Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
A romance novel explains why Trump is destroying the media and a Jewish survival doctrine provides a road map for conservatives who want to win. These are strange times and I sometimes have a strange brain. That may explain why, in the days since the Alabama election, when I read
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Here’s a Frederica Wilson collection of illustrated commentary, along with a bunch of other wise and wonderful posters for the discerning conservative. The rest of these Frederica Wilson posters poke fun at her looks. I don’t usually poke fun at people’s looks, because it’s something over which they have limited
Continue readingPart of why Andrew Breitbart was such an explosive presence in the conservative community was because he fully appreciated that “Politics is downstream from culture.” People’s attitudes flow from the culture around them, rather than from the political platforms dragged out and speeches made every four years. That’s why I
Continue readingSome of you may recall that, a couple of years ago, I did one of my periodic posts about romance novels, arguing that the real “porn” part of the novels is the relationship, not the sex. One of my readers, Judith Lown, wrote me to say that there are traditional
Continue readingSince I wrote the preceding Bookworm Beat, two things showed up on my computer that I wanted to address. You’re not brave if there’s no risk In 2006, as part of Project 2,996, I wrote about New York Fire Fighter Brian Ahearn. I spent a lot of time on the
Continue readingGeorgette Heyer fans know that, in addition to her exquisite, sparkling regency romances, Georgette Heyer also wrote several more serious historic novels about everything from the Norman Conquest to the Battle of Waterloo. If you’ve dreamed of owning copies, you’ll be happy to know that, at least for today, Georgette
Continue readingLast week, I wrote a post about relationship porn, in which I argued that the sex in romance novels is the least interesting part for romance readers. The most interesting part, I said, is that the heroes like, respect, and support the heroines. I also said that there are few
Continue readingIt’s no big secret in the Bookworm Room that I like romance novels. Someone I know calls them pornography. He’s both right and wrong. A large percentage of today’s romance novels have pretty explicit sex scenes scattered through the pages. The language isn’t as vulgar as true pornography, but the
Continue readingI’ve already confessed to having a weakness for romance novels. My problem with this shameful weakness is that there was only one Georgette Heyer. Everything else is second best, with most books being more secondary than others. Because of my fondness for Heyer’s wit and delicacy, I prefer true romances
Continue readingI happen to be extremely fond of Georgette Heyer who, in the mid-20th Century, picked up Jane Austen’s mantle. Here is a lovely character description she wrote about the romantic lead in her book Black Sheep: He was not a rebel. Rebels fought against the trammels of convention, and burned
Continue readingIf through some magical alchemy I could get some of my favorite authors to write into being the man in my next life (I’m planning on being reincarnated), the authors, in chronological order, would be: Jane Austen, Dorothy Sayers, Georgette Heyer, Neville Shute and Linda Howard. Do any of you
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