Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
One of the things that’s frustrating for conservatives is to see that stupidity is ascendant in our culture. And by stupidity I mean something very specific, which is that Leftists routinely use incoherence, ignorance and a complete lack of logic to challenge purely factual statements (or obviously humorous ones), and
Continue readingLet the information download begin: Alleged New York Times Baghdad Bureau Chief lambastes Obama administration If a Reddit user really is Tim Arango, Baghdad Bureau Chief for The New York Times, it’s very impressive to read his scathing indictment of the administration’s Iraq policy and conduct: it’s not my job to
Continue readingI’d reached critical mass in the inbox. It was either spend the day working through it or go nuclear which, in my case, doesn’t mean blowing up Israel, but does mean simply deleting everything in my inbox, knowing that there’s no way I will ever read what’s in there. I
Continue readingThe other day, I wrote that David Denby, a soggy leftist film reviewer at The New Yorker was trying his hands at political commentary with a hate piece against Ted Cruz — one based entirely on the fact that Denby, no beauty himself, finds Cruz physically unattractive. I’m not the
Continue readingDavid Denby is a New Yorker movie critic. He also fancies himself as a political commentator. To him, Hollywood is the real world, the template against which everything else is compared. Reading his reviews, it’s obvious that, like the yearning kid watching Fred & Ginger trip lightly across in the
Continue readingAs is too often the case, Republicans are busy snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Despite the fact that the Obamacare debacle has been playing out before Americans’ eyes for more than three weeks, the RNC has done absolutely nothing to capitalize on the fact. Jonah Goldberg suggests at
Continue readingIn 2011, we had the Arab Spring. Michael Walsh is now predicting a “Republican Spring” which we all hope will end more successfully than the unfolding disaster in the Middle East: In the aftermath of Senator Ted Cruz’s epic performance on the Senate floor, a few observations: After his disgraceful
Continue readingI’ve long been a big fan of Chris Muir’s “Day By Day” cartoon. It’s intelligent, witty, and sophisticated. You can imagine, then, how thrilled I am to have inspired his latest cartoon, this one about Ted Cruz: (If you missed the reference to my blog, check the very bottom of
Continue readingPlease read this and, if you feel like it, get back to me and let me know if you agree or disagree? Here’s a taste to whet your appetite: President Obama and Sen. Ted Cruz have some things in common, including stunning ascents to political stardom, exotic and mixed ethnic
Continue readingTed Cruz has started his filibuster. With perfect (ahem) timing, I have to leave now to take care of some things for my mother. I will be out of touch with the news. You all already know my thinking about this apparently quixotic effort. Since I’ll miss at least the
Continue readingMost people, whether Democrat or Republican, agree that Ted Cruz’s planned filibuster in the Senate is doomed. It will do nothing to stop Obamacare’s inexorable path towards implementation. (To understand precisely what the filibuster is about, Ace has a good, short explanation.) Because Ted Cruz is nobody’s fool, I’m guessing
Continue readingWhew! I’ve been going straight through since 5:30 this morning, and this is my first chance to sit down and talk politics. The big deal today as far as I can tell is that the House voted to pass a budget that funds everything but Obamacare. I’ve already discussed the
Continue readingRich Lowry wrote a great article today about the Democrats’ enormous frustration with Ted Cruz: Cruz ought to be one of them, since he’s manifestly brilliant and hyper-educated . . . except that he refuses to be one of them. I especially liked this bit: Democrats and liberal pundits would
Continue readingConservatives attack a Democrat’s political ideas. Democrats, and their media lap-dogs, attack Conservatives. The attacks on Ted Cruz are, as could be anticipated, despicable. Exhibit A. Exhibit B. It’s entirely possible that Ted Cruz might not be presidential material. That rests on whether people like what he stands for and
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