s victory. I get that. What I don’t appreciate is the “kick ’em while they’re down” attitude that these enlightened people show. Herewith, the latest offerings from the sore winners on Facebook. Progressives conflate truly stupid statements about human biology (that
Continue readingI’ve got a new post up at PJ Media: In the last few days before the election, many moderate Democrats are contemplating breaking up with Barack Obama. Parting with a political party or candidate can be every bit as wrenching as severing a personal relationship with a girlfriend or boyfriend.
Continue readingI’ve now had the chance to digest myriad analyses of the Roberts decision on ObamaCare. I think I can sum up the various conclusions that liberal and conservative pundits have reached. Here goes: The decision is a victory for Obama and the Democrats because it keeps ObamaCare on the books.
Continue readingThe Twentieth Century American paradigm for patriotism was our Flag, Mom, and Apple Pie. Obama’s Democrats have now hit the trifecta. We’ve got the flag: We’ve got Mom: And we’ve got pie, courtesy of Michelle Obama, speaking on April 8, 2008: The truth is most Americans don’t want much. Folks
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Continue readingI’m feeling nostalgic, and not in a good way. First, a little pointed humor from the 40s: (Hat tip: Patriot Post) Bob Hope reminds us that the OWSers are nothing new: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6YdNmK77k[/youtube] And should we be bothered that tuberculosis, the scourge of the 19th century, has emerged in a non-treatable
Continue readingI get Obama campaign emails because I signed up for them. It’s always interesting to see what the opposition is doing. That’s why I got to enjoy this “classy” email from Obama’s 2012 campaign: Friend — Everyone’s got that special conservative in their life. Maybe it’s your dad, who forwards
Continue readingI can’t remember if I wrote it here, but I know that, in lunches with Don Quixote, I’ve discussed the parallels between the OWS protests and the Chicago convention in 1968. Rather than gather my slightly fragmented thoughts, I’ll just pass the baton to Bruce Kesler, who ably discusses the
Continue readingThis is what passes for humor on the Left: Get a “celebrity” who’s been in prison for rape, has bitten off people’s ears, kicked strangers in the groin, is a high school drop-out and — oh, yes — happens to be black, and have him pretend to be Herman Cain
Continue readingOn the heels of Bookworm’s excellent, hard-hitting essay on narcissism comes a nice coda on man-made global warming that is emblematic of Bookworm’s theme. Because of major discoveries involving the interaction of atmospheric aerosols and cosmic radiation, “climate models will have to be revised,” stated a communication from CERN that
Continue readingThere are few issues that have been obfuscated as diligently by the media organs of the MSM Left as has been the housing crisis that led to our current economic depression. Why, of course they would do that: the Democrats are guilty as sin! We’ve observed on the pages of
Continue readingIs our democracy germinating the seeds of its own destruction? Alexis de Toqueville warned, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” That day has come. It is not yet gone. Democracy in ancient Athens lasted about 250
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