Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Readers know that I hold no brief for Donald Trump, whom I view as a media-created Big Government demagogue, whose politics have half-tones of both Left and Right ideology, but whose dominant top-note is pure self-interest. The fact that I dislike Trump, though, does not mean that I dislike or
Continue readingBush didn’t, Obama wouldn’t, but the next president should: Call into the Oval Office the leaders of Muslim communities throughout America to say, “Because of the First Amendment, the fact that you and the people in your community practice Islam is irrelevant to us in America. Your faith is your
Continue readingWolf Howling gave me permission to re-print in its entirety his splendid, insightful, intelligent, informed, far-reaching, and tightly-written rant about everything that’s wrong with the American political system as we head into the 2016 election. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you: Trump, Clinton, The American Republic & The Ides Of March
Continue readingVictor Davis Hanson says that conservatives who look askance at a Trump candidacy needn’t get their knickers in a twist, because he’s no worse than anyone else in our political class, going all the way back to the 1960s. Hanson had the examples (lots of them) to prove it. When it
Continue readingWith impeccable timing, the server went down last night and my blog vanished. My blog is restored (as you can see), so I thought that I’d do an open thread about last night’s Republican debate. I managed to watch 2/3 of it, and think that Ace sums up my feelings
Continue readingI’ve been collecting articles for days, so I’ll try to share them with you as efficiently as possible in a single post. My goal — no more than two sentences per recommended article. Ted Cruz is a decent human being. Contrary to Rubio, Trump, and Ted’s former college roommate (who
Continue reading[Someone commented rightly that “xenophobic” refers to unreasonable fears, and we conservatives agree that illegal immigration and unchecked Muslim immigration are a problem. I’m using the term “xenophobic” in the context of other Democrats who see the “Trump traitors” as unreasonably fearful. See, e.g., Robert Reich saying anyone who supports
Continue readingDear Trump supporters: There is no nice way to say this — Donald Trump has been lying to you. If you’re an Evangelical voter, he’s been a true sinner pretending to be saved in order to get your vote. If you’re a conservative, he’s been pretty much a lifelong Democrat, with the
Continue readingThis post may seem a bit random, because it’s made up of two personal anecdotes, one depressing story about black decline in American, one video, and one political statement. In fact, though, all of these have a single underlying theme that is best played out in a single post —
Continue readingTo me, Chris Christie’s decision to endorse Trump can be summed up in one poster: Full disclosure: If you look for my early Chris Christie posts, when he first appeared on the national scene, you’ll see that I thought he was a happy warrior, especially in his battle against the
Continue readingOne of my favorite things to read every Friday is The Goldberg File, Jonah Goldberg’s Friday email, which is then officially published at National Review on Saturday. In today’s, he addresses Donald Trump’s claim that the IRS has been auditing him every year because he is a Christian martyr. I can’t wait
Continue readingThere is no sense of normalcy in the world for me when a committed old communist and a reality TV star are the leading contenders in America’s upcoming presidential election. My round-up addresses some of the craziness, as well as lots of other stuff. Debunking Ted Cruz myths. Like me,
Continue readingBecause my ego is invested in my intelligence (as opposed to my looks or athletic abilities), one of my least favorite feelings is realizing I was wrong about something, especially something that I made a big noise about at the time. The one thing that cuts off that shame cycle is knowing that,
Continue readingAs this election year’s craziness continues, I keep trying to keep myself from getting upset. My mantra is that I should save my energies for things I can change, either directly or through my own small contributions. For everything else, I need to relax and watch the passing spectacle. That’s
Continue readingThis Ted Cruz video, which attacks Trump for donating to Democrat politicians and for using eminent domain for his own profit, has gotten high praise in some quarters, but I have to admit that it doesn’t work for me, for four reasons: First, I don’t like using kids to sell products. I
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