Details about Obama’s welfare reform waivers…
…here.
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Johnson’s daisy ad
Commenter “Baltimoran” makes the following interesting observation in connection with my discussion of the effects of lies in political ads: I suppose the campaign ads we’ve seen the last few months are worse than what we’ve all gotten used to … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
Here’s a message from the spambot who calls himself “Josh Dear,” and is contemplating some explicit although repetitive and required fun with Mary: I merely wished to thank you once extra for the superb website you’ve gotten designed here. It … Continue reading →
It’s not easy being…
…blue. If you’re a lobster, that is. But there’s strength in numbers, and the numbers are growing.
Continue reading →Politics: lies and the lying liars
Anyone who studies history and humanity knows about the technique of the Big Lie. The summary version of the idea of the Big Lie is that propaganda works, and truth has little to do with its efficacy. In fact, the … Continue reading →
Obama at Columbia: the “lost” years in more ways than one
Now that Reid has escalated the attacks on Romney for not releasing a decade of his past tax returns, the issue of Obama’s secrecy about his Columbia years has resurfaced. The cry is: “Want Mitt to release his tax returns? … Continue reading →
Hanson on Keegan
Here’s a great reminiscence from Victor Davis Hanson about military historian John Keegan, who died on August 2. Hanson had a unique encounter with him, and his piece reflects on the greatness of the man not only in his professional … Continue reading →
Richard Landes on Romney’s “culture” remarks
Richard Landes, blogger at the Augean Stables and creator of the site Second Draft, has written a very fine opinion piece at the WSJ, criticizing the criticism of Romney’s “culture” remarks in Israel. Landes is uniquely positioned to make the … Continue reading →
Harry Reid…
…isn’t asking for your sympathy. Which is an awfully good thing.
Continue reading →Those athletic hips again
For all of you who were fascinated by our recent discussion of hip shape in female athletes, here’s some more research you can do. Of a serious scientific nature, of course. You may note in the photos (among other things … Continue reading →
The shooter at the Sikh temple
The first thing to say is that this was an abominable act. Information on the shooter is coming in slowly, but the best we can tell so far is that he was a white supremacist who had been discharged less … Continue reading →
Well, if Nancy Pelosi says it…
…it must be so. What was it she said?: “Harry Reid made a statement that is true. Somebody told him. It is a fact,” Pelosi told The Huffington Post in a Sunday interview. So that’s it, folks. That’s the new … Continue reading →