Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I have no idea how long the following has been circulating — I only got it today — but I did confirm that the author is a real person, so this is probably really a letter he wrote to Sen. Harkin: The Honorable Tom Harkin 731 Hart Senate Office Building
Continue readingBecause the Left is so exquisitely attuned to pejorative words, a Florida Democrat wants to ban the State government’s use of the phrase “illegal alien,” preferring the oh so much more polite and non-judgmental “undocumented immigrant.” Please pass me the barf bag. This attempt to dress up illegal conduct in
Continue readingOne of the best ways to mask a bad argument is to conflate similar, yet entirely separate ideas, one of which is valid, one of which isn’t. Juggle these ideas around often enough and your reader will lose track of their separate identity and eventually give to both a status
Continue readingMy own empirical observations have led me to conclude that, in America, those who are most PC are also those who are most likely to be Europhiles. That is, the political left loves Europe. (John Kerry would be Exhibit A in this category.) That’s why I was surprised to see
Continue readingThis August story sounds too bizarre to be correct but, apparently, it is. It tells how two U.S. border control guards chased an illegal alien who was caught in the act of smuggling drugs into the US. One of the guards was wounded in a violent physical confrontation with the
Continue readingA Vatican cardinal has weighed in on the fence the US is proposing to build between the US and Mexican border, calling it “inhuman,” and comparing it to the Berlin Wall. The Catholic Church is in deep trouble if its spokesmen are unable to recognize the difference between a fence
Continue readingThe internet is an amazing thing. Within one day, that hilarious National Guard photo rebuking Kerry was everywhere. It deservedly got all that attention, but how about a little attention for some other things too? American Thinker points to a story from Investor’s Business Daily explaining that Nancy Pelosi, who
Continue readingAs you know, there is a big debate going on in England right now about the veil. Those who support the veil are framing this support in terms of religious freedom. However, veils are not an integral part of the Muslim religion. Instead, they are a product of Arab culture.
Continue readingI got the following email today: Let’s say I break into your house (aka immigration reform) Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders,
Continue readingI received the following in an email and thought it interesting enough to publish here. Regarding the facts the author relays about the schools at issue — I’ve heard those same facts from other teachers at similar schools, so I believe them to be true. What do you think of
Continue readingThomas Sowell on one of the fallacies behind the argument that illegal aliens cannot be deported but must, instead, be given amnesty: New York’s mayor Michael Bloomberg is still pushing the line that there would be economic collapse without illegal immigrants. But, despite the scary picture of 12 million illegals
Continue readingI did a post (here) about the tactic of using children as a wedge in the immigration debate. I said that, just because illegal aliens have children once they're here — making those children American citizens — that is not a reason to grant those parents amnesty, even if it
Continue readingA friend directed me to an interview that was conducted by a student involved with UCLA's Instituted for Democracy, Education and Access. The tenor of the interview makes it clear that this organization — funded by California taxpayers — supports Hispanic separatism within the United States. I have a problem
Continue readingThe following transcribes an NPR story, interspersed with my comments: Here's another story we're following. A Border Patrol round-up along Interstate 40 in California has prompted a call for a Federal investigation. A Los Angeles attorney says agents were only pulling over people with brown skiln, which he says is
Continue readingI can't resist including here, in its entirety, Mark Steyn's comment on The Corner about the more insane aspects of the immigration law Congress is trying to foist on us: But how about some of you natives piling on [he was responding to comments by The Corner's British ex-pats]? I
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