Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Conservatives and Leftists aren’t just watching different movies, which goes to spin and values. Leftists are often watching movies based entirely on lies. Scott Adams is fond of analogizing different political world views to the fact that people are watching different movies. I watch a movie that sees Trump as
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Last week saw Trump almost completely erase the Obama legacy — an event that, peculiarly enough, coincided perfectly with delightful benefits for America.
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It’s an old-fashioned Bookworm Beat with news from all over, much of it heartening, because we’re living in Trump’s America. I’m enjoying living in Trump’s America. Good things are happening — and, with Wolf Howling’s help, I’ve got a collection of good things, interesting things, important things, silly things, and
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Netanyahu’s amazing presentation about Iran’s nuclear weapons program shows that Obama was either a useful idiot or a scheming collaborator. Your choice. If you haven’t seen Benjamin Netanyahu’s detailed exposé of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, you must. As always, I am very interested in anything you have to say
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A college student’s essay about ethnic food in America is a depressing window into the fact that American colleges don’t educate, they “un-educate.” Several hours ago, I sat down to write a post about religion and culture. I got as far as picking a title for my post when I
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Thomas Sowell telling said that facts — real world, life facts — ended his Marxist phase. I’ve compiled a list of life facts that made me conservative. Dave Rubin interviewed Thomas Sowell, who has a new book out called Discrimination and Disparities. I will get myself a copy as soon
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Second Amendment posters always come first in the Bookworm Beat, because without the Second Amendment, the Bill of Rights is a dead letter — and so are we.
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60 Minutes recently did a show on Daniel Barenboim’s Middle Eastern orchestra — and snuck a sneaky shiv into Israel in the first minute. This past Sunday, 60 Minutes did a profile of Daniel Barenboim, who has put together an orchestra made up of Middle Eastern Muslims, including Iran, Syria, and Lebanon,
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A trip through a few days worth of my Facebook posts shows that, with little effort, I can expose Proggies to ideas and facts they usually miss or ignore. Of late, between paying work, family demands, and a touch of the blecchies (not the flu, thank goodness, but I wasn’t
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Following his unexpected victory, Trump is quickly becoming America’s most consequential conservative president, making him a one-man flock of Black Swans. A “Black Swan Event” is one that: Comes as a surprise – i.e., a “high-profile, hard-to-predict, and rare event . . . beyond the realm of normal expectations in
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For the Bookworm Beat, 2017 has been a wonderful and entertaining year. Moreover, this Bookworm predicts that 2018 will be even better. I only believe the good polls. While the polling did prove accurate in Alabama, the reality is that for the past couple of years, those people who rely
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It would have been nice to have kept the Alabama seat in Republican hands, but the truth is Trump doesn’t need it for now — he’s doing great on his own. I’d be lying if I said I was pleased about what happened tonight in Alabama. I strongly feel that
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On a day that sees the news look like news in Groundhog Day, with old stories endlessly repeating, today’s illustrated edition still brings fresh laughs. As you look at this next poster, remember that Facebook is going to “protect us” from “fake news”: And here’s another example of how Facebook
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Trump’s new Jerusalem policy, recognizes reality, ends a failed paradigm, begins a new era that finally promises peace in the Middle East. Congratulations #Jerusalem! pic.twitter.com/SIMqfB5I6h — Tel Aviv (@TelAviv) December 6, 2017 I was all ready to celebrate the big news but Linda Sarsour’s bakery is refusing to top my
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