People don’t like to change their minds, and they particularly don’t like to have to reorder a belief system they’ve held for years or a lifetime. With increasing attacks of the Paris and San Bernardino type, liberals are faced with … Continue reading →
Unlike in Venezuela, the current French election hasn’t concluded, because it features several rounds. But in the first round, Marine Le Pen’s party has done very well: The triumphant leader of the far-right National Front (FN), Marine Le Pen, says … Continue reading →
The left’s approach is now two-pronged. To the old “never let a mass murder opportunity go to waste in promoting gun control even though it wouldn’t have prevented it” method we can add the new, agreed-on “we act in effective … Continue reading →
…for talking to your progressive friends and relatives who might want to stir things up with you at the Thanksgiving table. How to give offense without offense being taken. Easier said than done. At Thanksgiving, I just try to keep … Continue reading →
David Solway quotes Pope Benedict from 2007 (that’s not the current pope, it’s his predecessor): There is a self-hatred in the West that can be considered only as something pathological. The West attempts in a praiseworthy manner to open itself … Continue reading →
Looking at this video on the “refugee” crisis in Europe, I see that some aspects of the left/right divide don’t seem so very different there as compared to the US. There’s a cast of very familiar characters, even though they … Continue reading →
I haven’t read it or talked to a single person who has, but this new book by Greg Gutfield sounds interesting. It’s called How To Be Right, and it’s about persuasive techniques for arguing with liberals. Now, Gutfield is a … Continue reading →
I’ve heard it opined that the reason the GOP capitulated on the budget is that they want Hillary Clinton to be elected, because they prefer being the opposition party to having to accomplish anything. But I don’t think that’s the … Continue reading →
…that Democrats thought Republicans were evil and Republicans thought Democrats were stupid. Remember the old saying? But on the comments thread from the Hillary mendacity post, beginning around here, it’s clear that at least some people have now graduated to … Continue reading →
I watched some of Clinton’s testimony yesterday, but at a fairly early point I decided to stop. The reason? My gut feeling was that nothing would come of it. Note I don’t write that “there was nothing worthwhile that was … Continue reading →
…Richard Epstein, who had known Obama at the University of Chicago, had Obama’s number to a great extent. At the time, Epstein was also one of the few people who could be said to have “known” Obama at all, although … Continue reading →
Read this and weep. One thing I’ve long felt about the Obama presidency is that it showed the way and blazed the trail, at least for American leftists since the 60s. Particularly since Reagan, the left in this country used … Continue reading →