Irony of ironies, all is irony
In the last sentence of my PJ essay I mentioned that this campaign contains many ironies. What might they be?
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And the winner is: Joe the Plumber
I’ve got an article up at Pajamas Media today. Does Joe the Plumber reveal Obama the secret socialist?
Continue reading →I must be a glutton for punishment: liveblogging the third Presidential debate
I must say my usual antipathy to debates has grown. And I don’t think these debates have made much of a difference at all so far—and barring some very strange and unforeseen circumstance, I don’t think this one will. But … Continue reading →
You want polls?
This guy’s got polls. He’s pretty good at analyzing them, too. The news is better than you might think, if you believe what he says. Scroll down and do a bit of reading; he’s especially good at analyzing the difficulties … Continue reading →
Gee whiz
What a surprise! Not. The surprise for me is how much Madonna is worth: about 500 million. I had no idea. I’ve never been a fan; always found her very harsh. But then again, I’m not a man.
Continue reading →The certain road to post-election happiness…
…is to own a liquor store. You win either way: those who are miserable will drink to ease their pain, and those who are ecstatic will be celebrating. [Hat tip: Fox News interview of owner of wine store.]
Continue reading →The MSM still controls the message: change and hope
We can talk all we want about the power of the blogosphere and the talk shows. But the fact is that most people’s view of facts—and their interpretation thereof—is shaped largely by the MSM. For young people, the ground has … Continue reading →
Obama the soft socialist
Bookworm has a piece at American Thinker in which she makes the point that it might be more instructive to divide ourselves on a continuum of Statists vs. Individualists rather than Liberals vs. Conservatives. Obama, of course, would be a … Continue reading →
Rules of the blog
Every now and then I decide to ban a commenter here. Sometimes it’s a no-brainer; the comment is so obscene and revolting it doesn’t see the public light of day for more than a few moments before I delete both … Continue reading →
Recommended Sunday reading
For those of you inclined to stay home today and do some reading, here are two articles that provide much food for thought in these very troubling times: (1) PUMAs on the warpath against Obamaphile voter fraud. They are motivated … Continue reading →
The Anchoress isn’t ordinarily…
…the angry type, so it takes a lot to get her to this point. I agree with her that the bias of the press—and in this case, the courts—has taken us to a point that should deeply concern and even … Continue reading →
Recommended reading: studying economics
I haven’t yet read Manias, Panics, and Crashes, published in 2000. But I came across a recommendation in the comments section of some blog the other day and found the title and the Amazon description rather intriguing: “[Manias, Panics, and … Continue reading →