It turns out that conservatives are happier than liberals. And that’s been true for thirty-five years, so it has nothing to do with what administration may or may not be in power at the moment. This may explain why Michelle … Continue reading →
I’ve written previously about Barack Obama’s masterful use of words as a smokescreen. His lawyerly skills serve him well in this regard. But Peter Wehner has been on his case lately as opposing counsel. Obama has been spending time distancing … Continue reading →
I thought by now I’d be off the topic of McCain, but it seems to have legs. For my readers who can’t see their way clear to supporting McCain in the general election if nominated, Jeff Jacoby does an excellent … Continue reading →
Take a look at the comments responding to Ed Morrissey’s post asking whether Ann Coulter jumped the shark when she said she’d be campaigning for Hillary if McCain is nominated. They prove—as if we needed any proof—that the conservative base … Continue reading →
Many liberals I know are enthralled with Obama. In New Hampshire during the primary campaign, where voters get to see the candidates up close and personal, he made a very strong impression. As far as I could tell, this was … Continue reading →
Dennis Prager was on the college lecture circuit recently. The occasion? “Islamo-fascism Awareness Week.” The Left’s response was to spearhead a drive to discredit him and the other speakers on the subject with a favorite insult: racist bigots. It’s interesting … Continue reading →
For quite a while now the liberal/Left position vis-a-vis 9/11 has been that those on the Right are a bunch of namby-pamby fraidy cats, motivated by an unwarranted and pathological fear of terrorists. Or, alternatively, that the Right is not … Continue reading →
I’m not at all sure I agree with the premise of this piece by Rich Lowry (based on a book by Jim Piereson), which is that the Kennedy assassination marked a pivotal point, the beginning of the Left’s turn from … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading an extremely thought-provoking book by Thomas Sowell entitled The Vision of the Anointed. In it, Sowell attempts to describe the differences between the liberal/Leftist (“the anointed”) worldview and that of the Right. The book is far too … Continue reading →
Bloggers have been mean to Time’s Joe Klein. Awfully, awfully mean; read all about it in his alliteratively titled “Beware the Bloggers’ Bile.” Beware, indeed. The blogosphere is noted for the ooze of its free-flowing slime. Although I try to … Continue reading →
I was thinking of Hugo Chavez recently because I was at a party Saturday night and his name came up in a rather odd context. I noticed a youngish women carrying a fluffy white dog in her arms. I went … Continue reading →
There was an argument–that is to say, a lively discussion–in Tuesday’s comments section in the “Cold hubris” post. The subject was political definitions, such as “conservative” and “Left.” It started about here, and went on–and on and on. Read it … Continue reading →