…here’s the audio. To the best of my recollection, the sound quality was somewhat better when it aired on radio; I think making a copy degrades the audio. But it’s still easily intelligible. I just sound a little gurgly and … Continue reading →
I’ve already written about Buzz Bissinger’s “changer” experience here. But there’s an addendum, and it’s just as all of us would imagine: he’s been excoriated and shunned by those liberals he used to think were so—well, so liberal. I don’t … Continue reading →
…gives his reasons for switching his vote to Romney, based on Wednesday’s debate. It’s caused dissension in his marriage, by the way, because his wife “considers me a traitor to the very essence of America, providing a helping hand to … Continue reading →
About a week ago marked the 75th anniversary of the disappearance of Juliet Poyntz. She’s hardly a household word, but her story is not atypical of those highly-placed Communists who turned on their former colleagues. Poyntz was a Barnard history … Continue reading →
I’ve long been a Janine Turner fan because I’ve long been a big, big “Northern Exposure” fan. And I’ve been aware that lately she’s became a conservative political commentator, because I’ve seen her now and then on TV in that … Continue reading →
I love love love to read changers’ stories about their political conversions. They’re all a little bit alike and yet different. I get the urge to write to them and say “Hey, visit my blog; you’ll find a lot there … Continue reading →
Ace writes about his own process of political conversion: If you’ve always been conservative, then you can tell me a great many things about doctrine and such, but one place I will always have more experience than you is in … Continue reading →
The process of political change, aptly described by Ace: It’s called a paradigm shift. It’s going to seem a little weird and scary at first, but it will also be thrilling and ultimately liberating. A lot of things that have … Continue reading →
Sort of, anyway. In this article Artur Davis, former Democratic Congressman from the 7th District of Alabama and an African-American, recognizes that voter ID laws can be good and are not inherently racist when well-drafted. So, better late than never, … Continue reading →
Here’s another story of political change, this time from Rima Greene, a Jewish leftist feminist lesbian (yep, all four) in San Francisco who woke up to a few realizations [emphasis mine]: When I was part of the Left, I thought … Continue reading →
Today the WSJ‘s Bari Weiss tackles playwright David Mamet’s political conversion from left to right . It’s an old story to readers of this blog, not just because such political conversions are a theme here, but because I’ve written before … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Jimmy J.”] I’ve written about playwright David Mamet’s left-to-right political conversion before, but Andrew Ferguson’s new piece in the Weekly Standard updates us on some of the details, and just how far he’s come. As conversion stories … Continue reading →