Here’s another in my series of old “Rescue 911” segments. I notice that these haven’t gotten much commentary here. I don’t know how many of you watch them, but I continue to find them fascinating as well as incredibly moving. … Continue reading →
…and Politifact’s designated “Lie of the Year” (by Mitt Romney) turns out to have been true.
Continue reading →Nah. I very much doubt it. But this was a surprise— Neo-neocon, yesterday: There’s been a lot of speculation on what [Obama’s] ends might be [in pushing gun control right now]. I think there’s a multitude””but one of them is … Continue reading →
I bet a lot of you will disagree, but I think that, on the whole, the GOP is right not to choose this particular hill to die on. Kicking the can down the road may not usually be such a … Continue reading →
I’ve never been fond of meat, even as a child, although I do like lamb. When I was little, my parents even had to prod me to eat at least a small amount of steak when we had it for … Continue reading →
It’s fairly apparent that Obama’s recent push for post-Newtown gun control is not reasonably related to the facts of the case, but exploits it instead as an opportunity to use the public’s emotional reaction to it (and some children, in … Continue reading →
…are bullied into the closet at an elite liberal college that prides itself on its atmosphere of civilized discourse—as long as you toe the party line.
Continue reading →I got some spam email today that wanted me to read about the “hidden epidemic picking off Baby Boomers in their prime.” Say what? Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. As of this moment, that means they (I … Continue reading →
When I was little, the only reference book we had in the house besides a dictionary, thesaurus, and atlas was the World Book Encyclopedia for children, an official-looking set bound in blue. On rainy and/or boring days I would flip … Continue reading →
You may be heartily sick of the topic by now, but I thought this article was a very good treatment of it (although I don’t agree with the next-to-last paragraph). Read the whole thing, but here’s an excerpt: It’s simply … Continue reading →
Simple: they’re not. After a mass shooting, gun controllers push the policies they’ve always supported as if they were a logical response to that particular example of senseless violence. When skeptics say it is hard to see how the proposed … Continue reading →
I have a new piece up at PJ. Please take a look.
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